Sunday Short: September 2, 2012

My dear friends and followers:

You will have to excuse me this week. I had planned on writing a full-blooded review of Jamaica’s ups, downs, insides and outs, as usual. But alas, the Petchary is spreading her wings and flying away for a few weeks. So, although I plan to slip in a couple of quick ones beforehand (time permitting) I am not able to devote enough time to my weekly exercise of news and views and other trivia.

However, I have picked out a number of articles from the local news media that you may find of significance. Please see the links below. And, as usual, I have listed the names of those who have passed away, named and unnamed, at the hands of murderers in the past week. My deepest sympathies are with all the family and friends of those who lost their lives so tragically – whether uptown or downtown, country or town. While I am away, you will all have to keep track of them for me. Don’t forget those who mourn. Never forget.

Thank you. My next weekly blog will appear, all being well, on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Meanwhile, please feel free to browse through my archives: I have written over 300 blog posts now – there is something for everyone.

Love and compassion.

Killed by police:

Kayan Lamont, 25, Yallahs, St. Thomas

Others:

Michael Rochester, 26, Spur Tree Hill, Manchester

Errol Gentle, 52, Newhaven, St. Andrew

Trevoskey Baugh, 23, Waterhouse, Kingston

Delroy Raymond, 17, Waterhouse, Kingston

Daniel, Central Village, St. Catherine

Craig Cayman, 28, Central Village, St. Catherine

Shane Cayman, 23, Central Village, St. Catherine

Dr. Barrington Dixon, 66, Unity Hall, St. James

Delon James, 31, Wait-a-Bit, Trelawny

Yoshihide Sato, 62, Scotts Pass, Clarendon

Dalton Smith, Old Harbour, St. Catherine

Delissa Thomas, 29, Papine, St. Andrew

Ricardo Champentier, 21, Papine, St. Andrew

Unidentified man, Orange Street, Kingston

Unidentified man, Half Way Tree, Kingston

Philbert McDonald, 44, Norwich, Portland

Gary Williams, 33, Spanish Town, St. Catherine

Articles of interest:

http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/leads-100/31659 (Three basic schools to be built by the end of September – JIS News)

http://petchary.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/jamaican-inspiration/ (Jamaican Inspiration – petchary.wordpress.com)

http://petchary.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/in-memoriam/ (In Memoriam – petchary.wordpress.com)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Brutal-murder (Brutal murder – Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Sewage-reeks-on-Princess-Street (Sewage reeks on Princess Street – Jamaica Observer)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120902/cleisure/cleisure2.html (It’s not now or later, it’s now or never – Delano Seiveright op-ed – Sunday Gleaner)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120903/cleisure/cleisure1.html (Electricity free-for-all – Gleaner editorial)

http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=39653 (Human rights group: Enforce use of force policy – Gleaner Power 106 FM)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Another-doctor-murdered-OB-GYN-may-have-delivered-his-murderer_12414377 (Another doctor murdered – Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/OCG-probes-Jamaica-50-expenditure (OCG probes Jamaica 50 expenditure – Jamaica Observer)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120903/business/business5.html (Campari to acquire Lascelles – Jamaica Gleaner)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Canadian-recycling-company-seeks-200-workers-in-western-Jamaica (Canadian recycling company seeks 200 workers in Jamaica – Jamaica Observer)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120902/letters/letters1.html (When will the mendicancy end? Gleaner Letter of the Day)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Local-toon-company-gets-animated_12393200 (Local toon company gets animated – Business Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Math-rescue-plan_12338111 (Math rescue plan – Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/The-high-cost-of-crime_12370259 (The high cost of crime – Business Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/When-the-intention-is-to-calm-the-financial-markets—_12371016 (When the intention is to calm the financial markets – Jamaica Observer editorial)

http://news.cvmtv.com/index.php?id=1364&news=watch (Acid burn victim dies – CVM Television)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=39652 (Audio: Standoff between police, residents in Yallahs – Jamaica Gleaner)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Patois–things-Jamaican-and-the-big-picture_12296432 (Patois, things Jamaican and the big picture – Grace Virtue column, Jamaica Observer)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120902/news/news1.html (Dudus leaves solitary confinement – Jamaica Gleaner)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Comments–threats–allegations-and-innuendos_12406497 (Comments, threats, allegations and inuendos – James Moss- Solomon column, Sunday Observer)

http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/leads/31642 (Disasters costing Jamaica hundreds of billions – JIS News)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Do-Jamaicans-here-and-abroad-trust-this-government_12381221 (Do Jamaicans here and abroad trust this government? – Mark Wignall column, Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/leads/31660 (Jamaicans warned about putting personal information on the Internet – JIS News)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-folly-of-working-behind-the-scenes_12343747 (The folly of working behind the scenes – Chris Burns column, Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/leads/31655 (Beaches to be cleaned on September 15 – JIS News)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/-Worst-discrimination-in-any-society-_12382813 (“Worst discrimination in any society” – Jamaica Observer)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/allwoman/Gov-t-won-t-meet-MDG-on-maternal-mortality_12331480 (Government won’t meet Millennium Development Goals on maternal mortality – Observer/All Woman)

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120827/cleisure/cleisure2.html (Bloodshed in South Africa – John Rapley article)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/JPS-files-appeal_12383709 (JPS files appeal – Jamaica Observer)

Sunday Squalls: August 26, 2012 (petchary.wordpress.com)

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Back-to-reality_12406136#poll (Back to reality – Business Observer)