Isn't it amazing, the average voters

[Lazie]

quick fi dismiss reality ... but quick fi believe myths. Gwaan Mosiah ... you rendering yuhself more and more irrelevant.

[Mosiah]

Gwaan Mosiah ... you rendering yuhself more and more irrelevant.

Better if yuh did get Bill Clarke fi declare dat!

[Lazie]

Protest at dump as smoke blankets capital city

THE National Solid Waste Management Agency's (NSWMA) efforts to control a blanket of thick smoke over sections of Kingston, caused by a huge fire at the Riverton City Landfill, were disrupted yesterday by men who prevented heavy equipment from entering the area.
The men, said to be associated with the scrap metal trade, set up roadblocks along the road leading to the dump to protest against the clampdown on the island's scrap metal industry by the Government.
The blockages were, however, removed and the NSWMA's efforts to bring the fire under control continued following the deployment of a large contingent of police and soldiers to the area.
"The man them a prevent the truck them from go down at the dump cause them cannot make any money because of the pressure on the scrap metal business," said one resident of Riverton Meadows, a poor community that sits next to the city's dump.
"Right now if it was not for the police and soldiers in the place nothing could pass go down there," the resident added, as heavy duty equipment and several trucks loaded with silt entered the landfill, while the heavily armed soldiers and police looked on.
Inspector Everton King of the Hunts Bay Police Station said that more than a dozen policemen and about 89 soldiers were deployed to ensure that there were no further interruption of work being done to bring the fire under control at the dump.
The fire, which started Monday morning, pushed smoke to as far as New Kingston and sections of Portmore in St Catherine, according to the NSWMA. The dump was on Tuesday closed because of the fire.
Winston Wilson, the manager for the Riverton Landfill, said Tuesday that during the hotter periods, methane gas coming from underneath the garbage will ignite in sections of the dump that are not covered with dirt and sand.
Yesterday, rush hour traffic on major roadways leading into Kingston, the Jamaican capital, came to a creep yesterday as visibility was greatly reduced by the blanket of smoke over the city.
Several pedestrians were also seen holding handkerchiefs to their noses to prevent breathing in the noxious fumes.
While there were no reports of the smoke coverage interfering with air traffic at the Norman Manley International Airport, travel at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston was made difficult by the hovering smoke.
"Earlier, during the morning hours, visibility at the airport went down to nil because there were no wind to blow off the smoke but during the afternoon, however, when the wind came the problem was not so bad," said Keston Witter, an air traffic controller. He added that pilots were asked to use the other end of the runway for take-off and landing.

[Peter R]

"Winston Wilson, the manager for the Riverton Landfill, said Tuesday that during the hotter periods, methane gas coming from underneath the garbage will ignite in sections of the dump that are not covered with dirt and sand."


Another potential source of energy going begging?

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[Muadib]

Don't worry, it and many things will finally be implemented under the new dispensation after the cobwebs and termites have been cleared.

Change is good.

[Don1]

Don't worry, it and many things will finally be implemented under the new dispensation after the cobwebs and termites have been cleared.

Change is good.

The new dispensation - higher crime, higher inflation, higher unemployment, continued giveaway of state assets etc, etc

not a promising start to this new dispensation... unfortunately for the country.

However, it's still early days and hopefully the drivah can change this particular negative course asap.

Hope springs eternal.

[Assasin]

your bias shine through on this one Don1

[Don1]

your bias shine through on this one Don1

You may not like my viewpoint but where is what I state wrong?

[Assasin]

there are some positives and some promises.

[Don1]

there are some positives and some promises.

Agreed... life is about good and bad....plus as I stated it's early days yet.

However it's obvious that the start has been rocky. The polls also reflect the pessimism of the general public amid very hard times.

For the country's sake we need this regime to be successful but no use sugar coating the less than stellar start.

[Assasin]

Crime well we know they did a poor job until last month. Let us see how it a go with the new minister.

As for inflation etc. The world price of oil, corn and other staples have been the culprit. There is no way Jamaica could have avoided it. Inflation is up rom China to Africa, from Europe to America and Ja is no different right now, so even if the voters fee; tje government fo it you know better. there is a big difference in paying 50 dollar a gallon and 140.

The people might not be supportive but so far Golding seems to be fighting corruption, collecting taxes and showing better management skills than we had over the last few years.