She might have said it with a stone-faced expression which eventually broke out into a laugh, but the joke is on those who didn't think it was humorous.

My word, Jamaica really is PNP country, isn't it? It also appears that, in PNP country, any expressed opinion contrary to the accepted dogma of PNP perfection attracts more vilification than Harry Potter expects from Lord Voldemort.

It was a perfectly ordinary day when the thunderbolt of lightning struck.

The recently concluded 2011 election confounded many of the polls and predictions of Bill Johnson, The Gleaner, Gordon Robinson, Mark Wignall and Karl Samuda, and the hopes of many Labourites.

The following commentary is prompted by my own experiences in the public sector through boards and various projects/committees, and underpinned by my private-sector background of some 25 years.

The People's National Party (PNP) won a decisive 42-21-seat victory on December 29, 2011.

The dust is yet to settle after the bruising defeat of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on December 29, 2011. That date will be long remembered as a date when a lot changed in Jamaica.