WHAT A CONTRAST FOR TWO COUNTRIES THAT WERE BASICALLY AT THE SAME POINT IN THE 1970’S!

We must understand the left turn that Jamaica took, so that future generations get off that route and never take it again. We must also understand the right turn Singapore took as a guide in helping us to customize our own route to economic success.

Are Jamaicans really helpless and are doomed to remain hapless victims of high energy costs, being slowly boiled to death? That depends on us, each and every one of us. I believe that we are a set of people that when the going gets tough the tough gets going.

If West Indies Cricket was being run like a business the WICB would reconcile with Chris Gayle…NOW!

***This article is dedicated to an endangered species - the West Indies cricket fan.

So, who really is the best batsman of the modern era? Chapell, without question, concludes Brian Charles Lara! He writes… “I loved the way he played spin bowling and I admired his determination to always do it his way. If you told me I could pick just one of that trio (Tendulkar, Ponting, Lara), I would take Lara.”

Say you were looking at a globe, if you look past the state of Florida, and moved down a little bit, you hit a series of little islands called, the Caribbean. Ahhhh,  the Caribbean, it is said to be one of the most relaxing places in the world!

On the 24th of December I posted an article entitled “Andrew Holness…Jamaica’s Saviour”. I will be the first to confess, I got swept up in the hype and unlike Don Anderson I got it totally wrong…very wrong.

I tuned in to ESPN last evening for an update on the week ending NFL play-offs and instead saw a sport I knew but barely recognized.

The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica has been a profit juggernaut. Some, however, take their perennial success for granted saying it’s just sheer luck aided by the Jamaican Financial Crisis of the mid-1990s which left them virtually unscathed. It’s time to put the argument to rest!

Jamaica Elections 2011 - possible cabinet posted in the Jamaica Gleaner....