I wish the leaders of the nation would spend as much time talking about and fighting over women as they have spent on the Amaila Falls project. It would be so refreshing to see one of the national political parties decide to take on the constant murder of women as a pet project for a change.
The number of women who have been murdered in the past few weeks would amount to an epidemic if it were a medical issue, but because it’s just women being murdered, it seems there is no need to panic. During the same time period the government fought tooth and nail to keep the Amaila Falls project alive, women were dying in the most atrocious ways.
An August 25 opinion piece by Ricky Singh in the Jamaica Observer, titled, “Epidemic of Domestic Violence and Rape,” hit the nail on the head concerning this issue. It said, “Leaders and ministers of government are always issuing rhetorical denunciations and pledges to expedite action to deal more effectively with these vicious crimes. But, alas, there is yet to be