Jamaica Views

‘Strawberry Quick,’ New Drugs In Schools

Jamaica Views Readers — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:22:39 +0000

Strawberry Quick

Parents be Warned. Words out that a new deadly drug has hit the schools and it is the worse yet. Scary times that we are in – please read and pass on to raise awareness and to stop this craziness before it gets to your kids

This is a new drug known as ’strawberry quick’. There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks
(the candy that sizzles and ‘pops’ in your mouth). It also smells like strawberry
and it is being handed out to kids in school yards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry quick.

Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to the hospital in dire condition.
It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange.

Please instruct your children not to accept candy from strangers and even not to accept candy
that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it and believe it is candy) and to take
any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. immediately.

Pass this email on to as many people as you can (even if they don’t have kids) so that we can
raise awareness and hopefully prevent any tragedies from occurring.

Chile’s EarthQuake Coverage Misleading

Jamaica Views Readers — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:37:26 +0000

Listening to the various newscasters covering the Chile’s disaster and comparing it to Haiti’s you want to feel like earthquakes are not that bad after all. First we hear them trying to keep the figures of the death toll low, although we would like it to be so. They initially underplay the devastation showing a few bridges and bragging about the structure of the buildings and so on. The problem is earthquakes and hurricanes are respecters of no man. They hit when they want, where they want and who they want.

To make matters worst the very arrogant president declaring that they do not want any international assistance, at least for now. They probably need help with the out of control looting taking place down there. I am sure that the people of Chile see things differently from what the news media is trying to portray. Furthermore Haiti is not a good comparison seeing that the media has already portray Haiti as the poorest country on earth. Cut out the camouflage and the deception and give the people of Chile all the help that they need.

Another Quake Hit! This Time Chile

Jamaica Views Readers — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:19:59 +0000

A massive 8.8 Earthquake hit Chile this Morning. Click Here For More information.

AP Photo-Chile Earthquake

Good over Evil

Jamaica Views Readers — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:45:25 +0000

Why is it that the Chicago- base Ceasefire international crime group don’t use the science that they are talking about to resolve the crime in Chicago. Why Governor Giuliani didn’t get their advice when he was faced with the increase violence in New York. It is so sickening when these criminals rob and kill innocent children and old people you don’t see these people coming out seeking popularity or giving sympathy to the innocent or the families left to mourn their loss.

Anytime the police started to hunt the criminals down then these criminals’ backers comes out. What are their motives? What is their plan? Is it that they what the criminals to take over the country then they can get their share of the pie? They are so heartless they sit back and enjoy when the country is in turmoil. when they read in the paper or listen to the news daily about how many innocent are killed and robbed by gun man and murders and they sit quietly and do or say nothing. And God forbid if a police or soldiers should come upon a shooting scheme and shot that perpetrator then these human rights that back the wrong doer and not the victim would be all over the media.

One make ask why the answer is clear they don’t want the government to clean up the crime that is affecting the country because if there is no crime then what is in for then. So what they do is to use the media to reil up the murders and sending subliminal message that the police are the enemy and that they should not obey the law. You never hear these people telling wrong doers that crime is not the answers and what could be the possible outcome of crime. Instead they are telling Jamaicans that because you are poor then your only option is to commit crime’ no that is wrong.

These Jamaicans should use their common sense and realize that these people mean them no good. If they meant good then where is the help that they are providing to prevent you from going down the wrong path? Why are they so eager and ready to assist you when crime is involve but you don’t see then in the ghetto helping some poor family with some food or giving a young man a job or helping a young man to go to school. No they are not going to help in that way, that is not their plan they want that young man to get a gun and kill as many as he can and when confronted by police and is killed they step forward to back that young man.

Mr. Golding and Air Jamaica

Jamaica Views Readers — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:51:43 +0000

I just cannot understand what the Government underlying motives are as it relates to the sale of Air Jamaica Airline. Reading the Gleaner today Feb. 18.2010 article title “Pilots Plan Flawed “makes me believe that the Prime minister is determine to sell the air craft to an outside entity.

His statements sadden me because I am now having thoughts as to which side Mr. Golding is on. To me it doesn’t seem as if he is protecting or defending the interest of Jamaica or her people. He is talking about the plan that the pilot association for the future of the Aircraft and what is lacking but at the same time I don’t hear or read about any business plan in regards to the future of Air Jamaica from Mr. Golding interest group have. The transaction should be transparent the people of Jamaica deserve to know. Air Jamaica is not just about Mr. Golding and his backers, this is about Jamaicans all Jamaicans not just a chosen few. We cannot be like cults who follow and fall in line even though we are aware that we are being led to destruction.

I cannot see how we have a great problem such as the crime in Jamaica and the Prime Minister has not spent not even a quarter of energy on crime in comparison to the amount he spent on taking Air Jamaica away from us. What is the motive? What is the truthful reasoning behind this? Why the Air craft must be sold to a particle people? Who exactly is purchasing the aircraft?

You know deep down in my soul I can feel that something is just not right about this deal some people will benefit greatly from this transaction but many more will lose and I am talking about thousands of Jamaicans who probably will not get over this for a long, long time.

Air Jamaica Dilemma

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:09:24 +0000

I did not realized that I would have felt so sadden by the news that the Government had decided to sell our airline to Trinidad. I have been fallowing this back and forth in the gleaner regarding Air Jamaica but I didn’t realized that this decision would affect me that much.

I felt lost as if someone had ripped away part of my being one may say it is a mere business transaction and because the Airline is in such economic turmoil then we must sell.

What about the psychological impact that this will have on Jamaicans and its visitors. We are not about to rationalized no economic reasoning by the Jamaica Government or the IMF. This will take away from the norm of what our Jamaica vacation used to be. No more are the days when we would be greeted by the beautiful colors of our aircraft instead we are greeted by a depressing blank state which does not lift the excitement that ignites when we see the love birds as it stands out in any crowd with its bright gold and orange accentuated by that blue.

Many may say what is the big deal its just an aircraft that is painted with some bright colors but you see that’s just not it the experience is a complete package.

Thoughts started running through my in regard to the safety of the Caribbean airline. Yes I have never heard of the airline crashing but that does not abate my concerns because I know for sure the sense of protection and security that I felt when traveling on Air Jamaica. What will happen to the many wonderful staff that are with Air Jamaica especially the pilots who have kept us secure and safe for all these years.

These are some of my concerns and I am sure that many Jamaicans are feeling a sense of great loss by a decision made by the Government of Jamaica.

Francis Buchanan

Air Jamaica Sale, an embarassment?

Jamaica Views Readers — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:20:16 +0000

The pending sale of Air Jamaica to Trinidad’s Caribbean Airlines has been causing stirs among Jamaicans, and even Trinidadians, since its announcement. According to Internet bloggers some Trinidadians are not so eager to embrace the airline. Many Jamaicans believe that this is a blow to their pride and the sale of Air Jamaica to an outside entity is an embarrassment.

The government apparently is bowing to the pressures of the IMF to get rid of the airline due to the enormous debt that is owed. Air Jamaica, however, is not just a piece of asset like a hotel on the North coast that is owned by a private individual and visited by few affluent Jamaicans. Air Jamaica is a part of Jamaica, which is used to transport many Jamaicans from all walks of life and all socio economic strata of our society from one place to the other. To many it is likened to selling one of your children because you are broke and in debt.

One cannot ignore the huge debt incurred by the airline over the years but government must give a listening ear to Jamaican organizations or interested groups or individuals who show credible interest in purchasing the airline. Understandable, if Air Jamaica is sold to an outside entity then Jamaica will not have to worry about its future but again we are not going to be able to sell of all our problems. Government argument that it cannot entertain late bidding is not acceptable. The Jamaican people, if capable, should have the exclusive right of first offer to purchase. For those of us who are wishing, it is stupid to believe that we are going to dictate to Caribbean Airlines how Air Jamaica is run after the sale.

Professor Rex Nettleford is Dead

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:03:11 +0000

Prominent educator and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex Nettleford is dead. Professor Nettleford graduated from UWI and also is a Rhode Scholar from London Oxford University. Jamaica has now lost one of its most outstanding citizens of the 21st century. He would have been 77 years of age tomorrow

Pilots Trying To Save Air Jamaica!

Jamaica Views Readers — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:40:37 +0000

Air Jamaica Pilots Trying To Save Air J; Will They Suceed?

According to recent news release The Air Jamaica Pilot Association is desperately trying to meet today’s deadline in coming up with the money to show the government that they are serious about purchasing the airline. This maybe the only chance that jamaicans have of claiming air Jamaica as their own again.

Since Air Jamaica went on the bidding block several months ago several companies and countries have been rumored to show interest in the airline but there is no sale so far. Recently it seems likely that Trinidad owned Caribbean Airlines was certain to be the owner, but no word on that yet. We certainly wish the pilots good luck in their bid.

Jamaica And The Haiti Situation

Jamaica Views Readers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:31:19 +0000

Much has been written in the last few days on whether Jamaica should accept Haitians fleeing their destructed homeland to the shores of Jamaica. In making this decision government should let common sense prevail over emotions and points scoring.

The fact is that the Haitians, who are most helpless, needing medical attention and food, are the ones least likely to end up on our shores. It will be the fittest of the fittest and a few troublemakers who are likely to make the more than 150km trip across. The irony is that those are the same young men and women that are needed to rebuild Haiti.

A better approach is for the government to assist the Haitian government with human resources, aids and technology where possible, so that they can rebuild Haiti. This is a grand opportunity for the Haitians to use all the attention they are now getting to their advantage. It is not a time to abandon and retreat. They need to rebuilt Port Au Prince with hurricane and earthquake proof buildings that next time there would not be so much devastation.

By the time all of this is over Haiti could resurrect itself from being called the poorest nation in this side of the world to the proudest nation. Japan survived atomic bombs devastation to become one of the greatest powers on earth. There is not enough space here to list all the countries that have evolved from both natural and man-made destruction.

We should accept a manageable number of Haitians who need critical medical care but we cannot encourage able-bodied Haitians to flee their country. They cannot afford to miss probably the greatest opportunity since independence to rebuild their country.