CURFEWS
I am not being critical of curfews, states of emergencies
or incursions which may be necessary at times. My comment is based on years of
observation in Jamaica and even the police will agree that curfews/hot spot
policing and state of emergencies are temporary fixes while in some cases send
the problems further and deeper while the police chases it all over. I agree
with those who say that most crimes are not caused by the police. Crime is the
result of a multiplicity of social and economic fallout that do not happen
overnight. Western/rural economies need rebuilding and deeper socioeconomic
study to identify the problems precisely in order to solve them. If not the
police/other relevant agencies along with the whole society will continue to be
given baskets to carry water while blaming the commissioner and the Minister
rightly so because the buck stops with them. 04/07/16
RESTRICTING CAR IMPORTS!
USA auto sales set a record in the first six months of
this year but that is good for America. If we say same for Jamaica that is no
good news because we do not have a car manufacturing industry so while Jamaica
bleeds America on the other hand builds. The importation of vehicles is
one reason why the Jamaican dollar cannot stop devaluing there needs to be a
halt in motor vehicle importation for a minimum of 18 months to give the
Jamaican dollar a breather so we could significantly pay down a lot of our
foreign debts. Most of these vehicles imported do nothing productively just
drive around doing nothing and then park .Consider $US for gas, environmental
damage, parts, accidents causing loss of lives and the car price itself. Do we
have any political leader with guts to quantify the cost of motor vehicle
imports to the Jamaican economy in this country today then stop imports of non
productive vehicles that has become liabilities to all Jamaicans?04/07/16
THAT TAXIE DRIVER
This Taxi
driver in whose car An Alpha Academy student was shot allegedly by a policeman
is a good and heroic Jamaican man and his actions in the midst of fear for his
own life did not run away leaving the child to die. For me he is an unselfish
HERO a human being and a decent man out to make an honest living albeit using
contingencies a result of a shambolic, unreliable and chaotic transportation
system that breeds indiscipline of every imaginable type. 30/06/16
CARTER’S TESTING
Many people
are confused as to how or why WADA has tested Carter’s sample in 2016 after 8
years has elapsed from the 2008 Olympics. As a background to being unconfused
let us say we made some drugs or performance enhancing substance that is not
known to WADA, IOC or anyone no test can be designed to pick it up those are
called "designer drugs" (DD).This is a method of cheating that WADA
has realized so to thwart these methods WADA and IOC has decided to keep
samples for 10 years and continue to retest as new (DDs) are busted or new
drugs created. The real point is there is no on size fit all testing procedure,
if you do not know the drug its chemical composition etc. you cannot design a
test for it. The drug in question a stimulant Methylhexanamine was known since
1983 as a nasal decongestant and later a dietary supplement in drinks and other
supplements that one could inadvertently ingest. It was not on the banned list
in 2008 the Olympics year. It was added in 2009.B sample is just a smaller
quantity of the same A sample taken at the same time. Masking agents are like
what we call diuretics/wash out a kind of substance that could stimulate
excessive urination to get rid of any adverse substance, Diuretics are
sometimes given to patients with high blood pressure(BP) to lower BP as it
increases the amount of urine produced by the kidneys causing increased
urination. A drug Natrilix /Natrilix SR is one such drug dispensed daily for
high BP but the IOC has determined contains banned substances and this could
send an athlete packing for using a "masking agent" even if you do
not know exactly what is being masked. 30/06/16
THOSE PARISH COUNCILS
Are all
parish councils engaged in fraud or some are staffed with angels so why KSAC
the mother of all parish councils (PCs) not raided/audited or only the Scotland
Yard or FBI can deal with that? Audit/raid everyone and let us find out if the
Hanover, Manchester or other PC is the best or worst of an angelic lot. Our own
MOCA seems to be developing into a force to reckon with locally and
congratulations are in order for the unit the concept, conceptualizers and
staff being able to unearth "Grand Fraud".30/06/16
GANJAa
"This
has to be a heavily regulated industry, and heavy regulations cost money"
According to Ms Lightbourne What is this money for and where will it go? It is
my view that these bureaucrats and lawyers are heading to most expensively
regulate Jamaica out of the ganja business. Can you imagine a small farmer
coming up with approximately JA$250000 for a cultivators license. This
decriminalization may turn out to be one of the worst nightmares for the
traditional ganja farmers. One thing will lead to another because a small
planter in the hills needs money and that is why plant ganja but you tax him
before he starts he/she is going to do business as usual without the requisite
regulators input so now you have a Ganja Authority Enforcers running down
farmers in the bush with confrontations right left and centre or that the
regulations are unenforceable and the authorities turn a blind eye and
unregulated business as usual or the originals just abandon ganja business to
the more wealthy of the society. The process sounds too complex simplicity and
not too much expense makes for easier compliance. 28/06/16
LANGUAGE
Someone
wrote that French should be put on the curriculum of all our Primary Schools.
French is possibly a dying/declining language so that doesn't make economic
sense. In the world of 7 billion people 2billion speak English, 1.5 billion
speak Mandarin, Hindi 1billion, and 440 million speak Spanish and French 270
million. If you speak mandarin and English you can communicate with half of the
earth’s population so do the math, Mandarin should probably the one to add at
primary school. In order of practicality I would say add Spanish now because we
have many Spanish neighbours but where are the French neighbors. French is
losing its significance as a working language so could stay for
later as research has shown that it is actually declining in
its European homeland. 27/06/16
It is not a
question of being lapdogs for the USA or not. The fact is that Venezuela
needs a new direction and my question is can Maduro do that to rescue his
people from penury, civil unrest and starvation. If he can let him stay if
he cannot he must do the decent thing and go before the army steps in. As a
former bus driver he knows that a defective bus must be fixed because
passengers lives are at risk, if he cannot see that and do the necessary
repairs to the bus called Venezuela the OAS must all vote for
him to go, give the steering to another driver. 24/06/16
PRESIDENT TRUMP???
Get used to
the idea of Trump being president of the USA a wave of self-interest and
self-preservation and domination is blowing through the air of Caucasians. USA
and UK will almost become one country since they are one family it is England
that laid the foundation for the creation of the USA. Those economic and
military family ties run deep if you touch one it affects the other they watch
each other’s back 24 sevens. A lesson in cooperation we must learn by now. . 24/06/16
THOSE GOVERNMENT ASSETS
Jamaica's
public bodies collectively owning more than $1trillion worth of assets and
failing to make a positive impact on the country's gross domestic product
(GDP), the Andrew Holness administration is moving to hold these enterprises
accountable for achieving commercial returns on their assets. This is like
taxation through the backdoor and under the fence. In many ways government and
their entities are a scam and costly burden perpetrated on the backs of the
Jamaican people by a untrustworthy Babylon Government. Hope the PM as he says
in parliament he intends to change that and he and his government is allowed to
be succeed.24/06/16
Michael Spence
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