The State Of Healthcare in Jamaica in 2015

The state of Healthcare in Jamaica...in the year 2015...Dawes I applaud you for not being afraid to speak up about these conditions. If anyone on my facebook is in a position to help alleviate the conditions in which these physicians have to work, please do so. I am talking to members of the Jamaican Diaspora, whether you are an "official" member or not. Why should you care? Well what if you went back to Jamaica to visit your friends or family or to take a vacation at a fancy hotel and you experienced a medical emergency? Well these are the conditions that you would face. These are the conditions in which the physicians would have to work with in order to save you or your family members life...

Unsatisfactory Emergency Response At Workplace…and other things I am upset about

One of my best friends recently shared to me that she has been a victim of a chemical explosion at work. What is just disturbing and unacceptable is the way the management reacted to the explosion. The management told some of her colleagues to get back to work and it was not until people started fainting that they decided to call Emergency and evacuate the building. I am so upset about this I don’t even know where to start. These are the conditions in which people in Montego Bay have to work.

Which brings me back to my point regarding the type of things that the government allow foreign corporations to do to our people. These foreign corporations promise huge investments to our country, the government signs agreements with them, they use our valuable resources including human resources, give the people little or no benefits, they do not re-invest the profits into the local economy, the Government does not demand that they  stand by their contracts, then as soon as they make their millions, they shut down the company, leave the people out of jobs and move on. How long will Jamaicans continue to allow this to happen. Who will speak up for our people? I will write more about this soon. I am just angry right now.   

Why Education is Important

Anyone who has the slightest doubt about the importance of our little island Jamaica should pay close attention to the purpose of President's Obama's visit to Jamaica. The President of the most powerful country in the world, paid a visit to ensure that we will sign an agreement with the US Department of Energy. Jamaica is always sought after in every major economic venture involving the Caribbean. Our wish is that our leaders, in negotiating these agreements that are being signed, will come out with the best deal that will benefit Jamaicans. Unfortunately, what usually happens is that the agreements fail to help our country advance, and only place us at a disadvantage on the world stage. So what can we do? Is there any hope? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? Well only through education, we can advance. Only by educating our citizens we will be able to gain the skills required to ensure that people will understand the decisions our leaders are making, realize the power that Jamaica has on the world stage, use our unique skills to our advantage, demand better conditions for our labor force, demand that jobs be created, demand that the majority of our citizens benefit from the opportunities that become available when these agreements are signed. Only  education will move our country forward.  

Read more articles related to this issue

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/09/us-usa-caribbean-idUSKBN0N002K20150409

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20150409/us-unveil-energy-deal-obama-meets-portia

Let Me Tell You About The People from Montego Bay, Jamaica

So if you follow the media, you will think Montego Bay , Jamaica, is only training young people to be criminals...scammers, murderers etc....That is why you should follow my page, and I will show you true Montegonians, I will show you proof that our culture celebrates ambitious young people who always strive for academic excellence! Education, Education, Education. That is what we believe in. It is our ticket out of Poverty.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20141121/news/news8.html

Hope for the Youth of Montego Bay

Hope for the Youth of  Montego Bay

 

All hope is not lost! Many young people in Montego Bay  are right now trying to rebuild or communities, trying to initiate fundraising activities to re-invest in Jamaica, forming youth clubs and organizations to help children engage in productive activity and stay out of gangs. They understand how to use resources that the land has. They do not sit down and wait for the government to provide solutions. If you are one of those young people who are eager to help your community but have not yet started, (for whatever reason), WELL THIS IS YOUR CALL TO ACTION!  Go join forces with the others who are working to rebuild your community. Where there is life there is hope!

 

For those of you who may  read this and continue to say  to yourself, “It’s not my problem, I have a nice job and my family is safe and we are doing fine.” Well if you are doing fine, stop complaining about the crime in Montego Bay and the rest of Jamaica and don’t be surprised if one of your family members get murdered. If we are to determine what Montego Bay will look like in 20 years we have to take action now!

 

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Confessions of a … Montego Bay Businessman:

Written by his daughter.

http://jamaicajamaicailoveyou.blogspot.com/2013/07/confessions-of-montego-bay-businessman.html

 

The All-Inclusives and Other Large Businesses Scam the Citizens of Montego Bay

When you have a society like Montego Bay, where there are five star all-inclusive hotels, that scam the people that live in the city, use the resources to make millions of dollars that is not re-invested in the city, to help the natives feed their hungry children, the children will grow up to get money by any means necessary. Why does no one realise that all-inclusives and big corporations are scamming the citizens of Montego Bay? Why doesn't the government call these multi-million dollar hotels scammers, why call the people scammers? How can you look poor people in the eye and tell them there is no money, no jobs? This is why kids grow up with no morals, because they see money coming into their city and they want their share. I am not a specialist in terms of how the all-inclusives operate, I hope someone can educate me about how their system works, but what I know is that, even if you close every single Western Union in Montego Bay, the scamming will continue until you address the root of the problem, which is that people are hungry, money is flowing into the city by the millions, and the government allow all-inclusives to make money without re-investing into the city. I am just one concerned person. I am not a person of power and influence. I am just trying to understand the issues myself. I am sure there must be a way for the all-inclusives to share their income with the poor people that live in Montego Bay. You want the scamming to stop? well feed hungry people, give them jobs, help them find housing, meet their basic needs. Until this is done,people will continue to scam.I do not endorse scamming. I am deeply ashamed whenever I hear that my beautiful city where I was born is known for scamming. I am just saying that the people are being scammed by the government that allow all-inclusives to steal the citizens of Montego Bay's money. I am sorry if I step on some people's toes with this blog, if I offended you, my deepest apologies...

Use modern technology to generate income

 Russhaine Berry,popularly known as "Dutty Berry", proves that you can use the internet to launch your career. Many people should take his example and use the internet to show their creativity. So many creative people in Montego Bay. There is a vast potential for new business opportunities. We have to take advantage of modern technology and make opportunities for ourselves. There is no need for scamming, pyramid schemes and other fraudulent internet activity when we have the world at our fingertips, craving for our unique culture and willing to pay to do legitimate business with us. What we need is new leadership in Montego Bay. We thank the older heads for bringing us to this point, but if the best strategy they can come up with is to tax people's bank accounts, it is time for them to retire and make way for younger leaders who are more equipped to use modern technology to generate income.

“Many persons have opted out of the formal labour force to create their own employment opportunities. One such person is Internet sensation- turned-actor Russhaine Berry, popularly known as Dutty Berry. "I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in language and communication from the University of the West Indies, but after I left school, I was unemployed for a long period of time," said Berry: http://bit.ly/1qHkLNR

(The Gleaner)