By glenntillett@yahoo.com Wisdom comes by disillusionment. - George Santayana It was a year ago this week that the Honorable Prime Minister stood before the House of Representatives and introduced legislation that would enable the Government of Belize to take away the majority shareholding in Belize’s largest and most lucrative private company. Two ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. About a month or so ago I made the very difficult decision to walk away from a job which had become a little too overwhelming. There were different factors which led to that decision but I don’t feel like sharing them here and now. It’s enough ...

Over the past few weeks the tourism sector and more specifically the tour operators have been in a raucous over a company Chukka – Bakka Bush and their place in the market.  It is important in accessing the current relationship of this firm with Carnival Caribbean cruise line and the ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. With all due disrespect to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the image which comes to my mind when I imagine him engaged in a war against crime is that of a little big eared, bald headed and knobby-kneed elf in pink and purple tights swatting a gold ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com A Facebook comment this week reminded me that sometimes in Belize the only constant seems to be change, but the more things change the more they remain the same. I doubt that you can find it in the historical record because a lot of what was said back then ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com I did not know Dean Barrow would make an appearance on LOVE TV’s Belize Watch show this week, and so I have no idea how he was received or what was said for the vast majority of the show. By the time I tuned in host Rene Villanueva Sr., ...

By Anthony Sylvestre The Prime Minister was on Love TV “Belize Watch” the other night. He was asked how would he like to be remembered as Prime Minister? As presiding over an “era of good governance,” he answered. The Prime Minister was clearly making fun of us again, taking us for a ...

The sugar industry in Belize is one of the oldest industries that make a significant contribution to the economy, as one of the major export commodities.  This industry has been the major pillar of economic activity in the northern districts of Corozal and Orange Walk that engages over 5,000 farmers ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. "Its two and a half years into our term and it is clear that the magic is still there.” – PM Dean Barrow at UDP National Convention Magic trick: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers By the thousands they flocked ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.  - George Santayana I’m sure it was my imagination, or perhaps it is just a case of me reading a lot from too little, but the news snippets I saw and heard of Dean Barrow’s speech at ...