Richard Pandohie harbours no doubt that Jamaicans have the capacity to blaze a trail on any world stage and in any field, even when not given the best of starts.
For decades, his fellow countrymen have been tapping into their creativity and harnessing the power of that Jamaican drive to establish global dominance, influence and admiration in culture, academics, sports and a wide range of other areas.
But with regret, he acknowledged that the country’s crime crisis has been a major bane, restricting the island from making the strongest leap forward to realise its true potential.