Yes its about time we put a stop to this i live in england and i really want to pack up and go back home but i'm so scared and it hurt me so much to see how my people behaving we're in these people country and would like to go back home come to enjoy our bueaitful country and we can and the only place i know is jamaica that is were i was born that the only place i know people come on man wake up jamaica is the only place people in this world can enjoy and them nasty ass man and woman mashing it.

Well said in the article.....the crime rate is very sad back home...my husband and i love our country and someday do plan on retiring back home but unless this problem is attacked from the root, then sadly this will be never ending. There has to be some form of infrastructure put in place to curve the current crime situation. When u look at the young people today who is suppose to be tomorrow's future, that's another discouragement. Everything is all about the "hype"....the young men today have no interest in a 9-5 job. It's very great that we capitalize on our music and entertainment but there should be regulations. We as a people is not all about "gun talk and slackness" I know deep down somewhere inside of these so called hardcore individuals there is a real person. As for some of the young women...(this is my perspective looking in from outside country)...if college cannot be afforded by the parent(s), then the first choice of young ladies today is to find an older man (most likely married) and be kept. When i was younger, i would never be caught dead with an older man, let alone a married man. Parents need to be more involved in their children's lives. If they are of age to go get a job and send themselves back to school by all means stand beside them in the process. Girls these married men are never going to run the risk of leaving their wives to be with you...they will try to convince you otherwise but plssss refrain from listening to their stories but instead think about your future....where do u see yourselves in 5-10 yrs? Girls don't succumb to the fact that because you are from the 'ghetto' your only choice is to date the "DON" or "SHOTTER" of the neighbourhood!! Guys....lift your heads up.....don't be a product of your environment....you are tomorrow's future....find yourselves an ambitious girlfriend who will later become your wife. Last but certainly not least....in the meantime we have to keep our country and people in our prayers. 'JAMAICA LAND WE LOVE'

Well said in the article.....the crime rate is very sad back home...my husband and i love our country and someday do plan on retiring back home but unless this problem is attacked from the root, then sadly this will be never ending. There has to be some form of infrastructure put in place to curve the current crime situation. When u look at the young people today who is suppose to be tomorrow's future, that's another discouragement. Everything is all about the "hype"....the young men today have no interest in a 9-5 job. It's very great that we capitalize on our music and entertainment but there should be regulations. We as a people is not all about "gun talk and slackness" I know deep down somewhere inside of these so called hardcore individuals there is a real person. As for some of the young women...(this is my perspective looking in from outside country)...if college cannot be afforded by the parent(s), then the first choice of young ladies today is to find an older man (most likely married) and be kept. When i was younger, i would never be caught dead with an older man, let alone a married man. Parents need to be more involved in their children's lives. If they are of age to go get a job and send themselves back to school by all means stand beside them in the process. Girls these married men are never going to run the risk of leaving their wives to be with you...they will try to convince you otherwise but plssss refrain from listening to their stories but instead think about your future....where do u see yourselves in 5-10 yrs? Girls don't succumb to the fact that because you are from the 'ghetto' your only choice is to date the "DON" or "SHOTTER" of the neighbourhood!! Guys....lift your heads up.....don't be a product of your environment....you are tomorrow's future....find yourselves an ambitious girlfriend who will later become your wife. Last but certainly not least....in the meantime we have to keep our country and people in our prayers. 'JAMAICA LAND WE LOVE'

the government need to clean up the police and have two specail forces for Grown A$$ Mans Who Want To Be Gangsters Those people need to start taking back there community and start beating these grown man like they use to The women are no different from the men and latley it seems like everyone down there don't care and just have gotten use to everything The day Jamaica will be the Same Is When They Kill OFF One Another

I for some reason feel this murder is inaccurate.SO MANY HAVE DIED THAT HAVENT BEEN REPORTED.

WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE CRISIS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION. HOWEVER, NOBODY NAH DO NUTTN!!!!!! POLITRICKIANS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS & OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE JUS FULL OF SWEET TALK. no more chattin, No More Chattin, NO MORE CHATTIN!!!!! ACTION FI TEK PLACE. CORRUPTION FI BUN OUT. MR. HEARTLESS YU END A GO BITTER!!!!

thats true man..im scared to cum back to ja fa real

I agree it is very very sad, and something needs to be done as all we who have sense know.

but lets not forget that most POLITICIANS AND POLICE ARE CRIMINALS!!! so where do we start?

try 1,000 cause all di missing people dem neva report or find yet so 700 my baxside it wrong it bout 1,000

Mi caa justify wickidness.... Need to go back to some really harsh capital punishment fi mek dem badman ya think twice before dem commit crime. Life fi life..... Har else dis a go gwan fi eva

i too think the number is incorrect. Its taking so long for the government to come up with a formula for this problem
First thing they have to get rid of the gunds ..no amount of peace and counselling will work without the guns being taken off the streets.

I was in Ja recently and went with my family to clear a barrel of food stuff...what a stress...wht amount of money had to be paid and paper work. I mention this because it is obvious to me that no ordinary Jamaican can bring in guns..not when customs empty barrels and shake every tin and feel up every pack of rice..
big man bringing in the guns

UNDENIABLY TRUE !

I MEAN WHY DO WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO WRITE "INFORMER FI DEAD" ON THEIR WALLS? WHO IS AN INFORMER ? ANYBODY WHO REPORTS A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DEM SAY A HIM A INFORMER AND HIM AFI DEAD !

SO THE FLUSHING OF THE HEARTSLESS MURDERERS STARTS WITH ALL OF US !

Yes i too think the #s are incorrect, it's time that we unite together as a pple and stop killing each other, we need to take a stand against violence as sooner or later there will be no one left here on this island.

Lord have mercy on all the innocents trapped between the criminals and crooked system. The land is soaked with the blood of our brothers and sisters......Love is the only solution here. It has to start somewhere.....

i think the solution to the problem is to dismantle all garrisons and gangs