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Published:Thursday | March 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Kenny Benjamin (left) of Guardsman Group engrossed in conversation with Bruce Bowen.
Carlene Lyn, senior relationship manager, converses with Craig Mair, assistant general manager, corporate and commercial banking, at the recent welcome reception for new board chairman for Scotiabank Group, Brian Porter. - Contributed
From left: Ann-Marie Jones, Carrol Corrodus and Horace Edwards, Scotiabank executives from Corporate and Commercial Banking, spend time together.
Roaan Brown, Belmont Dukes branch manager, pose with his wife, Angela Brown, at the Belmont Dukes Sagicor branch sales awards breakfast at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday, March 3. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Television Jamaica's General Manager Kay Osborne (right) had a lot to smile about, and so did the Jamaica Tourist Board's Nicole Haughton after the visit of the Today Show team last Friday. - Photo by Janet Silvera
Garth Walker gets some camera time with Nicole Smith in the Smirnoff skybox at the Mas Camp on Friday, March 4, during Bacchanal Carnival. - Contributed
Adeeb Mahfood (second right), chairman, Jamaican Teas Limited, shares the spotlight with (from left) Duncan Davidson, director, John Mahfood, chief executive officer, Oliver Goldsmith, chief accountant, and John Jackson, director of the company, at its annual general meeting held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, St Andrew, on March 2. - Contributed
Kim Bernard (left) poses with Dr Marsha James at Doctors on Stage for Cancer at Jamaica House on Sunday. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
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Scotiabank recently rolled out the welcome mat for new board chairman, Brian Porter

The hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

1. For many it is clear that the writing has been on the wall for some time now - The Destination is not what it used to be, so now one of the leading players is no longer gung-ho about doing business here, and the more bureaucracy and stumbling blocks he is faced with, he simply reduces his exposure here. Sadly, those in charge have not got it, so Jamaica's loss, in jobs and guests, is the region's gain.

2. Concern is mounting about the use of the Special Fund, as the story doing the rounds is that funds were used recently to acquire a 'great house'. Those closest to the situation are questioning the use of the funds for this acquisition, citing not only the inappropriateness of the expenditure in relation to its mandate, but also the relationship between the vendor and the purchaser.

3. Notice after all the talk of a change in the arrangement of the Pyrex bowls in the breakfront, still no changes? Some say it's because the one proposing the changes was advised that the only change those with the power and clout were prepared to accept was a timetable for his departure before the next big date!

4. Civil society is on the side of the new investigative body. They see no reason for the police to be treated any differently from civilians when they are accused of any crime, if the circumstances are similar to those of the general population against whom charges are preferred daily.

5. Opinion of the Week: "Some went in the enquiry as legends! Some were legends in their own minds! Some others merely pontificating windbags, being forced to face themselves in the glare of the camera, and they are looking a lot like the emperor in his new clothes."

6. For all the talk about how well things are going, liquor is the only thing experiencing a boom in sales these days as people seek to drown their woes, as not only are more people losing their homes, in one case it was so bad, the helper has not been paid for over three weeks now, and the 'boss' is now suggesting to friends that they can use her services a few days out of the week.