Before you purchase a product be it a TV or car or even a vacation to a foreign country most people do some research. To research a country I suggest you read one of thier news papers. In Jamaica I read the Gleaner. Read the news stories but also the commentary section, letters to the editor and on Sunday they have a section called in focus. You will learn all you need to know about Jamaica. Have fun get educated and be safe. And stop blaming the victim. One love.
Also it should be noted that the group "reporters without borders" rates Jamaica #6 world wide for freedom of the press. America is rated # 45 by this group.
Last edited by Cudjoe; 11-01-2018 at 08:39 AM.
https://knoema.com/
Seems like a pretty comprehensive source of world wide information. I've been going to Jamaica since my parents' honeymoon (half of me that time) and then from 3yo through present - I cannot be dissuaded from going there at least once/year. Statistics are just numbers, be aware but live your life!
With all the news coverage, editorials, broadcasts and discussions that the Riu Reggae incident generated on the island and the fact the suspect was incarcerated the next day by the police, I don't see anyone here taking the issue lightly.Originally Posted by Jahansen
Rape is a horrific violent crime. No thinking person can believe otherwise.
The USA Today article unfortunately does not represent the reality. By misrepresenting the facts, they have proceeded to diminish the truth of what is a terribly serious subject matter.
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Other than the low life rapist, the only ones to blame are the resorts it happened in. They have a responsibility to keep their guests safe at all times.
If there’s any justice, the rapist/s will be treated by other criminals the same way they’re treated here in the states.
I never chime in but this thread hits close to home.Over the last 10 years I have traveled to Jamaica 25 times.As most people who come often I follow all the internet media on the island(lurker).I often am taken back by news media reports of crime in and around Negril.
Having been informed by Google maps that in three years I have been to 356 unique cities around the planet I am reminded that I have never been mugged,raped or robbed in Negril or elsewhere in Jamaica.
I have stayed out late,traveled with taxi I do not know while intoxicated and on many occasion made deals with people I did not or almost did not know.
I left myself vulnerable to attack or worse and almost every time I was cared for by my driver as if they were my shepherd.
There were times I disputed the size of my purchase and with no reason they returned to correct the dispute.
times when I paid $10 USD to drive 7 people from the beach to the cliffs for dinner and had that driver wait for me (1.5 hours) not to make the $10 return but to make sure we were safe.
I have found starving Jamaicans in a good mood to help you on your way.
Dont get me wrong I was early on hustled for money but never robbed.
Some of the greatest people I ever met were when I needed help in Jamaica.
Having been to 356 cities in 3 years and having been mugged twice in the US at gunpoint I will say I Jamaica if you operate with caution,street smarts and respect you will never vacation anywhere else.
Thank you Matt !!
I have lived in the United States for 66 years, and have had one instance of crime committed against me. I have traveled to many different places with no crimes committed against me. I enjoy Jamaica and look forward to my next trip, but I will continue to revisit other places and explore new places around the world.
Last edited by Bruce; 11-04-2018 at 06:42 PM.
Well, for example... it seems unclear as to exactly which resort they young woman was staying at. The article says at Sandals with her mother, but later references Beaches. So I automatically question the respectability of the article. Secondly, what was the young woman doing in the laundry room. If she was in fact doing laundry and was then assaulted, that is tragic. Third, apparently, her friends were later or simultaneously being "gang raped" in their room. But I have to wonder, who let the men into the room? So I maintain, there are a lot of unanswered questions, and there are choices that may have been made that promoted this horrible incident. No one deserves to be assaulted, but there seem to have been choices made that allowed this particular even to play out, horrible as it is.
As a single woman who regularly travels alone, perhaps I take more precaution than others, but I have been at resorts where staff have openly insinuated interest in a very overt way, both while with other guests and not. I don't let anyone in my room when I am there by myself, I no longer travel alone at night, or even with locals for that matter, by foot, and I have to accept that when I drink too much alcohol, my boundaries increase in size... if anything happens to me, it's my own fault.
Last edited by LivinInThe603; 11-04-2018 at 07:29 PM.
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Beaches is owned by Sandals so that's simple not sure what article you read the first one I saw was from the Detroit Free press. And according to that you got all or most the info wrong 603 do better research this is a very serious subject.
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