Tourists robbed at knifepoint

[Cultcha]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...again i say it is riduculous fi a nation count remittancce as pawt of their GDP...

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[evanovitch]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kotch_Foot_Milo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...again i say it is riduculous fi a nation count remittancce as pawt of their GDP...

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sometimes i wonder if dem memba di definiteion of GDP

Gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given fiscal year

<span style="font-weight: bold">It is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living</span>

in sum, we naw produce not a bleeding ting so we have the standard of living dat we do

[evanovitch]

even doah di figures generated by di CIA

The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which now account for 70% of GDP. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. The global economic slowdown, particularly after the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2002, stunted economic growth; the economy rebounded moderately in 2003, with one of the best tourist seasons on record. But the economy faces serious long-term problems: high interest rates; increased foreign competition; a pressured, sometimes sliding, exchange rate; a sizable merchandise trade deficit; large-scale unemployment; and a growing internal debt, the result of government <span style="font-weight: bold">bailouts to ailing sectors of the economy</span>. The ratio of debt to GDP is close to 150%. Inflation, previously a bright spot, is expected to remain in the double digits. Depressed economic conditions have led to increased civil unrest, including gang violence fueled by the drug trade. In 2004, the government faces the difficult prospect of having to achieve fiscal discipline in order to maintain debt payments while simultaneously attacking a serious and growing crime problem that is hampering economic growth.

GDP: $10.21 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 1.9% (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
. . . . . . agriculture: 6%
. . . . . . industry: 24%
. . . . . . services: 70% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line: 19.7% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
.......lowest 10%: 2.7%
.......highest 10%: 30.3% (2000)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14.1% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 1.12 million (1998)
Labor force - by occupation:
.......services <span style="font-weight: bold">60%, agriculture 21%, industry </span>19% (1998)
Unemployment rate: 15.9% (2003 est.)
Budget:
. . . . . . revenues: $2.23 billion
. . . . . . expenditures: $2.56 billion, including capital expenditures of $236 million (FY99/00 est.)
Industries: tourism, bauxite/alumina, textiles, agro processing, wearing apparel, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
Industrial production growth rate: -2% (2000 est.)

Source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/jm.html


now if 21% r in agriculture how di hell it is we import everyting dat u see in di supermarkets????? fi di hotels????? u hear hotels seh dat dem cannot get produce etc locally BUT THE COUNTRY DAT WE LOOK TO FI MOST OF OUR AID SEH WE MEK MOST OF OUR MONEY FROM GROWING...19 % FROM INDUSTRY...HA HA...GUESS DAT INCLUDE DI SERVICE INDUSTRY DAT IS TOURISM

SO U CAN SEE Y WI HAVE A PROBLEM N MAKE NO MISTAKE CAUSE DI WORLD BANK , IMF ETC R INFLUENCED BY THE SUPPOSED NUMBER ONE WORLD POWER

[RichD]

Re: even doah di figures generated by di CIA

tourism fall under service (the 70% part)

[RichD]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
again i say it is riduculous fi a nation count remittancce as pawt of their GDP...
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dem view it as income from a prime export...dem export dem brain power and dem labour so dem should be due some benefits.

[evanovitch]

Re: even doah di figures generated by di CIA

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">tourism fall under service (the 70% part) </div></div>


seet deh...modern day slavery...cause di hotel workers have as much rights and compensation as di former plantation workers...i.e. not even subsistence....FEH

[RichD]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unfortunately, what will probable happen is, di Government /Police will focus dem attention in di Tourist areas protecting di Visitors, while di regular smaddi an old people dem inna di neighbourhood still ah get robbed an killed. </div></div>

true dat but changes in the MI giving people allllllll ovah the idea that change CAN be achieved if the POPULACE REACH A BREAKING POINT...

wat i am wondering is wat will be that point in the Caribbean...n check seh mi no seh juss yaad alone cause di said classism/ racism abound....we have gone from an educated and educating society to one whose sole focus is channelling their people into service industries

di yute who get di press fi seh is time fi di change come echoes wat nuff peeps tink...is juss a matta of how n by wich method...

but betta no muss come it HAFFI come...so Jah seh!!!!! no more of my children should be begging bread in the land of wood an water </div></div>

who a go rebel in a country when yuh have job title like &quot;flossa&quot; and dan kinda job can afford you a Porche Cayanne....

[Suesumba]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

pray tell what is a &quot;flossa&quot;???

[RichD]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body">pray tell what is a &quot;flossa&quot;??? </div></div> somebody else might be able to explain it better but my understanding is like a profiler Jamaican equiv of a jet setter

[Suesumba]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

i urban dictionaried it and it refers to having a lot of things.


as in &quot;i have flossa shoes&quot;.

thanks for the explanate RichD.

[evanovitch]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unfortunately, what will probable happen is, di Government /Police will focus dem attention in di Tourist areas protecting di Visitors, while di regular smaddi an old people dem inna di neighbourhood still ah get robbed an killed. </div></div>

true dat but changes in the MI giving people allllllll ovah the idea that change CAN be achieved if the POPULACE REACH A BREAKING POINT...

wat i am wondering is wat will be that point in the Caribbean...n check seh mi no seh juss yaad alone cause di said classism/ racism abound....we have gone from an educated and educating society to one whose sole focus is channelling their people into service industries

di yute who get di press fi seh is time fi di change come echoes wat nuff peeps tink...is juss a matta of how n by wich method...

but betta no muss come it HAFFI come...so Jah seh!!!!! no more of my children should be begging bread in the land of wood an water </div></div>

who a go rebel in a country when yuh have job title like &quot;flossa&quot; and dan kinda job can afford you a Porche Cayanne.... </div></div>

u ha two types of flossing a yaad..dose who tiefing from di country in some way even doah dem ha good job and dose who exist in the subculture...both going thru hardtimes....u no see more an more lawyer a get call up fi using dem client's money fi floss...u no read dis week weh di US seh dat drugs from Ja decline substantially....

di saying dat everyday bucket go well one day di bucket muss drop out is now more an more a truism in Ja...gone r the days wen u undercova money mekking mek u exempt....dem high profile trials in the US of our nationals mekking an impact...

[neutral]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dreaming, I hear you and understand what you are saying, but it has happened in the same area before and nothing was done by the authorities, the Tourist Board or Law Enforcement to prevent a <span style="font-weight: bold">repeat</span> of this criminal offence.. </div></div>

I really dont see what the police or anyone could have done to prevent a crime such as this occuring,unless they swamp the whole place with police,which I,m sure they havent got the resources to do.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">quote]It's a damn shame, how are we gonna promote tourism in Jamaica if we cannot protect tourists from knife attacks and robberies?</div></div>

It would be impossible to protect tourists,or anyone from knife attacks or robberies,I doubt if any country has achieved that task as yet.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">At least, there should be warnings in the hotels especially to women, advising them to stay clear of these areas after dark...</div></div>

This the best anyone can do,it,s only common sense that should be followed regardless what country you are in.

[evanovitch]

Ja can replace 45% of imported food with local pro

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News
Ja can replace 45% of imported food with local produce

— says Tufton

BY INGRID BROWN Senior staff reporter [email protected]

Friday, March 04, 2011






AGRICULTURE Minister Christopher Tufton says<span style="font-weight: bold"> 45 per cent of the food imports can be replaced with local produce, </span>which he said would lessen the country’s vulnerability and dependence on imports given the global concerns about food safety.

He said even larger nations have become concerned about food security as world production cycles become more erratic, adding that countries like Jamaica would need to spend more time getting consumers to reconnect with local options that provide nutritional value.


Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Ja-c...n#ixzz1Ffd6fc31 </div></div>

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Tourists robbed at knifepoint

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">how r we going to provide for our citizens so as to reduce if not eradicate the feeling that thievery is the ongle way out...daily , citizens are robbed in a simlar vein....i say rob a few more tourist to the extent that the powers that be find that they have to start looking at the ills of Jamaica as they affect daily life n having corrected those , will then enjoy the spill over to the tourist sector

after all if people neva a rob as a matter of course, tourist would not be robbed...

n there is no press bak enuff fi stop who a go yaad ....people live by the maxim of not me..i tek precautions </div></div>What you trying to do,?
placing the situation of locals on equal footing as foreigners??
Now now now What would motivate you to Do a thing like That?
Locals will rob even if they are given the best jobs and all the perks.

It is in them DNA.

[Derek]

Re: even doah di figures generated by di CIA

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
now if 21% r in agriculture how di hell it is we import everyting dat u see in di supermarkets????? fi di hotels????? u hear hotels seh dat dem cannot get produce etc locally </div></div>

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WORLD BANK , IMF ETC </div></div>

There it is.
Farmers can't sell locally because they have to sell their produce as cash crops to 'pay off' the interest on debt partly created by these guys.