WHEN WILL IT END?!

“When will this crime and violence end!” this is the cry echoed by the many enraged, “fed-up” and outraged citizens of Jamaica. Jamaica is a small Caribbean island of just over 2.5 million people and it has one of the worst murder rates in the world. In 2004 and 2005 Jamaica was recorded as having the highest murder rate in the world. In 2008 alone, 1600 people were killed as a result of crime and violence in Jamaica. This ruthless, ongoing rampage of Crime and Violence as left the citizens of Jamaica searching for answers and the government itself is not making any progress to find its cure. Youth unemployment, Poverty, Social inequality and lack of education are just a few of a long list of causes of this heart wrenching epidemic in Jamaica. Some of the deleterious effects include economic instability, separation of communities into warring factions, loss of investment opportunity and loss of personal and business income. The Government needs to call for international help and they need to do it now.