The legendary Cornaldi “Goldfinger/Goalie McGhie

The legendary Cornaldi ”Goldfinger/Goalie McGhie”. May your soul Rest In Peace. Cornaldi McGhie was a popular Montego Bay businessman. He loved his job as a JUTA bus tour driver. He built his business from his many repeat customers who enjoyed his tours when they visited Jamaica. He was a very patriotic Jamaican and believed he had a personal responsibility to educate tourists about Jamaica’s history, and to take them to the communities to meet the real people of Jamaica and give them the real Jamaican experience. He was much loved by many small business owners especially in Montego Bay because he was one of few drivers would take tourists to their businesses and not only the popular Jamaican attractions, and in this way he contributed to the local economy. He was very skilled in Jamaican culture especially music and sports and participated in community events. He also contracted with many schools in Montego Bay like Herbert Morrison Technical High School and Cornwall College to bring the students to sporting events like the Dacosts Cup matches, Boys and Girls Champs, Netball and Cricket Matches as well as transporting the school band to performances all over the island like the JCDC festival competitions. Cornaldi McGhie was very well-known and loved by his community and his legacy lives on in Montego Bay.

A Generation Of Vipers

I have been hearing this term, “a generation of vipers” used to describe the young people in Jamaica. We definitely have to take ownership of the way these young people have turned out. I am curious, if they are vipers, are we calling ourselves vipers too? How did they get to this stage? Who raised them to be like this? Did they raise themselves? Did they drop from the sky? Did they crawl out from under a rock? How did we all arrive at this place? Is your child a viper? Is your neighbor’s child a viper? At what age do they become vipers? At some point we have to take ownership of the behavior of our young people and do something about it. So that maybe, we can learn from the mistakes and correct them before the generation following them become even worse. But what can we do?