By glenntillett@yahoo.com “We also request that the independence of the judiciary be further enhanced by the allocation of a fair and adequate budget that does not reduce our judges to seeking out what may be perceived to be “favours”, when they seek only to be equipped with that which ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com A caller to my morning talk show on Vibes Radio (90.5 & 102.9 FM) said that if Prime Minister Dean Barrow really wanted to rescue something he should start with our municipal government – the Belize City Council. I had to laugh at the recommendation simply because while it ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com At Monday’s press conference in the aftermath of Hurricane Richard’s cross country passage, the Minister of Emergency Management Hon. Melvin Hulse’s relief was evident. It was obvious that the storm, which was relatively small, swift moving and dry, had not caused tremendous damage, at that point there was ...

The truth hurts. I’m reminded weekly of this old maxim by those ardent supporters of Prime Minister, and United Democratic Party Leader, Dean Oliver Barrow who dare to express an opinion within my earshot, or like Colin bh and Alphonso Noble, in the pages of AMANDALA and the Guardian respectively. They ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com I was told this week that my political opponent and talk show host competitor Senator Juliet Thimbrel is threatening to do me violence because she was told that I spoke disrespectfully about her on Vibes Radio Morning Buzz last week Friday. It would be ironic if that were ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com The news that once again there is large scale human trafficking of Chinese nationals through the Philip Goldson International Airport immediately brought back memories of when the same occurred in 1994 - 1995 under the then UDP administration. Back then they were being brought in literally by the ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com It both broke my heart and yet filled me with the joy of admiration to see Dr. Abdulai Osman Conteh demit office this week as Belize’s greatest Chief Justice. As the speakers at a special sitting of the Supreme Court all remarked, his dignity, diligence, confidence and pride ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com Just in case we didn’t know, and I have to admit I was not aware that this was the case, the Government’s information office sent out a press release that informed us that the Prime Minister Independence Day address was really the announcement of “New Stimulus, Sale of ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com I want to thank you my gentle readers for your feedback in the matter of whether not I should continue writing a “Barrow is bogus” column every week here in the pages of the Belize Times. According to your invaluable advice, critiques, recommendations and occasional complimentary comments, you ...

by glenntillett@yahoo.com It was over a year ago that the Barrow administration sought to assure us that it was their moral duty to takeover Belize Telemedia Limited and that it would not become a millstone around the necks of the nation. Back then I had hoped that at worst it would ...