tine security agencies of foreign governments.8. From rogue cops and sol-diers who have infiltrated the security forces.

STRATEGY NUMBER ONE; CUTTING OFF THE GUN RUNNING BOAT-SCREATE A WEB BASED COMPUTERIZED LIST

OF ALL BOATS

First, if it has not been done already, all motor-

ized boat owners should be registered with a monitor-ing agency and placed where the list can beac-cessed through a password secured procedure, by secu-rity officers. A government web site would be ideal.

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We have for too long shied away from solutions that-bring parrallel inconven-ience. Someone has con-vincedus that progress and development is not difficult and that they should not take us out of our comfort zones of fantasy! Who hath

brainwashed you Jamaica? Hence, solutions that re-quire us to give up our fan-tasies are often rejected. But if the flow of illegal guns is to cease a change of heart and mind is vital.

HOW ILLEGAL GUNS AND AMMUNITION EN-TER JAMAICA

It is no mystery how the illegal guns and ammuni-tion enter Jamaica. Let us list the options which areav-ailable:1. Barrels shipped by means of shipping compa-nies;2. Air freight cargo;3. In commercial goods and equipment;4. Mail parcels and packages;5. Luggage carried by airline passen-gers;6. Illegal boats and ganga airplanes;7. Clandes-

HOW TO STOP THE GUNS FROM COMING INTO JAMAICA! DO WE

REALLY WANT TO THOUGH?

TRIVIA

Question:

Name the man responsi-ble for developing several breeds of cattle that now thrive in the tropics.

Answer:

The Jamaica Hope, the Jamaica Red and Jamaica Black are three breeds of cattle specifically devel-oped to live in tropical conditions. They are the work of scientist Dr.

Thomas P. Lecky. In 1925, Lecky noticed that the cattle being raised in Jamaica were slow to ma-ture, produced no more than 4 litres of milk per day. They were strong, excellent for hauling carts.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

HOW TO STOP THE GUNS FROM COMING INTO JAMAICA! DO WE REALLY WANT TO THOUGH? Page 1

Trivia page 1

Test your Caribbean knowledge page 2

A perspective from yard page 2

1. Queh, Queh (or Mayan or Kaak-ah-Lay) is a pre-wedding celebration best known in which Caribbean country?

A. Guyana.

B. Trinidad

C. St. Lucia

D. Turks and Caicos

2. In 1902 in the West Indies, The Capital of an island group suffered a total volcanic melt-ing down killing the total

population of 30,000. What is the name of this island?

A. Martinique

B. St. Martin

C. Virgin Islands (British)

D. St. Kitts

3. A member of parliament proposed a virginity test for school girls, and sterilization for young women with 3 or more children to reduce un-wanted pregnancy, back in 2003. This was suggested in

which Island?

A. Barbados

B. Haiti

C. Trinidad

D. Jamaica

4. In 1959 an event, associat-ed with Jamaica occurred regarding territory. With which country?

A. Dominican Republic

B. Cuba

on is how we want these DJs to behave when they are abroad as opposed to when they are here. Specifically, these DJs are told that when they go abroad, they must not preach any hate, violence or discrimination. However, when they are in Jamaica – they are free to do so. Is it that our standards are lower than that of foreigners? There

The problem with some of our musicians (or DJs, as they are called here in Jamaica) has revealed quite a lot about us as a people. Recently, we have heard that the planned concerts of some of the DJs have been cancelled because of the hatred and violence that they continue to preach. However, one of the interest-ing things about what is going

can be no doubt – our DJs are extremely powerful. They have more influence than our politicians, civic and church leaders, school principals and the other leaders of our socie-ty. They clearly also have more respect – especially with young people. It is with this very powerful influence that these DJs have been in a position to re-shape the Ja-

JUNE IS CARIBBEAN H ISTORY MONTH. TEST YOUR CARIBBEAN KNOWLEDGE.

A PERSPECTIVE FROM YARD:

breakdown in family values for increase teenage pregnan-cy, and an increase in Jamai-ca's growing welfare burden. Member of Parliament Sharon Hay-Webster suggested a virginity test for school girls 16 and under, and that it may be necessary to sterilize young mothers with 3 or more children.

4 D. The Cayman Islands,

back in the 1660s the Cay-mans were placed under the jurisdiction of Jamaica by the British. This association end-ed in 1959.

C. Bahamas

D. The Cayman Islands

Answers:

1 A. Guyana

2 A. Martinique, In 1902 St. Pierre, then the Capital city of Martinique, was destroyed when the Mount Pelle volca-no erupted.

3 D. Jamaica, faulting a

WHILE THE MEDIA

REMAINS CENTRAL

TO ANY PLAN TO

RE-EDUCATE OUR

SEEMINGLY

OBLIVIOUS

PEOPLE , THE

STATE ALSO HAS

A CENTRAL ROLE

TO PLAY .

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maican society in their image – one of violence, hatred and ignorance. We discriminated against Rastafarians, until we realized that these people are great contributors to our soci-ety. Then we turned on our favorite target for hate – ho-mosexuals. There was a time when many of these DJs were insulting our women. Many still do. Yet, here in Jamaica, our women don’t mind being insulted. In advanced socie-ties, the women would unite

and put an end to it. In Jamai-ca, they see it as entertain-ment. However, seeing that this cycle of hate has been going on and accepted now for a long time one is forced to ask – can we ever learn? However, while the media remains central to any plan to re-educate our seemingly oblivious people, the state also has a central role to play. We urgently need to make our education system one that encourages tolerance. We

need to start inculcating tol-erance from an early age. We just have to look at what the hate preaching that we call entertainment has caused in other societies. Rwanda, with nearly one million dead, just a few years ago, Germany, with six million Jews dead, just a few decades ago, the native Tanios in Jamaica and other islands of the Caribbean a few centuries ago and worse of all our own ancestors – just up to 170 years ago. If it is that

BOATS

This would be necessary to interdict any smugglers who escaped the patrol boats.

CONTACT ALL COMPA-NIES WHO SHIP GOODS TO JAMAICA

Identify all the companies who ship barrels into the is-land and write them a letter

officers on board so arrests can be made when necessary. This would create an impene-trable curtain for gun smug-glers if we had one boat for every 20miles of coast line. This would take ten boats for the south coast which is ap-proximately 200 miles long.

A MOBILE LAND FORCE TO BACK UP THE PATROL

demanding to be educated on the steps they take to ensure that barrels which they ship are free from guns and am-munition and other illegal contraband. Can you imagine these companies know how drastic the crime situation is on the island and they have no procedure in place to ensure that illegal goods are not packed in the barrels?

ARE JAMAICANS HAPPY WITH LOWER STANDARDS?

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we really cannot learn, then we are doomed. If we can, then there is hope. Hope that we may soon be able to live and allow others to live. Mi-chael A. Dingwall (michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com)

CAN YOU IMAGINE

THESE COMPANIES

KNOW HOW

DRASTIC THE CRIME

SITUATION IS ON

THE ISLAND AND

THEY HAVE NO

PROCEDURE IN PLACE

TO ENSURE THAT

ILLEGAL GOODS ARE

NOT PACKED IN THE

BARRELS?

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USE A VISIBLE LETTER CODE PAINTED ON EVERY BOAT

These boats should be identified by a lettering or number code painted in large block letters on both sides and visible from hundreds of feet away.

SOLDIERS AND POLICE TO MAN THE PATROL BOATS

We should deploy troops from Up Park Camp permanently y to help monitor those parts of the coast line which are suscepti-ble to illegal intrusions from the sea. These troops would have at their disposal, sufficient motorized boats capable of patrol-ling the entire coastline, powerful binoculars, walkie talkies for communication, loud speakers and should have local police

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