| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1051 | ilaria | winnifred beach free!!!! |
| 1052 | Charmian Stewart | As I child I have enjoyed this beach many times. Although I live in New York, I will never forget the wonderful memories of that place and hope many more people will also be able to enjoy it, free of charge. |
| 1053 | nelli | !keep winnifred beach free! |
| 1054 | Nadia | I'm Italian but I consider Jamaica my second country!! I went two times, Negril, Ocho Rios... the third time I want to go Port Antonio..I want to be free to go in this beach.. |
| 1055 | SONIA | |
| 1056 | LUCA | |
| 1057 | enriskank | keep jamaica free |
| 1058 | riccardo | all beach must be free from salento to jamaica |
| 1059 | giorgia tanduo | |
| 1060 | Karina Williamson | As frequent visitor to Jamaica and Port Antonio, long-time lover of Jamaica, and admirer of Norman Manley, I'm shocked at this attempted betrayal of the people's rights. |
| 1061 | Anonymous | Jamaicans need to have more available public beaches |
| 1062 | Nicholas Davis | We are only left with Helshire and so forth as public beaches. UDC need to leave this one ALONE! |
| 1063 | John Lindo | Thank you for defending my rights. |
| 1064 | guidetti alessandro | no resort........free beach for jamaican people |
| 1065 | Kurt J. Adams | The fight for Winnifred's represents the front line of the fight for the future direction of the Jamaican tourist industry, and more specifically the fight to determine the future of Portland, the last unspoiled part of Jamaica. |
| 1066 | Kurt J. Adams | The fight for Winnifred's represents the front line of the fight for the future direction of the Jamaican tourist industry, and more specifically the fight to determine the future of Portland, the last unspoiled part of Jamaica. |
| 1067 | Kurt J. Adams | The fight for Winnifred's represents the front line of the fight for the future direction of the Jamaican tourist industry, and more specifically the fight to determine the future of Portland, the last unspoiled part of Jamaica. |
| 1068 | sherman escoffery | |
| 1069 | Graham Sowa | Keep the beach public, thats why tourists such as myself visit. I don't visit private beaches. |
| 1070 | H. Dale Anderson | I am deeply concerned that seemingly helter-skelter mushrooming of hotel construction ravages the natural environment and threatens to deny ordinary Jamaicans the right and opportunity to enjoy aspects of the island's beauty. Creeping removal of easy or free access to our best beaches is a troubling example of such travesty. |
| 1071 | H. Dale Anderson | I am deeply concerned that seemingly helter-skelter mushrooming of hotel construction ravages the natural environment and threatens to deny ordinary Jamaicans the right and opportunity to enjoy aspects of the island's beauty. Creeping removal of easy or free access to our best beaches is a troubling example of such travesty.
I am prepared to donate financially to arrest this trend. Please send me more information on your organisation. |
| 1072 | anneli bowen | Best beach in Portland,don't give up the fight. |
| 1073 | marcia hanson | |
| 1074 | lucija kampic | winnifred beach must stay as is . . . with the people of jamaica!! |
| 1075 | Jahsen Levy | This occurs all around Jamaica and its a real shame. Lets protect our beaches, protect our environment and protect the rights of the ordinary Jamaican. |
| 1076 | Barbara Powell | This is one of the best beaches in all of Jamaica. Let's fight to keep it free. |
| 1077 | Kerri-Ann Ming | |
| 1078 | Anonymous | Keep Winnifred beach just as it is....we come to beautiful Jamaica for the nature. NOT the hotels... |
| 1079 | Anonymous | |
| 1080 | Anonymous | |
| 1081 | frank peeters | I' ve been there in the early nineties several times and it's a beautiful place where foreigners can enjoy the real jamaica. Totally different from the gated resorts. Big up to the people of Fairy hill. Respect. |
| 1082 | Anonymous | |
| 1083 | Russ Roye | Keep this beach free for my children & the children of Jamaica, I am with you in this action as our enviornment is being auctioned to the highest bidders this must stop. |
| 1084 | Anonymous | |
| 1085 | dani | freedom for all |
| 1086 | Anonymous | Why must we seek to mash up the environment? Will the Government not listen? Dont our people deserve a nice public beach, cant we give the environment a chance? |
| 1087 | Anonymous | As laws are promulgated to ensure order in the society, ignoring the laws is the major problem in Jamaica as it means that there is chaos....ignoring is not the answer, but rather repealing is the route to go, where there is adequate discussions & alternatives presented & sound decisions made on the way forward. I would therefore agree with this petition based on the law, but also on my observations regarding how developed countries develop their country.... locals are still allowed to enjoy the beaches. Even where there is a hotel/tourist industry, the hotels are not built literally on the beaches, but in some cases, on the opposite side of the road, so the public can still enjoy the beach. I personally felt the impact of what we have been doing in Jamaica, when I was just recently driving down into St.Ann's Bay from the hills of Brown's Town & to my surprise could no longer enjoy the beautiful view of the sea & horizon, since the hotel there had simply put up a wall!! I then saw that Jamaicans could be imprisoned by this kind of development & it was very sobering. |
| 1088 | Cecile Carrington | |
| 1089 | Sadie Vaughan | I agree that it is full time for us to stand up and protect our beaches and claim our spaces. If we are not careful, we will soon not be able to touch a beach on this Island, we shall only be able to point to some distant place and say, "that was a beach I used to go swimming at". |
| 1090 | Horace Levy | The behaviour of the government agencies is disgraceful. I fully support your efforts. |
| 1091 | Yolande Rattray Wright | How can we not have our beaches to enjoy when it is our country ???/ |
| 1092 | Cordia Williams | My favourite beach .
One of the most beautiful beaches in the Jamaica and perhaps the world should be left as it is to enjoyed by everyone .. rich or poor, local or tourist |
| 1093 | Elizabeth Ward | |
| 1094 | Anonymous | |
| 1095 | beverley heslop | thats my childhood beach, i use to go there for free i planted a tree there. i want my children to go there for free and enjoy it too. |
| 1096 | Sari Legate | |
| 1097 | Anonymous | As a frequent visitor to Jamaica and Winnifred Beach I am shocked and appalled that this very special place is in danger of being robbed from the public. I am not against a strong tourist industry...but this place is a big part of what makes Portland unique for Jamaicans and visitors alike. Long live Winnifred Beach! |
| 1098 | Jennine Lewis | Winnifred beach has been beautiful the way it is for many years now. Every time I go back to Jamaica Winnifred is one sure spot that I must visit, and I have been going back for about 14 years now. The development is said to be unsustainable and there also seemt o be more negative impacts than positive in the long run. There are so many other places, so much land that is available and can be used to place these luxury villas elsewhere and leave Winnifred alone. The government is so greedy that they will destroy homes of animals, destroy land, destroy homes of Jamaican people, in order to build more places for tourism. Jamaica is beautiful, Winifred beach is beautiful, just the way it is. So please, find somewhere else to destroy. |
| 1099 | Mia Venster | I came to discover Winnifred Beach many years ago. I live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which is considered a nice beach by tourists. Yet, I so much more prefer the pristine and down-to-earth environment and people of Winnifred. Please, Port Antonio, hold on to your diamond in the rough! Do not let development spoil this little paradise. If anything, charge the tourists in the neighboring hotels a small tax and fix the road leading to the beach!!! Now THAT would be a boost to your community and its' people.
Mia Venster
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
| 1100 | Anonymous | |