Lawd, dem shot and Killed Chambo from JUTC!

[Willi]

Jamaica is truly ungovernable to rhatid!

[Lazie]

JUTC Chairman shot dead

Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Douglas Chambers was shot dead on Friday afternoon.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, Reginald Allen, spoke to RJR News first, "There was a meeting here this afternoon between the union representatives and the management of the JUTC and Mr. Chambers was a part of the exercise,"

"During one of the breaks...pretty close to the end of the meeting we took a break and he went outside the complex...just outside the entrance to the depot,"

"From my understanding...I didn't see it, persons came there and had a conversation with him and then shots rang out and he is now lying immediately at the entrance of the depot with multiple gunshot wounds, in fact multiple head wounds. He is clearly dead," he said.

Mr. Chambers was appointed Chairman last September.

He was the target of an angry protest by workers at the depot earlier this month.

The employees complained that JUTC management did not respect them or labour codes and called for his resignation.

One female employee had to be restrained as she threatened to get into a physical fight with him.

While that was happening, a nonchalant Mr. Chambers sat just a few metres away smoking a cigarette.

[Lazie]

This is a focking shame. The biggest mistake he ever made was get involved with those ignorant ********s. It is clear why he was murdered. Yet wha day man vex and a talk bout JNLIJ must check demselves?

Now unuh ago vex.

[Assasin]

you nuh see nuff a dem nuh want nuh better? Them must support "f"rry all the time.

[Muadib]

When man warn dem bout di beast dem come in yah wid dem cheerleading..

Now di ugly underbelly of di beast raise up in living color.. mek wi si what dem ah guh seh...

PNP nurture di beast fi dem own self-serving purposes.. Bruce shoulda know bettah an nuh put one black man fi dem kill.. dem kill dem own quicka dan anyting else...

[Farmah]

Seems like a deadly ripple effect from the impasse between workers and management. All of this sad result coming on the heels of the following report:

More trouble brewing at JUTC
Ingrid Brown
Friday, June 27, 2008


TROUBLE is again brewing at the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) after several drivers from the Portmore depot, who refused to be trained as single bus operators, were sent home yesterday.

A highly-placed source at the company told the Observer that several drivers from other depots were also given marching orders, but last night it was not immediately clear under what circumstances they were sent home or how many drivers were involved.

The source, however, said this latest development is expected to be high on the agenda at a meeting between the unions and management today.
"This is going to cause a big problem because you can't force these drivers to do this because some of them say they cannot concentrate on driving and collecting at the same time," the source told the Observer.

Attempts to contact officials at the JUTC, up until press time last night, proved futile.

Meanwhile, several workers at the Spanish Town depot were up in arms yesterday after they said they were informed by the depot manager that their positions were being made redundant with immediate effect, and were sent home to await further instructions.

But last night, communications manager in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Reginald Allen, said the workers were already informed that the redundancy would become effective on June 30 and that they would be paid up to that time.

"It shouldn't be a problem if they were sent home today as long as they are paid up to the June 30 effective date as outlined in the agreement," Allen said.

The workers were, however, adamant that they would not leave the job until they received outstanding payments or a written indication as to when they would receive them. They also complained that they were yet to receive months of pension payments and a refund of other statutory deductions that were outstanding.

Yesterday's actions were the latest in a series to have rocked the company over the past few weeks. Only three weeks ago, conductresses and drivers went on strike to protest against the company's plan to lay off 236 workers.

The bitter dispute over the job cuts, however, came to an amicable end when company officials and unions agreed that 450 workers would be sent home on June 30 with redundancy payments instead of layoff letters.

[Hortical]

This was a calculated attempt to derail the reforms at the JUTC. It is a shame those who oppose the reforms would take such a drastic action to assassinate the head of the company.

[Assasin]

Since them a start wid the gang thing the head of union and certain people inna the PNP should just be locked up right now.

Maybe we don't deserve anything better than the mini van system.

[Lazie]

Chambers was making J$1.00 per year?

JUTC boss slain
Douglas Chambers shot dead outside bus company head officeBY KARYL WALKER Crime/court co-ordinator walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Saturday, June 28, 2008


Exactly three weeks after an employee threatened to shoot him, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) chairman Douglas Chambers was yesterday gunned down in front of the bus company's head office in Spanish Town, minutes after taking a break from a meeting with union leaders and JUTC officials to discuss job cuts at the ailing firm.
Chambers, who was cut down in a hail of bullets fired by two men armed with a rifle and a handgun, died on the spot outside the firm to which he was appointed to clean up rampant corruption.
Transport Minister Mike Henry looks at the spot where JUTC Chairman Douglas Chambers was shot dead yesterday, while a group of workers huddle together and police officers look on. Insets show a file photo of Chambers and the June 7 Observer front page reporting on the meeting where Chambers was threatened. (Photo: Karl McLarty)
The job paid him a token $1.00 per annum, as Chambers had taken leave from his chartered accounting company.
Police said he was shot repeatedly in the head by the two gunmen, one of whom was armed with a high-powered rifle. The other had a .45 handgun. Eight .45 spent shells and seven .30 Carbine S & D spent shells were found on the scene by detectives.
The gunmen, who were apparently waiting for Chambers to leave the meeting, escaped on foot in bushes on the fringes of a community known as 'Fish Ground', a volatile informal settlement which is notorious for its loyalty to the Klansman gang, a criminal outfit that supports the Opposition People's National Party (PNP).
Chambers was appointed chairman of the JUTC board last September and was given a mandate to tighten the screws and transform the public entity into a profitable enterprise. Under his watch, the Government announced that the jobs of 450 workers at the cash-strapped company would be made redundant as part of measures to stem losses and reduce its dependence on taxpayers.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who was among several parliamentarians to visit the scene, said he felt a degree of responsibility for the death of the JUTC chairman.
".We have more than just casual reason to believe that his death has to do with the task he was mandated to carry out," Golding told reporters at the crime scene. "I would like to express condolences to his family. He was threatened before, perhaps he did not take it as seriously as he should."
Yesterday, as police searched for clues, several JUTC workers could be seen milling about behind the police cordon. One woman was visibly shaken by the murder and struggled to hold back tears.
"They killed him because he was a man of principle. A lot of people didn't like him, but to me he was the best boss ever," the woman said.
Another woman had to be assisted by her colleagues as she sobbed heavily. Others just looked on with blank faces.
Sharon Hay-Webster, the member of parliament for South Central St Catherine, where the JUTC's main offices are located, urged members of the public to assist the police in their investigation.
"I condemn it and I ask anybody who has the information, please carry it forward. This cannot go down as an unsolved murder," Hay-Webster told the Observer at the murder scene.

[Lazie]

When man warn dem bout di beast dem come in yah wid dem cheerleading..

Now di ugly underbelly of di beast raise up in living color.. mek wi si what dem ah guh seh...

PNP nurture di beast fi dem own self-serving purposes.. Bruce shoulda know bettah an nuh put one black man fi dem kill.. dem kill dem own quicka dan anyting else...

Don't be surprized if dem come claiming not to make it political.

[Lazie]

Since them a start wid the gang thing the head of union and certain people inna the PNP should just be locked up right now.

Maybe we don't deserve anything better than the mini van system.

... but lock dem up fi wha? Of course utterance from people like Portia, Pickersgill, Danny Roberts and another idiot from the UAWU wasn't appropriate. Now mi see Pickersgill a condemn the murder. Better him did keep quiet.

Now people offered certain posts are going to think twice as doing the right think may cost you yuh life.

[Assasin]

they have been exhibiting gangster behaviour through the whole process. If some a the utterance have not been gangster behavior then there is no gangs in Ja.

[Time]

This is normal

Jamaica is truly ungovernable to rhatid!

This is what happens whenever you try to clean up corruption. The Italians and the Columbians had the same experience when they went after the mafia and the cartel.

Trust me, Jamaica mobsters are almost bad as the Italians and the Columbians.

[Willi]

Don't be surprized if dem come claiming not to make it political.

This was entirely political.

It was a Klansman hit.

[Assasin]

you see why peace treaty make no sense? The Klangsman is at peace with One order but what about the rest a law abiding citizens?