SOE for St. James (again) Hanover and Westmoreland

[Highlander]

Gansta's Rule !! Thug Life !! Government... Not Working !! Just to say that I was thinking Daily on my recent Trip of all the Bob Marley songs about Government Injustice and Poverty and People on People Crime !! As I listened to back in the Mid / Late Seventies !! Well ... 40 odd years later !! The Whole System is coming Apart... Just So Sad for all the People in Jamaica !! Living in Fear !! It's JamRock Indeed !! My Thoughts and Prayers are with the Jamaican People that are so Special too me . Also I hope the Island Paradise will Prevail in these Troubled Times !! I of course will still return to the Rock .... As it has Special Place in my Heart !!

[Kold Ass Mofo]

The US gun manufacturers have some culpability in this mess.

"70 Per Cent Of Guns Seized In JA In 2016 Sourced In US"

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...016-sourced-us

[Jdub]

The US gun manufacturers have some culpability in this mess.

"70 Per Cent Of Guns Seized In JA In 2016 Sourced In US"

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...016-sourced-us

Mofo, thanks for your post. That was my first thought when I saw this thread. "I wonder where all the guns are from, I thought facetiously?" I'm a former cop (Michigan) and I've been shot at while both at home and on duty. I'm not entertaining a gun discussion, that was just my initial thought. I feel for the many good people who are trapped in neighborhoods that have to live with this insanity.

Dr. J

[Irieonline]

My wife and I have been to Negril 16 times together for trips lasting between 2 weeks and as long as one month and always have a hard time leaving. We havnt been in 2 years and I havnt kept up to date with whats goin on down there. I heard a bunch of bad stuff from a friend yesterday and also heard about the SOE. Breaks my heart to see this happening. We were never the normal tourist type who stayed at the resort. We always rent a scooter and go to the little towns around Negril and mingle with the locals and have never felt afraid or uncomfortable. I hope this is resolved soon because we plan on bringing some family when we chave me this year. My plan is to move to Panama when I retire but until then Negril will always be our winter getaway. I would kill to have the old Negril back the way it was when i first went 25 years ago.

[Rob]

My wife and I have been to Negril 16 times together for trips lasting between 2 weeks and as long as one month and always have a hard time leaving. We havnt been in 2 years and I havnt kept up to date with whats goin on down there. I heard a bunch of bad stuff from a friend yesterday and also heard about the SOE. Breaks my heart to see this happening. We were never the normal tourist type who stayed at the resort. We always rent a scooter and go to the little towns around Negril and mingle with the locals and have never felt afraid or uncomfortable. I hope this is resolved soon because we plan on bringing some family when we chave me this year. My plan is to move to Panama when I retire but until then Negril will always be our winter getaway. I would kill to have the old Negril back the way it was when i first went 25 years ago.

I am not sure what you have been told, but sounds like you have been misinformed.

You will be able to easily leave your resort, rent a scooter and go to the little towns around Negril and mingle with the locals just as you always have.

The information in this thread and this one,

https://negril.com/forum/showthread....riends-in-jail

pretty well explains what is happening and why.

[Rob]

Gansta's Rule !! Thug Life !! Government... Not Working !! Just to say that I was thinking Daily on my recent Trip of all the Bob Marley songs about Government Injustice and Poverty and People on People Crime !! As I listened to back in the Mid / Late Seventies !! Well ... 40 odd years later !! The Whole System is coming Apart... Just So Sad for all the People in Jamaica !! Living in Fear !! It's JamRock Indeed !! My Thoughts and Prayers are with the Jamaican People that are so Special too me . Also I hope the Island Paradise will Prevail in these Troubled Times !! I of course will still return to the Rock .... As it has Special Place in my Heart !!

While definitely not a long term solution, the extra policing powers granted under the SOE are making a positive impact. Last year's SOE is credited with decreasing the murder rate alone by 22% in 2018 from 2017.

The assessment above doesn't match the reality for those living here. It doesn't take into account any of the positives happening for Jamaica such as the decrease in crime.

In addition, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has been declared the Best Performing Stock Market globally by Bloomberg Businessweek.

And it is likely that we will be out of the IMF agreement later this year.

All major positives!

[Highlander]

Rob. Thank you... For that info. The Fact that you are there at the Ground Level... Can only help the rest of us Understand !! Keep us posted on the Positives !! All the Visitors / Boardies need to hear that ! We can only hope that Tings ! Get better soon for the Majority of the People.. Let Peace Prevail... On the Rock.

[Rob]

Thanks Highlander! It often seems that only bad news is worthy of being mentioned, which always skews perception.

The "austerity" budgets we have gotten used to because of the IMF have been difficult. Ending the IMF deal will help all of Jamaica greatly.

[sunray]

Very happy to read Jamaica will escape the clutches of the IMF. I remember Michael Manley speaking of the problems a country endures with the “help” of the IMF.

[harrison]

It is a shame that the government has had to resort to military checkpoints in the effort to reduce crime in your beautiful country however it can only be seen as a good thing if it helps reduce violent crime.
On our way from Montego Bay to Negril we passed 2 checkpoints and were waved through after a quick check with our bus driver.
We had already decided that we wanted to go to Black River and YS Falls on an organised tour, the bus picked us up and off we went. We encountered a queue at a military checkpoint. The cars in front of us were quickly waved through only for a young cop to decide that he needed to see everyones passports on the bus and we were waved off the road. The young guy then decided we all needed to get off the bus and present our passports. Our driver Byron made a phone call to his boss to explain what was happening and before we had time to get off the bus we had the senior guy from the JDF get on the bus and apologise most profusely that the young guy was an inexperienced Police officer and had made an error of judgement and that we were free to continue and he hoped we had a good day.
The JDF guy was brilliant and managed to avoid what could have quickly become a major problem as not one of us had our passports with us (We are advised to leave our passports locked in our safes)
We had a fantastic day out at Black River and YS Falls and passed through the same checkpoint on the way back without incident.