Thursdaytalk

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Eddie's book launch

1 Some are still talking about the fact that the former prime minister and JLP leader, Edward Seaga, managed to have attracted more high-ranking present and former members of the PNP than he did serving members of the JLP, at his book launch and signing on Monday.

Hold the applause!

2 Former business partners and some former employers are asking that the applause and accolades be stayed or tempered, as the business practices and people skills were not all that they are being made out to be!

Laughing heads

3 While some say no publicity is bad, others don't think so and are laughing their heads off that at the same time one was appearing on the society pages, notices were appearing elsewhere asking anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the person in question to contact them.

Record of success?

4 Not all are happy with the status quo. They say there is something fundamentally wrong with a society that holds up as its norm and a beacon of success a married man who has at least three sets of documented children, outside of his marriage, with yet another recent addition.

Question time

5 He was once toasted as the potential future with all and sundry lauding his business acumen. Now that everything has come crashing down, everyone is asking: What has happened?

Messy affair

6 A number of private-sector players and leading members of multilateral agencies have welcomed the news of the impending retirement. What they say is confusing, however, is word that rather than letting go of the one perceived to be ineffective, the boss was prepared to hold on to him, and his position only changed when the chief stepped in with his own ultimatum!

Let's get the work done!

7 Communities across the length and breadth of the island are clamouring for the powers that be to get on with the business of cleaning up and resurfacing of roadways. Some are also asking for proper signage on the south coast, as they say the absence of proper road signs has led to more than a few mishaps recently, as well as many motorists, unfamiliar with the roadway, getting lost for hours.