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THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!
"Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.
"It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes. -
POLICE STATEMENT ON DOWNTOWN SHOOTOUT
JamaicaObserver.com
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
UNEDITED:
The two men who were shot by the Police during an operation earlier yesterday (March 15) have died. Another person, a female, who was also shot in the incident, is in hospital and in stable condition.
One of the gunmen has been identified as Marvin Sylvester Kelly, otherwise called, ‘Top Man’, while the other gunman to die is yet to be positively identified. Kelly is a known member of the Colombia gang which operates in the Olympic Gardens area of St. Andrew. He was wanted for several murders including the recent murder of a two-year-old boy on White Wing Walk during an arson attack. He was featured at the top of the most wanted list for the St. Andrew South Police Division.
A team of police personnel was conducting an operation aimed at capturing Kelly and his cronies on the border of Hannah Town and Denham Town (Blount and Dumphries Streets) when they came under heavy and sustained gunfire from men locked in a house. Three policemen were injured when they tried to enter the house in question. The police also came under heavy gunfire from criminals perched on the roofs of surrounding high rise buildings.
Following the cessation of gunfire, Kelly and the unidentified man were seen injured in the house. They were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead. When Kelly was found he was clad in a ballistic vest and was clutching a Glock 19 pistol which contained a magazine with twelve (12) 9mm rounds. Over 100 spent shells (7.62 mm used in AK-47s and 5.56 used by the M-16s) were recovered from the roofs of the surrounding high rise buildings. In addition several police service vehicles were shot-up.
The Denham Police Station also came under gunfire. No one was hurt during this attack on the station. The incidents are being investigated by the Bureau of Special Investigations.
Since yesterday’s incidents several threats on the lives of policemen and women have been received. The Police consider these threats to be serious and are taking the necessary precautions.
The Police were supported by the Jamaica Defence Force which provided air and ground support.THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!
"Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.
"It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes. -
WILL THE REAL JAMAICAN PLEASE STAND UP?
Lloyd B Smith
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Juxtapose the Armadale fiasco and the Dudus affair and it becomes crystal clear that politics takes precedence over everything else in Jamaica. The responses of the Bruce Golding administration so far to both issues succinctly indicate where our priorities lie as a country. The potent question to be asked, therefore, is who is going to chase those crazy baldheads out of town?
The Rev Al Miller disappoints me. While I respect his views on the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition matter, a man of his influence in the public sphere, who has been given the task by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to help transform Jamaica in terms of values and attitudes, should have kept his mouth shut. Divisiveness has become the order of the day in this country and so those who are supposed to be symbols of national unity and transformation must be mindful of the bigger picture and not get carried away with headline-grabbing pronouncements.
HENRY-WILSON... it's all about who gets what, where and when.
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Unfortunately, by taking the Dudus controversy to Parliament, Prime Minister Golding has, whether wittingly or unwittingly, brought into sharp focus the raison d'être for seeking political power in this country. It is not about the greatest good for the greatest number, as it ought to be. Rather, as the PNP's Maxine Henry-Wilson has been quoted as saying, it's all about who gets what, where and when (or words to that effect). And it was her fellow parliamentarian Dr Peter Phillips who declared that in this country the man who plays by the rules gets shafted.
Against this backdrop, it is safe to say that the real Jamaican among us has become an endangered species. Ironically, while we deal with one another in a most callous and cruel manner, we smile and kowtow to the tourist. Recently, Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett reinforced the point that has been made over and over again, that the main reason why so many overseas visitors make it Jamaica again and again is the friendliness and warmth of the Jamaican people. Our legendary hospitality cannot be surpassed anywhere else in the world, yet at the same time we have been dubbed one of the world's murder capitals!
What the tourists experience is what the real Jamaican has to offer. Visit especially many rural communities that have not been corrupted and spoiled by the dancehall culture and insidious partisan politics and you cannot find a more courteous, honest, God-fearing, loving and industrious set of people. Yes, there are still many real Jamaicans in our midst but they have been put to silence out of fear and intimidation, thanks to a political system that elevates dons while denigrating those who dare to be a Daniel, dare to stand alone.
It has been said that a country's worth can be truly assessed by the way it treats the very young and the very old. The Armadale inquiry has laid bare findings that are almost reminiscent of Hitler's treatment of the Jews: the old and infirm as well as those who have fallen through the social safety net are treated with such impunity and callousness. Just look how the nurses and their quest for a better quality of life is being treated by the government.
When this Golding administration came to power in 2007, it vowed to fight crime and corruption. If we are to go by the recently released United States State Department report, we are fast becoming a narco-democracy as well as heading towards being dubbed a rogue state in the international community. Hundreds of Jamaicans almost daily are seeing their constitutional rights trampled on in one way or another. Do they have a voice in Parliament? Who speaks for them? Who defends them even if it means losing political capital? Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
Outside of the tardiness with respect to the crime-fighting bills that are being held up indefinitely, there are other pieces of legislation that are critical in the "context of strengthening governance and control of corruption", if I may quote from a preferably unnamed source at this time. Among these are the funding of political parties (Political Party Registration and Funding Act); the Amendment to the Libel Law, the Whistle-blower Protection Act; the repeal of the Official Secrets Act which will necessitate an Amendment to the Access to Information Act as well as the Gazetting of Regulations for the Plea Bargaining Act which must be affirmed by a parliamentary resolution. Instead of focusing on this crucially important legislative agenda, we note the alacrity with which our politicians have set about to increase the number of seats in Parliament, which means more taxpayers' money must be found in order to distribute scarce benefits and spoils.
In another two years time, 2012, Jamaica will have marked 50 years of having gained political independence. In 1969, one of our esteemed founding fathers, Norman Washington Manley, charged that it was the responsibility of the succeeding generation to ensure that the country achieve economic independence. Based on IMF projections as well as those emanating from domestic sources such as the PIOJ and the BOJ, at 50 Jamaica will still be in the throes of persistent poverty. So much for independence! If it is not to founder on the rocks of corruption, crime, indiscipline, incompetence, a lack of patriotism and a fixity of purpose, then some of us will have to be prepared to pay the ultimate price. I am sick and tired of people approaching me and saying, "Is what kind of things dem dat you writing, you don't fraid dem kill you?"
There is nothing to fear except fear itself and if we must die let it not be like hogs penned in an inglorious spot (if I may so paraphrase these two well-known quotations which became the rallying point for patriots during World War II). Lest we forget, Jamaica is indeed at war. It is time that the real Jamaicans begin to stand up. Too many of us prefer to play to the gallery or pander to the lowest common multiple. To Bruce Golding I say, "Beware the Ides of March, yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look." As for those in their ivory towers, seemingly far from the world of woe, "Fire deh a mus-mus tail, him think a cool breeze!" I am prepared to stand up; are you?
lloydbsmith@hotmail.comTHERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!
"Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.
"It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.Comment
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Dis Bredda live a Jamaica ?
If we are to go by the recently released United States State Department report, we are fast becoming a narco-democracy
Has he ever heard about Garrisons ? Shower , Spanglers, Clansman , One order etc , where have they sprung from , from what source were they nourished and blossomed into the cancer that we now have ?THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!
"Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.
"It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.Comment
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Not only is the true identity of the other man killed is unknown but so too are his crimes...
Also, one gun was allegedly recovered,did they share it?
If the cops would kill at least one man without just reasons, would they plant a gun on the scene?
There is no mention of spent shells(ejected)recovered in the home.
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