Unexpected Good News in 2008 The Olympics and the haul of gold won by our athletes The wonderful celebrations of Independence Day The Riu Hotel Group actually obeying Jamaica’s laws and regulations and knocking down it’s illegal fourth floor AND opening on time The election of Barack Obama to President of the United States Lewis [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jamaica days'
Another Year : New cast of characters, new problems, same old politics
December 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Jamaica days, Think global, Uncategorized
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After Portia mash up Peter….
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Jamaica days
Those who supported Peter Phillips with their mouths and money are not happy with his second defeat. Much hysterical stuff is being said about the future of the PNP. The future of the PNP is looking very safe with the next generation of leaders : General Secretary Peter Bunting (has won 2 seats under difficult [...]
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The Week: Bruce in charge
July 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Jamaica days, Uncategorized
Yesterday, Bruce Golding, currently Prime Minister of Jamaica, announced the following measures to deal with crime: (1) Amend law to allow a person to be detained for up to 72 hours without being charged once authorised by a police officer at the level of assistant commissioner or higher. … I prefer Portia (she’s easier on the eye and seems to be a much nicer person) but if Peter becomes leader of the party in September and then loses a general election within the next year, the younger generation in the PNP will be poised to push the old guard (Portia, Peter, Omar, Maxine, Bobby, Roger etc) aside and take over the party in 2012/2013.
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Bruce Golding, crime and governing Jamaica: the harder he falls
June 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Jamaica days, Uncategorized
Last week’s temporarily heart stopping news that the Commissioner of Police had resigned was followed by the “good” news that he’d withdrawn his resignation………leading some of us to remember the high hopes we once had of former Minister of National Security Peter Phillips – he who had fixed the local bus system and introduced some management to our health care system. … In addition, to the Government’s fumbling management of the national security portfolio, Butch Stewart (he of the Sandals Hotels and owner of the Daily Observer) let the curtain fall for a moment and showed us how perfectly he controls Prime Minister Golding and the Cabinet: the Daily Observer said the Commissioner of Police should go and he went , albeit for less than 24 hours.
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Story Come to Bump 2
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Jamaica days, Uncategorized
The overripe fruits of the last election have all dropped to Jamaican ground: Tourism and the environment Butch Stewart’s war with the Spaniards forced the Prime Minister to do what no environmentalist or planner thought possible : he has required a foreign hotel investor, in this case the Riu Hotels, to abide by local law and regulations . … Presumably it was the Riu’s refusal to deal with this lesser problem that forced the Prime Minister to use the heavy artillery over their hotel still under construction. 
Riu Ocho Rios at Mammee Bay Crime The Cabinet has been reshuffled to make way for Colonel Trevor McMillan as the new Minister of National Security .
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