JO - The Daryl Vaz factor

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Jamaica Observer

The Daryl Vaz factor


Raulston Nembhard


Saturday, March 28, 2009


Mr Daryl Vaz must be congratulated for his resounding victory in the by-election in the West Portland constituency. His victory is a tribute to his tenacity and the hard work that he has been doing in the constituency over the past 18 months. No one can begrudge him the victory; it was his to win or lose and from the very beginning he was determined to win.

Raulston Nembhard

Whatever one may say about Mr Vaz he cannot be faulted for his tenacity and apparent genuine commitment to the people of West Portland. From the time he became caretaker of the constituency he has worked assiduously to win their confidence. It was clear to them that he was not a fly-by-night politician who was prepared to shed tears and present a veneer of concern for their plight. Deep down the people know that those who do those things are interested only in feathering their own nests. They saw in Vaz someone who genuinely cared about what mattered to them. Even some PNP-ites could not help but admit that he did work, but out of partisan loyalty they could not bring themselves to vote for him.

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"Young politicians have a lot to learn from a Daryl Vaz. One gets the distinct impression that there are far too many of the young breed of politicians who are wedded to a failed political paradigm that has impoverished Jamaica. Like many of their older counterparts they are in it for what they can get from it. They are not driven by an abiding fidelity to a set of core values which lead to integrity and credibility. It has to be more than what he could get out of politics that could have motivated Vaz to give up his coveted United States citizenship in order to represent a group of people in Parliament, and at a time when retaining that citizenship could be easily justified."

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JO - Air Jamaica has a broken wing

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Jamaica Observer

Air Jamaica has a broken wing

Raulston Nembhard

Saturday, July 19, 2008

That Air Jamaica is experiencing troubled times is an understatement. The airline is undergoing yet another reorganisation plan where the government is hoping to have it divested and hopefully off the national budget by March 2009. We have gone that route before and we have nothing to show for it but a mountain of debt and growing disenchantment with the airline.

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JO - What now, Mr Commissioner?

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Jamaica Observer

What now, Mr Commissioner?

RAULSTON NEMBHARD

Saturday, June 07, 2008

THE entire nation breathed a collective sigh of relief when the prime minister reported to Parliament that Rear-Admiral Hardley Lewin had withdrawn his resignation and would continue as commissioner of police. This sigh of relief was appropriate and consistent with the belief of many that the country was not able to sustain such uncertainty in the top echelons of law enforcement, especially against the background of the spiralling murder rate in the country.

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Snippet(s):

"The fact that the commissioner has returned to his post does not mean that the problems that he identified and which led to his resignation have disappeared.

For example, he cited problems with getting the support of the rank-and-file in the force.

This is a problem to which I have consistently called attention, for there is the realisation that no leader of any organisation can do a successful job, if he does not have the support of the men and women under his leadership."