PEPPER POT: Diplomatic offensive
The one accused of fraud has linked up with the hate-mailer and both have taken their case to the US Embassy. Not sure yet if it is asylum they are seeking or trying to create mischief. But Uncle Sam can’t be that easily fooled, can they?
Comic relief?
The word out there is that taped conversations with lottery scammers are doing the rounds and they’re being played for large and small crowds just for laughs. Many say it’s the ‘twang’ more so than the scam that’s cracking them up.
Heat in the kitchen
The recent exposé is just the beginning, and if the damsel were smart she’d exit the kitchen before more distress comes!
This is another big one
Another big resignation is on the cards. This one will take everybody by surprise as it seems too early, that is, if our source is on the button. And she has always been.
Fulfilling prophecy
The Jamaica Observer in an editorial last year predicted and warned about a JLP/PNP clash over ‘Jamaica 50’. Bet the newspaper didn’t predict that the combatants would be Lisa Hanna and Babsy Grange.
The guessing game
The big question these days is where is Michael Misick, the former Turks and Caicos Islands premier who is said to be cooling his heels these days in the Dominican Republic. Some say he has been sighted in Venezuela with his friend President Hugo Chavez. From what we are hearing, Misick might need Chavez’s prayers.
Question of the week
If someone is charged with fraud, shouldn’t that person be presumed innocent until proven guilty?