Dear Editor,
President Barrack Hussein Obama visited Jamaica over April 9-10, 2015. A massive clean-up and road repairs campaign was embarked upon by the National Works Agency (NWA), the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). Millions of dollars were spent.
The vendors of crabs, soup, roast and boiled corn had their stalls demolished as part of the clean-up as National Heroes Park was a venue on President Obama's itinerary.
At that time, the KSAC and corporate Jamaica had indicated an intention to formalise the vending operation by building stalls, etc. Today, it is business as usual, and the vendors are out in their numbers selling from their wooden stalls. What has happened to the plan(s) to improve the lot of the vendors?
We should invite the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on an official working visit to Jamaica and invite him to lay a wreath at the grave of the 150 inmates/golden agers of the Eventide Home, who lost their lives in the infamous 1980 fire. I believe the vendors would get new stalls for this visit, as the NWA, NSWMA, and KSAC would embark on another clean-up campaign which would again include the vendors.
Who to tell, President Putin might just break protocol and go over to the vendors to have a boiled corn, crab, or even a cup of soup.
Joseph M Cornwall Snr, JP
Managing Director/CEO
House of Tranquillity Funeral Home
tranquillityfh@yahoo.com
Remember the promise to the vendors?
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President Barrack Hussein Obama visited Jamaica over April 9-10, 2015. A massive clean-up and road repairs campaign was embarked upon by the National Works Agency (NWA), the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). Millions of dollars were spent.
The vendors of crabs, soup, roast and boiled corn had their stalls demolished as part of the clean-up as National Heroes Park was a venue on President Obama's itinerary.
At that time, the KSAC and corporate Jamaica had indicated an intention to formalise the vending operation by building stalls, etc. Today, it is business as usual, and the vendors are out in their numbers selling from their wooden stalls. What has happened to the plan(s) to improve the lot of the vendors?
We should invite the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on an official working visit to Jamaica and invite him to lay a wreath at the grave of the 150 inmates/golden agers of the Eventide Home, who lost their lives in the infamous 1980 fire. I believe the vendors would get new stalls for this visit, as the NWA, NSWMA, and KSAC would embark on another clean-up campaign which would again include the vendors.
Who to tell, President Putin might just break protocol and go over to the vendors to have a boiled corn, crab, or even a cup of soup.
Joseph M Cornwall Snr, JP
Managing Director/CEO
House of Tranquillity Funeral Home
tranquillityfh@yahoo.com
Remember the promise to the vendors?
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