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One way ticket to anywhere...please

So if you haven't been watching the news, or listening to the radio, or living or breathing lately perhaps you're not aware that Jamaica is in some deep shit  I mean a whole lotta crap ... a bit of a pickle, financially. Now with all the jargon being thrown around on the news about the International Monetary Fund "deal", the National Debt Exchange (NDX...almost sounds like the next pop sensation Diddy will discover and then destroy doesn't it?), another national tax reform and Portia consciously letting us know that we (not the collective "we" which will include parliament, the "you the people" kind of "we") have to tighten our belts AGAIN...

The dilemma of the disabled: Out of sight, out of mind

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How many buildings in Jamaica are wheel chair accessible? How many intersections allow for the passage of blind pedestrians? Are the sidewalks kept in good condition to facilitate wheel chairs, blind and other disabled persons?