PAUL, BECKFORD, CRAWFORD, AND LINDSEY all put out to pasture by Omar Davis, the political "gilligog" of our time!
May the eagle man's soul rest in peace!
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PAUL CHEN YOUNG DEAD AT 82
2020-05-10 14:28:51
2020-05-10 14:40:42
In reply to XDFIX
You could not mourn the man's passing without getting in to politics eeh?
2020-05-10 19:21:24
In reply to XDFIX
lots of people ignore the fraud that took place in that crisis,and so Omar became the scapegoat.
2020-05-10 19:34:28
In reply to camos
Well said
2020-05-10 20:12:15
In reply to camos
They were a lot of fraud in the financial system however do you think those high interest rates were not a cause?
Tell me which business can operate much less compete with interest rates of 50% to 100%?
2020-05-10 20:26:58
In reply to nitro
Don't mess up.
Didn't the high interest rates come after?
High interest rates were the nineties, no??
That other Chen Young stuff was 20 years before.
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2020-05-10 21:19:48
In reply to Ewart
You know what I remember about Chen Young - when he said Jamaicans had no right to weekends off. I remember tracing him off in public for that one.
2020-05-10 21:43:31
In reply to XDFIX
the political "gilligog" of our time!
Thought the proper cultural expression is "Ginnygog"
2020-05-10 21:45:24
In reply to DonD
correct or ginigog
2020-05-10 22:05:01
In reply to DonD
Yep. Without the "y" though.
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2020-05-10 22:12:57
In reply to Ewart
Chen Young's eagle "empire" collapsed in the 90s with Workers Bank, Citizens and some merchant banks.
2020-05-10 22:38:42
In reply to nitro
Yes but when did he leave Jamaica"?
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2020-05-10 23:22:32
In reply to nitro
interest rates are relative; banks charge more than they pay!
2020-05-11 11:43:16
In reply to Chrissy
Yes DonD
Ginnygog: an influential person, some Jamaicans say "gilligog" which I guess is a parish thing!
Ewart - with the "Y"!
2020-05-11 11:56:45
In reply to Dukes
Nothing wrong with political tears in mourning!
2020-05-11 12:11:17
"Ginigog": Must admit not a word I have heard or used before.
Maybe I have, but never registered. Not a regularly used Bajan word, but must be of some prominence in the Yard.
So educate me, my Jamaican friends, of the origin.
2020-05-11 19:26:58
In reply to Casper
Don't know the origin, but:
The term ginnigog is usually used to refer to one who is supposedly knowledgeable of or very good at doing something. It could be used to describe anyone, from a marbles player to a nuclear physicist
2020-05-11 19:46:21
In reply to CWWeekes
Correct. And it is often used with a slight sneer.
And by the way, yours is the spelling I am familiar with.
Ginnygog is soft "g." as in the liquor gin.
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2020-05-11 22:12:17
folks! is ginnygog a synonym for rhyging? 
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