Last night we told you about the woes of the villagers in Double Head: three days before the Ruta Maya Canoe stops in their village for the first time, they were warned that selling game meat is illegal without a two thousand dollars license. The Forestry Department agreed to bring that license down to one hundred dollars for the weekend - but when villagers still complained at the sudden additional costs, something had to give…and tonight, we're happy to report that it's the ministry which did.
Chief Forestry Officer Wilbur Sabido today confirmed to 7news that in view of the circumstances his department has agreed to issue a temporary waiver to all handlers, hunters and dealers in game meat in the Double Head Area. The waiver, he tells us, will last for the entire long weekend.
The unfairness done to these people.... tsk, tsk, tsk Forestry department. The thing that bugs me is that the Forestry Department is placing a steep fee on the licenses for hunting game meat but made no fuss whatsoever when land was being reclaimed and the mangroves were being cut down down south. Quite unfair to pick on the people who are trying to make a little buck off game meat... At least they were a bit considerate of this weekend.
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