Strong black women have been an integral part of Jamaican society for a very long time, but never in this capacity.

She's definitely a pioneer in the local Jamaican business economy and the community at large. If she's in jeopardy of losing the assets she has, it would definitely impact the maturing process of the community.

I think Portia's election definitely changes the status quo because it's never been done before, and changing the status quo in Jamaica is a good and positive thing.

With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.