Leo Gilling Live

07/29/2025

07/28/2025

Yes, we honour the sacrifices of our ancestors and national heroes who fought bravely for freedom, but independence is more than just freedom from colonial rule or the chains of slavery…

I believe the true meaning of independence for Jamaica is often misunderstood or cut short.

07/21/2025

Our music has come a long way

For most people, music is the heartbeat of their social lives.

07/07/2025

A sincere call for our own final appellate court. That’s in order. No more dependency. This is the way forward and we should all get away from colonialistic ways into our own.

07/01/2025

Sometimes, when I read certain headlines, I have to pause and ask myself: “Did I see this right?” After a second look, I had to ask myself, ”Did our policymakers truly think this through before making a decision or responding publicly?”

I recently came across this headline:
“The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association have joined mounting calls for the Government to explain the removal of a key law enforcement requirement from the top job at the Financial Investigations Division.”
Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20250630/business-pressure-mounts-jcc-jmea-join-calls-transparency-fid-appointment

The article further states that “the Office of the Services Commissions (OSC) claims that telling the public why the requirement was removed, and who authorised it, would breach privacy and could trigger a lawsuit.”

My immediate reaction a CHUCKLE: Is the blind leading the blind? Was this consequence not considered beforehand?

How did they expect this to slip by the public without backlash? Surely, if proper foresight had been applied, those responsible would have recognized the risk of public outrage and potential legal challenges. Yet, they moved forward anyway.

This isn’t just a routine internal shuffle — it’s a change to a high-level public post with serious implications for national accountability and law enforcement. Employment decisions for such positions must withstand public scrutiny, precisely because of the sensitive and powerful nature of the role. To now attempt to shield the reasoning behind the change as a private matter only raises further concern.

It leads to the obvious question: Who made this decision, and why?
The public deserves transparency — not just in outcomes, but in the reasoning behind decisions that impact the integrity of our institutions.
We want to know.
We have the right to know.

06/21/2025

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at the Old Coleys. We will connect through shared growing up and reminisce on what some people call, The Good Old Days. It’s all there in the book; plus more. See you there.

06/21/2025

Kartel vs Jacho : The concert that wasn’t a concert. Is Vybz Kartel Culpable?

https://open.substack.com/pub/leogilling/p/kartel-vs-jacho-the-concert-that?r=55zxh&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish

Pic from Gleaner

06/19/2025

Last week I learned at the JDTAN Education Summit, how to have AI create poetry. So I woke up this morning, feeling sad as I watched the resulting conflicts between Iran-Israel and decided to test what I learned, drawing the scenario closer to home. I didn’t just tell the AI to write a poem. I told it how I felt. Here is what I wrote in AI.

“I’m just watching this conflict. I don’t understand it, just as I watched the Russia-Ukraine war, which I also don’t understand. And I find myself wondering: What would happen if an authoritarian government allowed another country to wage war on, or invade, our land, Jamaica, with all our people in it? Our needy sisters, brothers, uncles, cousins, aunts, friends, and especially our children? I’m sure I would die a sudden death. I wouldn’t be able to live through even one night of that reality.”

I didn’t like the result. No need to share it. It didn’t reflect my mood. Instead I ask it for an image. The one below. That’s the look!

04/24/2025

I am so thankful for this gesture.

01/17/2025

I had a Gross Michel banana on camera today. The banana man was exciting. Really enjoyed filming this.

01/16/2025

Cutie was on of the highlights this morning as i roamed through Coronation Market Downtown Kingston. Please follow me on youtube by hitting the “Subscribe” button. Much more short videos are there.