The Neglected Gold Mine!!! Written by Michael Spence

This Riverton Fire notice has been going on intermittently for decades. Every government comes to say they have a plan to make it more environmentally, socially, and economically friendly, you get more of the same.

I know people who have had to move from communities like Cooreville, Duhaney Park, and others nearby to save their lives. People are afflicted by respiratory illnesses that bring on skin diseases, and high blood pressure leading to heart, and kidney disease and ultimately death.

These big fires are a wake-up call but the small continuous fires and the inhalation of methane and other gasses from decomposing items, burning of plastics, etc are having devastating effects on people's health from a greater to a lesser degree all over Kingston, St Catherine, Portmore and elsewhere.

The air over Jamaica is one air connected so don't be surprised Riverton fires are affecting people from Negril Point to Morant Point.

Oh, Republicanism will change all that, and our high rates of illiteracy??

Pay attention to Jamaica in this age of technological advancements globally Riverton's affectations can be solved at short notice but people must resist moving the problem to St Thomas, St Catherine, or elsewhere.

Jamaica's Kingston quasi-colonial administration and governance is good at "sending the fool a little further".

It has not been lost on me that Riverton is also a thriving community with brilliant pragmatic intelligent scientists experienced in all forms of recycling.

Bottles, batteries, meat, food, and animal products from which persons earn an income. They use the income to send their kids to University, basic, High, and primary schools. This community is full of geniuses, innovators interspersed with a minority of deviants and criminals.

Riverton is a "gold mine" and these fires are like reminders to the world that "we are here, help us".

Mics 🖋️pen

12/05/23

Note: Micheal Spence is a businessman based in rural Jamaica.