New Year’s wishes from western Jamaica
CHRISTOPHER HYLTONPublic relations consultant“My wish for Jamaica is for us tohave a peaceful, a safe, and crimefreeJamaica, and if not a crime freeJamaica.The crime, especially homicide, isthe number one factor that is derailingthe economic growth of the country,and so certainly we would like tosee that dealt with in whatever waypossible.” Well I am expecting for us tosee a significant reduction in crime.
Regional, Western
January 1, 2020

New Year’s wishes from western Jamaica

As Jamaicans across the western region rang in the new year in fine style on Tuesday night, Jamaica Observer West photographer Alan Lewin took to the streets to ask, ‘What is your New Year’s wish for Jamaica?’

Here are some of the responses:

Christopher Hylton

Public relations consultant

“My wish for Jamaica is for us to have a peaceful, a safe, and crime-free Jamaica, and if not a crime free Jamaica.

The crime, especially homicide, is the number one factor that is derailing the economic growth of the country, and so certainly we would like to see that dealt with in whatever way possible.” Well I am expecting for us to see a significant reduction in crime.

Neville Gilchrist

Barber

“I hope for the crime to stop, the lots of killing should stop. We need more cameras on the streets for 2020 and beyond; we also need more intelligence in our community to supply the police with information. We all must come together and save our country.”

Jenifer Beckford

Sales representative

“I hope for the nation to live loving and stop the violence. The bigger folks to stop molest the little children on the road and let them walk in peace.”

Neville Gilchrist

Barber

“I hope for the crime to stop, the lots of killing should stop. We need more cameras on the streets for 2020 and beyond; we also need more intelligence in our community to supply the police with information. We all must come together and save our country.”

Sasha Gaye Ritchie

School principal

“I wish for the Jamaican youths to put down the guns, and the MPs to provide more jobs, so that the youths can get more work and don’t have to go and rob. And I hope to enlighten the children of my school more about the wider world.”

Crissy

Customer service representative

“Well I hope for the nation to unite and live to love, as one big family. Stop the killing and the bad mind against each other. The Government must come up with a strategy to fight crime. The crime and violence can’t continue like previous years.”

Riigz

Entertainer

“I wish for more youths to get employment so that the crime will ease down. And hope for more stage shows so we can go out and enjoy ourselves like in the past.”

Giffrey Lewis

Photographer

“My wish is for the crime to cut down and for everyone to live loving and to lend a helping hand to each other.”

MICHAEL WILLIAMSDriver“I wish for Jamaica the continuationof the prosperity in the country andwish that the hoodlums who arecreating havoc in the country, in termsof the crime and violence, will bebrought to justice.The country is on the right track andwe need to continue… unemploymentis at the lowest in the country, forexample, but we have to break downthe crime and violence so as to letthe country continue on the path ofeconomic growth and development.”
JENIFER BECKFORDSales representative“I hope for the nation to live lovingand stop the violence. The bigger folksto stop molest the little children on theroad and let them walk in peace.”
SASHA GAYE RITCHIESchool principal“I wish for the Jamaican youths toput down the guns, and the MPs toprovide more jobs, so that the youthscan get more work and don’t have togo and rob. And I hope to enlighten thechildren of my school more about thewider world.”
NEVILLE GILCHRISTBarber“I hope for the crime to stop, thelots of killing should stop. We needmore cameras on the streets for2020 and beyond; we also need moreintelligence in our community to supplythe police with information. We allmust come together and save ourcountry.”
CRISSYCustomer service representative“Well I hope for the nation to uniteand live to love, as one big family. Stopthe killing and the bad mind againsteach other. The Government mustcome up with a strategy to fight crime.The crime and violence can’t continuelike previous years.”
RIIGZEntertainer“I wish for more youths to getemployment so that the crime willease down. And hope for more stageshows so we can go out and enjoyourselves like in the past.”
GIFFREY LEWISPhotographer“My wish is for the crime to cutdown and for everyone to live lovingand to lend a helping hand to eachother.”

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