This is where drones would be useful! Aerial surveillance would allow authorities to identify where construction might be taking place, if so then go in demolish the structure and arrest and fine the lawbreaker. If illegal deport them! Why is this so hard?
... wait until these tent cities become taxpayer funded homes on crown land, with some illegals as beneficiaries! Notice Minnis is making absolutely no effort to sort them out from legal residents, speak with the Haitian ambassador to make arrangements for them or to repatriate them!
**"We’ve added an accountant to NEMA and additional financing staff so as to monitor what is received,” he said. “**
I never knew the purpose of an accountant was to monitor and not to COUNT! It is ridiculous that they cannot give an hourly accounting of funds received if needed. This is why I will support a foreign entity like Samaritans Purse before giving one cent to a government agency!
@jamaicaproud After reading many of your posts I can only conclude that you are an idiot. Every country has the RIGHT to deport those within their borders illegally (including Jamaica). If illegals are deported, as they should be, then aid will be solely for those here legally (not just citizens, but Jamaicans, Haitians Filipinos etc)) and will go much farther. Can you see the logic there?
The help will soon run out, which is why it is critical that the government quickly repatriates all illegals home. It is grossly unfair to divide limited aid between citizens, legal residents and illegals. It is unsustainable, impractical and just plain wrong!l!
**...but with 90 percent of the buildings in Marsh Harbour destroyed, for instance, some have questioned whether the standards are outdated in the era of climate change.**
He assumes that the homes were built up to standard in the first place, we know this is not so. No squatter builds a house to code, none! Many pictures show homes with roofs and walls still intact!
The bigger issue is that unless a person has knowledge of construction they cannot know that the contractor is giving them what they paid for. So a person could pay for the concrete and steel and still not have it included during construction. There is too much dishonesty and shoddy workmanship in the construction industry; they need greater regulation.
joeblow says...
... you want to trust government with money allocated for a specific purpose?? How did that work with VAT?
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 18 September 2019, 2:06 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
This is where drones would be useful! Aerial surveillance would allow authorities to identify where construction might be taking place, if so then go in demolish the structure and arrest and fine the lawbreaker. If illegal deport them! Why is this so hard?
On NEMA seeks manpower to enforce shanty town ban
Posted 18 September 2019, 2:02 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
I object to Brave Davis having a say about anything in this country, but it changes nothing!
On PLP objects to appointees for hurricane relief efforts
Posted 18 September 2019, 11:19 a.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
... those who make a living maintaining the status quo have a hard time thinking rationally and strategically in moments of crisis.
On 25 autopsies carried out so far after Dorian
Posted 18 September 2019, 10:25 a.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
... wait until these tent cities become taxpayer funded homes on crown land, with some illegals as beneficiaries!
Notice Minnis is making absolutely no effort to sort them out from legal residents, speak with the Haitian ambassador to make arrangements for them or to repatriate them!
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 17 September 2019, 2:22 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
**"We’ve added an accountant to NEMA and additional financing staff so as to monitor what is received,” he said. “**
I never knew the purpose of an accountant was to monitor and not to COUNT! It is ridiculous that they cannot give an hourly accounting of funds received if needed.
This is why I will support a foreign entity like Samaritans Purse before giving one cent to a government agency!
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 17 September 2019, 8:34 a.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
@jamaicaproud After reading many of your posts I can only conclude that you are an idiot. Every country has the RIGHT to deport those within their borders illegally (including Jamaica). If illegals are deported, as they should be, then aid will be solely for those here legally (not just citizens, but Jamaicans, Haitians Filipinos etc)) and will go much farther. Can you see the logic there?
On Govt expects revenue drop - but other nations helping
Posted 17 September 2019, 8:22 a.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
... and just to think, if they had been repatriated they might still be alive today! So sad!
On More than 300 Haitians feared missing after Dorian
Posted 16 September 2019, 5:39 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
The help will soon run out, which is why it is critical that the government quickly repatriates all illegals home. It is grossly unfair to divide limited aid between citizens, legal residents and illegals. It is unsustainable, impractical and just plain wrong!l!
On Govt expects revenue drop - but other nations helping
Posted 16 September 2019, 5:38 p.m. Suggest removal
joeblow says...
**...but with 90 percent of the buildings in Marsh Harbour destroyed, for instance, some have questioned whether the standards are outdated in the era of climate change.**
He assumes that the homes were built up to standard in the first place, we know this is not so. No squatter builds a house to code, none! Many pictures show homes with roofs and walls still intact!
The bigger issue is that unless a person has knowledge of construction they cannot know that the contractor is giving them what they paid for. So a person could pay for the concrete and steel and still not have it included during construction. There is too much dishonesty and shoddy workmanship in the construction industry; they need greater regulation.
On Building to resist category five 'too expensive'
Posted 16 September 2019, 5:32 p.m. Suggest removal