Jamaica Rise Up

Jamaica Rise Up!

There is no mystery

Jamaica is history

We can be masters of our fate

If we only set a date.

As we grovel in dirt, grime and filth

Faces grim and atilt

Minds still shackled and enslaved

In history it is engraved.

Nurture and nourish the little one’s minds

In time they will flourish and find

That they are our lifeline

For our country that is in a bind.

Forty Three years of independence

Political but still in economic dependence

Let’s rise from our apathy

And put our country in the annals of history.

A country emerging from the brink

Of calamity and such a stink

To be creative and resourceful

Hardworking and successful.

Denise Lynn Fatt

My deepest sympathies go out to the families of LG Brown and Sandra Campbell

who were murdered in Kingston on Sunday. Sandra, the former wife of

Major Phillip Campbell, who is one of my dearest friends,

leaves behind her two children,

Charles and Christina, to whom I offer my heartfelt condolences.

Murder mania - 167 killed in May, 49 slain last week
published: Tuesday | June 7, 2005

A STAGGERING 746 Jamaicans have been murdered since the start of the year, 193 more than for the corresponding period last year.

Police records show that the majority of the victims, 555, were killed by the gun. Sixty-nine women are numbered among the dead.

The month of May has seen the highest number of homicides with 167, making it one of the bloodiest in the nation's history. This is followed by March with 157, January with 145 and April 127. With 155 murders, October was the bloodiest month in 2004.

An average of seven Jamaicans were killed every day last week, bringing to 49, the total number of homicides for the week ending June 4. At least nine persons have been killed since the start of the week, with two double murders recorded since Sunday.

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