http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/ Everyday Matters tavaresd@jamaicaobserver.com (Deron Tavares) en-us MEMBER of Parliament for West Kingston Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Sunday claimed that there was positive transformation between garrison communities, and individuals who once considered themselves foes were now traversing each other's communities in his constituency. http://jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20091119T210000-0500_164123_OBS_GOLDING_CLAIMS__GARRISON_TRANSFORMATION_.asp Antiguan sprinter Daniel Bailey, the training partner of Jamaican Usain Bolt, has started legal proceedings against Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet which erroneously published an articles claiming he failed a drug test during this summer's World Championships in Berlin, Germany. http://jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20091119T230000-0500_164120_OBS_BAILEY_TO_SUE_SWEDISH_NEWSPAPER.asp Earlier this week, the international rating agency Moodys weighed in on Jamaica, pronouncing that its fiscal situation was perilous and that funds from an IMF Standby Agreement would not be the answer to Jamaica's problems, thus adding its voice to a chorus of damming assessments on the state of the Jamaican economy. http://jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Business/html/20091119T220000-0500_164100_OBS_HOW_BAD_CAN_IT_GET_.asp After much fanfare at the launch of the new Toyota Prado at Devon House two weeks ago, the vehicle was put to the test last Saturday at the Caymanas cane field in St Catherine. http://jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20091119T230000-0500_164080_OBS_NEW_SELF_DRIVING_PRADO.asp "Judging by the looks of this man, there must be something really special about him, for him to be given the nod of Top Cop in Jamaica." That was the thought that was running through my head when I approached Corporal Donohue Crossman at the gate of the Observer's Beechwood Avenue head office. http://jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20091116T190000-0500_163894_OBS_GENUINE__TOP_COP_.asp FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Some 40 fishermen are gearing up to resist the Trelawny Parish Council's plans to drive them off the Half Moon fishing beach in this town. http://jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/html/20091118T230000-0500_164070_OBS__THIS_LAND_IS_OUR_LAND__.asp Dr Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International, the child advocacy organisation, hit the nail on the head with his observation about the ineffectiveness of laws that are passed by law-breakers within the context of a careless society. http://jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/html/20091119T210000-0500_164114_OBS_WE_COULDN_T_HAVE_SAID_IT_BETTER__DR_STAFFORD.asp A child is our most important gift. It arrives with no owners manual, service agreement, warranty or helpline to call.Yet humans survived the Ice Age without pampers or aspirin. http://jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091119T210000-0500_164113_OBS_VALUES__ATTITUDES_AND_OUR_CHILDREN.asp