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While listening to the Budget Debate a few months ago, I was somewhat intrigued by a phrase used by the prime minister: 'having national pride'. Since hearing those words, I have been puzzled to understand what is the true meaning of that phrase. I wonder to myself if the prime minister was trying to instil something similar to the 'American dream'.

Isn't this beautiful? Jamaica already doesn't have money to fix roads, provide schools for our children, pay essential workers, or assist our farmers. And the list goes on. Yet, we can find £1 million (J$140 million) to waste!

Caribbean policymakers are truly delusional if they expect multinational corporations and Asian countries to be responsible for the region's development. China has provided the government of Grenada with a 353-unit housing scheme, for the country's inhabitants. Further, the government of Taiwan donated $900,000 to the construction of a cybernetic in the Dominican Republic.

Between July 22 and August 30, there have been 28 children reported missing via the Ananda Alert system. Had it not been for a situation that has struck close to home, I would have remained in the dark about the extent of what must be an epidemic of missing children in Jamaica.

You are the salt of the earth, but when the salt has lost its savour, how can it be salted again? So said Jesus Christ to his disciples. I say to the teachers of Jamaica at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year that you are the salt of the education system, and the savour needs improvement.

Cho! My lighter just won't summon up the spark that could end the hullabaloo by burning every single national flag. I had planned to hire the round-the-clock truckers who stole the Trelawny beach to help me tear down the Jamaican flag from every pole and car antenna and start a bonfire that would make the London Olympic flame look like a candle.

A rejuvenated Carlos Tevez inspired Manchester City to a 3-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers yesterday, moving the defending champions to within two points of early pacesetters Chelsea in the English Premier League.

THE ANNUAL lamentations about the unimpressive performance of Jamaican students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language and mathematics examinations have been echoing across the land following the recent publishing of the 2012 results.

St George's College (StGC) utilised home advantage to capture the Roper Cup and bragging rights over Kingston College (KC) at yesterday's annual football festival between the neighbouring North Street high schools.