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@5Solae This is my question too! I want to know where thay get power to tell the government what to do. The government gets its power from the people.

Civil Society is telling the Government what to do? Who elected them exactly?

@julietcuthbert @5Solae Juliet, Please Madam, anything you can do to fix from Lawrence Tavern to Cassava River.. Please do it.. Please. I know that you have a large constituency so don’t know if you were at that side yesterday but it’s terrible to the 6th power. Unbearable! Please!!!

Out in the Constituency since 10:30am. Just got home 8:30pm. No time to wash Zara's hair.

@ShanicaBlair @JamaicaGleaner What is undisputed is that no one has come with studies from anywhere to refute his point. And crime is the lowest in 30 years.. so based on his record of good results and lower crime rate maybe

@JamaicaGleaner Chang did a few brain surgeries. I don't think he is okay in the head. And because he has power and influence over the JLP it's hard to convince him that he is crazy and probably going senile?

Because he knows better, this newspaper is repeatedly taken aback by Horace Chang’s demonisation of civil society and other organisations that insist on accountability by the police. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commen…

@JamaicaGleaner Civil Society thought they are elected wanting to be king maker to call and uncalled shots. All of them and you can go form a party. And run the country how you want. But days of making king and dictate to gov and police who must wear camera is over!!!

@dunkirkkgn16 @DelanoSeiv Honest question Sir, what more oversight do we need than presently exist in the system? 1. Accountant General (can audit anything at anytime) 2. PAAC chaired by Opposition Julian Robinson 4. Another one Chaired by Peter Bunting at Parliament. Cabinet, JAMROC like EPOC. what else

@DelanoSeiv All due respect Mr. Minister, you must have oversight on these matters. If it was the other way around and you were the G2K President, l know you would be issuing press releases left, right and centre. Your hypocrisy is blatantly obvious. The Bill is flagrantly flawed. Fix it!

jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/… There is no issue with criticism. Debate is essential in any democracy. Scrutiny makes legislation better. But we must guard against a familiar risk: endless debate that leads to watered-down and useless bureaucracy and, even worse, inaction. Perfection, in circumstances like this, is not achievable. There will be issues. There will be adjustments. There will be things that, in hindsight, could have been done differently. That is the nature of real-world execution. But we are operating in a moment of urgency. And, in a world that moves at extraordinary speed, time is not a luxury we have in abundance. Too much time has already passed. The question now is whether we move forward with structure and discipline or allow delay, duplication and uncertainty to take hold. This is a moment of urgency, but also a moment of opportunity. We can rebuild stronger. More resilient. More competitive. But only if we execute. In the end, well done is better than well said

@gavinmyaz @DelanoSeiv @matthewsamuda To reduce concentration of power is to also reduce accountability….the wider power spreads the wider accountability spread, which means there is more room for spin, to hide and deflect and point fingers into other directions where or power is shared and make ‘fall guy’.

@DelanoSeiv @matthewsamuda I agree that perfection is not practicable. But we know that some basic things: reduced concentration of power, broader decision-making authority, clear mechanisms for public reporting, among others, would make the rebuilding better. Add dem nuh?

@jahmekyagyal And Don Lemon whining about Press Freedom!!!

very interesting editorial decisions being made tonight. CBS has interrupted regularly scheduled programming to cover this shooting incident at the Correspondents Dinner where POTUS was evacuated by Secret Service & FBI; while ABC & NBC normal programmes

@MarcoFoster_ Bro.. there was gun fire at or in the vicinity of the dinner and you are here talking about press freedom crying like a baby. What do you think was the news last night. You not getting what you want or the president being shot at? I’m not even American!

Don Lemon on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: “This is not normal. The Trump regime is trying to take away press freedom. They are trying to kill the First Amendment. You have to take a stand and if you’re in that room you are co-signing this. You are complicit in normalizing something that should not be normal”

@wcchen @jono_10 Steppas AKA chicken foot, can’t be rated higher than peas soup.. Never!

BEST #JAMAICAN SOUPS RANKED* 🇯🇲Mannish Water (Goat Head Soup) 4.9 🇯🇲Green Gungo Soup 4.8 🇯🇲Cow Cod Soup 4.8 🇯🇲Janga (Crayfish) Soup 4.8 🇯🇲Bussu Soup 4.7 🇯🇲Conch Soup 4.7 🇯🇲Fish Tea 4.7 🇯🇲Chicken Foot Soup 4.6 🇯🇲Corn Soup 4.5 🇯🇲Red Peas Soup 4.4 🇯🇲Beef Soup 4.4 🇯🇲Chicken Soup 4.3 🇯🇲Pepperpot Soup 4.2 🇯🇲Ital Pumpkin Soup 4.0 *Totally unscientific Recipes vary widely; there are many more. Most have thyme, scallion, scotch bonnet pepper, other herbs and spices, fresh vegetables (pumpkin, okra, carrot, cho-cho), ground provisions (yam, sweet potato, dasheen), dumplings. A few are regional. The best are made on wood fires by specialist roadside “Soupies”. Photo: Jamdown Foodie #Jamaica #Caribbean

@45Nisan45 @errlgreen Iran’s IRGC killed 40, 000 people not a tweet or peep, same IRGC ship is taken and all of a sudden you are for peace and justice.! I don’t understand these people. You really think you can convince a regime who killed 40,000 of their own people through speeches and diplomacy?

@errlgreen am a human and I stand for peace. I am against conflicts, injustices, and any harm to civilians around the world. I believe that when international law and human rights are violated, it must be opposed. For this reason, I stand against such policies and practices.

🚨SONDAKİKA: ABD Donanması, Hint Okyanusu’nda bir İran petrol tankerine el koydu. Bu müdahale ABD karasularında değil, uluslararası sularda gerçekleşti. Başka bir ülkenin tankerine bu şekilde el koymanın adı korsanlıktır.

@45Nisan45 Yes, but it’s also called WAR!

@kaitlancollins @RasBenjiMassop1 I disagree, Iran agreed in principle words not in practice! You were all played by Iran. You are all naive, religious fanatics with apocalyptic ambitions would never agree to not having nuclear weapons if never.!this happening now should have happened in 2015!

John Kerry: “What President Trump now has to do is, frankly, get them to, again, agree to what they already agreed to — which should underscore the absurdity of the situation that we're finding ourselves in.”

@zarajaxon What is standing standing for ? You see, have read the proposed bill and the argument she posited? I totally disagree with her. So while it is admirable to stand up against your party, this seems like standing for standing up sake like opposition opposed for oppose sake.

Marlene Malahoo Forte proved that real leadership means speaking up, not blindly agreeing, even against your own party. Politicians shouldn’t just go along when something is flawed or lacking substance. More of that courage, please. #GoodGovernance

@steveg_mcd @MalahooForteMP Standing up is one thing but what she stood for is another thing.The same old ten years to start a project, we need to be serious.We have Become so process oriented than we are goal oriented.People want to credit for following rules, that should be a given.Just start rebuilding

@MalahooForteMP we see you, we appreciate you, Jamaica applaud you for standing up for her in Parliament. Jamaica would be a better place if we had more of you in Parliament. The moral courage you showed yesterday is very rare in our parliament. Well done my blueblood sister!

@1ashermorris_ So hold on…are you saying we aren’t a democracy unless civil society or the decides which group of police wears cameras and when? Kmt!

I thought we lived in a democratic society.

@AdamKinzinger You guys can’t be for America at all. I don’t care what’s going if my country is at war . I’m supporting it irrespective of which party is in power. I will not openly criticize a president my country in time of war!

Trump announces an indefinite cease fire because Iran called his bluff. Everyone knows Trump is all talk and a scared little boy. The consequences of his failure will be with us for ages, even after he’s mercifully out of office. And MAGA will say he’s tough because he tweets

@_InfoGram_ Macron go away!!! Thank God Israel doesn’t have to depend upon you!

🔴BREAKING : 🇫🇷 French President Macron has given BIGGEST SHOCK to Netanyahu 🔥 He said : "Lasting stability in Lebanon requires two things: Israel out of Lebanese territory, and an end to its land grabs."🔥👏 What a COURAGE, What a LEADER 🔥

@ThompsonCanute @_kajima__ @NationwideRadio Isn’t all of them connected to JACDEM? Mine what you calling for. Just cant imagine your party in opposition and yet still so corrupt.

@_kajima__ Through the media, led by NNN, the public was told of JACDEN and Gordon. @NationwideRadio can do the same with the other 3 named in the report and the likely TENS of others which benefited from this corrupt scheme. We should hear the names and connections (if any) of all of them

When will the principals of the other three companies be named and questioned publicly and investigated for their involvement in the tax-exempt, purchase, and sell back scandal? jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

@DelanoSeiv Delano, went on a cruise that spent a day in Bahamas my wife was amazed at the high end stores with all the major brands. And I wonder why none of stores are in Jamaica with those exclusive brands especially in the areas that have cruise ships ports.

Continuing steady work across St. Andrew North Central to uplift communities that have faced real challenges over decades. Right now, the focus is on removing zinc fences in Park Lane and sections of Cassava Piece, replacing them with cleaner, more dignified surroundings. It’s part of a wider, multi-year effort to improve how these communities look and feel, while building pride, strengthening safety, and opening up new possibilities for residents.

@gurujammy It is ashamed that it takes US to let us know that it was wrong in the first place!!!!

Bahamas did not send home their Cuban health professionals as we did, they just paid the employees direct instead and US good with it?