Roleli Speaks

Yesterday produced yet another example of how crime going down and how safe Jamaica is(according to that poll in March 2006) . The operators of www.yaadrides.com where to come to shocking reality at sometime after 2:30 p.m. on November 22, 2006 that the myth of a safe Jamaica is just that. For a long time, every time I see my car after waking up, going to work and after any function, I give thanks. Here it is, a teacher of a school in Kingston Jamaica who parks his old 1990 Nissan Sunny motor car under the same tree he has done for years. He goes to class as usual only to this time to return to see the spot. The security at the exit gate who know him well, can only say that they never knew it was not him who was driving out the car. Only a few weeks ago, another co-worker's father lost his Vitara to the hands to these crooks. You here crazy stories of a 2001 Mitsubishi Evolution being stolen on Ripon Road in Kingston Jamaica, then being found in Porus and taken to the Porus p...

The last time I wrote I was questioning who to vote for. I now have the answer and it is simple. Vote for a better situation. There is no point saying that you are not voting as that will not stand a chance of making things better. Everyone who wants better must vote and let their voice be heard. Every Vote Counts By not voting, nothing changes if that is what you want then that is good. I must tell you that in the last general election in Jamaica in 2002, a few more votes, less than 40,000, and it could have been the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in power and not the Peoples National Party (PNP). Simply put, if a few hundred more persons had voted for the JLP in some constituencies they would have won the last election. In the local government election in 2003 a few more votes, less than 20,000 as matter of fact, the PNP would have controlled the Parish Councils. Twenty thousand might sound like a big number but it is simply 20,000 multiples of one(1) The truth is every vote cou...

10 Golden Rules for staying happy with the One You Love 1. First and foremost, love each other. Realize how lucky you are to be in love with someone who loves you. Say, “I love you” often and in different ways. Surprise each other with gifts of praise to show your love. Remember that love grows in an atmosphere of freedom and trust, not from restraint and obligation. Do things to keep your love and romance new and alive. Don’t take love for granted, ever. It’s such a blessing. 2. Listen objectively to each other, as you would to a friend. Acceptance is a key to understanding and a buffer for tension and resentment. Don’t take things personally; give each other the right to have different opinions, the right to disagree. You don’t want anyone to control your feelings, so don’t try to own someone else’s, not even the feelings of the one you love. 3. Never stop treating each other like sweethearts. Talk to each other as sweethearts. Do things that sweethearts do. Work togeth...

Just weeks after the Trafigura Scandal that should have painted the Peoples National Party(PNP) red with shame and a pity to behold, comes reports that there are massive breaches in procurement procedures in the Jamaica Labour Party(JLP) controlled Parish Councils. True to form and not to be left out, a PNP Parish council is involved. The righteous Minister Dean Peart who obviously saw nothing wrong in the Trafigura Scandal, "yes it is immoral, unethical but not illegal", has called in the police. This country is simple corrupt to the bone. The infamous Renato Adams was once reported to have said that 70/75% of Jamaicans are involved in crime. Could he be right, or could it be "all in his mind"? I honestly believe the JLP is probably not the brightest party in the country. How could Bruce be allowing the Parish Councils to be running amok while he, Audley Shaw and Karl Samuda are out front shouting corruption and pointing fingers? This given the fact that an audit ...

A interesting review and commentary on a interview on CVM TV involving Milton Walker, Chris Tufton and Raymond Price "So if Dr Tufton and the Labour party want to belabour the point about Trafigura, or Whitehouse, or the cement crisis or undisclosed campaign financing or any other government activity that smacks of in-your-face corruption, waste, and mismanagement, just allow them. That transparency and accountability doesn't carry the swing right now, doesn't make it right. When a future leader, as young Pryce did, can excuse an "immoral and unethical action" because it was "not illegal," it makes you wonder what else they're capable of." Read the full article Immoral, unethical, but not illegal