Jah Foresight, Contributor

Let us all hug 'Miss 2007'. Yep, 2006 was a brute of a year. It was the year of the women. Jamaica greeted its first female Prime Minister and D'Angel, the local Helen of Troy, is in a tight race for personality of the year.

It was a time when four stalwarts moved on to Zion. These were Neville Willoughby, Miss Lou, Perry Henzell and Charles Hyatt. The last two influenced me the most. I spoke with Perry at his son's wedding reception and I am certain I did the same at the Calabash Festival.

I know he would love to see the repairs to the road from Round Hill to Treasure Beach, and the completion of the Great Bay canal. I had interviewed Charles about the Actor Boy Awards on my radio programme.

Year 2007 is a serious crossroads. First, this is the time when the Cricket World Cup will be hosted in the West Indies. Will all the cricket grounds be ready by March? We have just learned that Australia have just given England a 5-0 beating the likes of which they have not received in 86 years.

The dancehall community has been divided into two political parties, the Bounties versus the Beenies.

This is the year of two elections, local and general, and the power-hungry will be knocking at our door, trying to convince the uncommitted, like me, to go out and vote. One newspaper has already written off the Prime Minister in a similar fashion as the Solid-as-a -Rock team. This is the year when more guns will come in from Haiti for stockpiling as shottas will want to create mayhem under the guise of politics. This is the year when the garrisons will become more violent as cheap blood will flow.

This is the year when two- and four-year-olds will be protesting by lighting fires when their mothers have gone to dances to do the 'Hot Wuk'. This is the year when the hurricanes might just hit us again to cool down the fire.

This is the year of the callaloo juice.

The year has started with the murder of two policemen. Another has just been severely beaten in rural St. Mary, while grave robbing has resurfaced, similar to the start of 2006. Take a read of my columns in early January 2006.

Bloody numbers

The draw results for January 4, 2006 were 2, 8, 10, 11, 18, 34, followed on January 7 by 3, 21, 24, 29, 36, 37. The draw for January 7 produced 3, 9, 12, 26, 29, 37, which was followed by 2, 6, 8, 21, 26 and 36. These were wicked, cold and bloody numbers.

I think it is just a frustrating time for these criminals because they just did not capture sufficient loot from the season.

I am really sorry for some of the policemen. I must congratulate the Manchester crew for bringing some amount of closure to the Lyns. I cry along with their children.

The jackpot is now at $19 million. The numbers for last Saturday were 3, 9, 16, 26, 32, 33, and the bonus ball, 24. The consecutive numbers were 32 and 33. The draw for last Wednesday were 7, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32 and the bonus ball, 10. Last week, I had promised to analyse the draws for 2006, but with the situation of 2007, I just had to share my insights.

I started 2007 on a bad note. There was unwelcome interest in one of my vehicles by one of the migratory birds from the capital city that feel that rural Jamaica is the place to cool out and build a nest. I gave him 24 hours to return to his turbulence. I know that the police did not agree with my methodology but I will not let any outside force come and control my community.

I am begging any one of my readers around Mandeville who can donate a nice kitten and/or a puppy to me to do so. I want a puppy that is a cross between a mongrel and a high-pedigree breed. This means that I want a dog whose bite is as dangerous as its bark.

You can contact me at cjajpro@yahoo.com.