The Jamaica Diaspora in the United States wants a significant reduction in the murder rate, and an end to corruption and unemployment so that the economic situation can improve.
The head of the Jamaica Board for the Southern United States, Marion Hill said the new year should be used to “re-engage and rediscover and to forge a renewed bipartisan passion and leadership between the government and opposition.”
Hill, an attorney, argued that there is need for a strengthening of the platform of governance, a more deliberate engagement of the Diaspora and plans for financial sustainability.
She was supported by her North East USA counterpart, Patrick Beckford, who said that he is hoping for measures that will foster a better business environment, which will lead to sustain economic growth and an expansion of business.
Denise Dixon, who heads a nonprofit group Hands Across Trelawny Inc., is deeply concerned about crime and corruption and said more should be made of international assistance such as that provided under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative “to address the country’s crime problems.”
