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Published:Thursday | March 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries launched the 'Eat Jamaica' campaign at the Coronation Market, downtown Kingston, yesterday. Here, vendor Maxine Jarrett (centre) and colleague Isolyn Mycko show Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker some juicy-looking melons. - Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
The Fashion Police has spoken, Hilary Swank gets an A+ in Gucci ombré feather as she arrives for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles on Sunday. - AP
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Mounting concerns

1. With the successors having a history of certain dealings, concerns are mounting about what happened to the funds collected for repairs.

What for?

2. The question most are asking: Is the money being amassed for a war chest for the campaign to come or for a retirement fund?

Don't go Greg!

3. Some are quite happy with news of the impending retirement of the contractor general as they see it as open season for the resumption of the old ways. Other civic-minded individuals are not at all happy with the news, however, and are asking him to reconsider his position, in the nation's interest!

Three Blind Mice

4. Some say the current high-price government-sponsored day-time soap is a case of the Three Blind Mice. Others say it's a case of twiddly dee and twiddly dum and one seeing no evil, hearing no evil and not being able to recall any evil.

Gov't vehicles

5. Some are questioning the practice by some drivers/ security officers, assigned to ministers to sit outside restaurants in their government vehicles with engines running for hours on end, ostensibly to keep the vehicles cool? For some, the question is this: governmental edict? or just youthful exuberance on the part of the security officers?

Space for 'National Weed'

6. Some educators and students alike of the place of 'higher learning' are expressing their concern over what seems to be the facilitation of 'designated smoking areas' for those wishing to light up the 'national weed'.

Sponsor concerns

7. The bosses are expressing concern over the husband's propensity to spend the company's money to sponsor certain projects!