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Published:Thursday | July 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Jockey-in-waiting Griselle Clayton poses with her mentor. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer
Full-size wannabe female jockeys who were featured in recent television advertisements wait for a break at St Ledger Trophy Day, Saturday, July 2. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer
From left: Courtney Lodge, CEO of GSB Co-operative Credit Union; Carrole Guntley of the Ministry of Tourism; Michael Roofe, president of the GSB Credit Union; Shella Sealy Monteith, Jamaica High Commissioner to Canada, and Linda Miller, general manager at the credit union, pose for the social pages following the 65th anniversary church service at the Church of St Margaret in Liguanea, St Andrew, on Sunday. Contributed
Rion Hall (left), national president, Lay Magistrates' Association of Jamaica (LMAJ); the stylish Custos of St Andrew Marigold Harding and Hugh Perry, vice-president, LMAJ, arrive for the annual banquet and Golden Scale Awards, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Saturday night. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
The National Commercial Bank's Misha Haye steps out in style for the unforgettable Osmosis party, held at Fort Charles, Port Royal, on Saturday night.
Members of the Dream Team (from left) Scott Dunn, Paul Matthews, Pierre Goubault and Garth Walker came out to show their support at the Osmosis party. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
Managing director of Carreras, Richard Pandohie, and his wife Nicole chill in the Cabana City VIP booth at Osmosis.
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So many parties, so little time ... ah well, someone's gotta do it!

Thursdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

Vacant position

1. Some say it's funny that the prime minister who went to the extreme to 'protect' Dudus' constitutional rights, showed no such care when he created a constitutional debacle by breaching the tenets of the said Constitution by having the post of attorney general vacant for over a week.

Unhappy PNP

2. The appearance of a number of PNP big-wigs at the American July 4 celebration did not sit well with some party members, as they say, July 4 being the birthday of the party founder Norman Manley, the party and its officers should have been busy celebrating the birthday of the Jamaican National Hero!

Well, not good!

3. A number of the guests who attended an event are still dumbstruck. They say the fact the event was obviously sponsored was bad enough, but what made it worse was the 'decorations'. They say the signage by the sponsoring company was in even worse taste than having the event sponsored!

Tough times are here

4. Seem some household helpers are expressing a preference for finding employment with foreigners locally, as they say that some Jamaican employers pay them on Friday, but, on Monday, come back to them to borrow their pay. And, in some instances, they go weeks on end without being paid!

Marriage, is this a new game?

5. Some are asking if the new game in some circles is seeing who can have the shortest marriage! Seems like quite a few high-profile and publicised marriages have come crashing down within weeks or months after they are announced, causing some to question if it's the new game in town.

Voluntary exile

6. Questions are being asked about some who went into voluntary exile. They say they would like to know the status of the one who fled by night and the other who allegedly misappropriated clients' funds.