Jamaica: an island without beach access? | The Take

[@mia35767]

In St Lucia' locals can access ANY Beach ⛱️ cmon Jamaicans take your beaches back.

[@PCAseniorcareservices]

@@mia35767 JAMAICANS have become Lazy...We are Not Helping the helders to FIGHT for Our Land.

[@ItsKells]

Beautiful St. Lucia- thank you all for setting the example

[@eldonpaul8761]

Facts!! 🇱🇨🇱🇨

[@CBM902Q]

@@mia35767 in ST Lucia people are more discipline and less crime there compared to Jamaica. The hotels are keeping their customers safe by private beaches.. Somike to and will do it if they get the opportunity. Moreover, there are many beaches in Jamaica which are not private. Why do people want to go to the hotel's beaches. Tourism is the backbone of the Jamaica economy.. So, Jamaica has to keep them secure.

[@Narcissist-d6g]

@@mia35767 Jamaicans have many many beaches.The beaches they are referring are ones own by the resorts.

[@da-jc9jz]

jamaica beaches for jamaicans

[@molkakaminski]

Western countries for westerners👍🏻

[@tombrabenec1115]

@@da-jc9jz Haahaha!! Not anymore....I hear tourism in Jamaica is on a real tear!!🤣🤣🤣

[@da-jc9jz]

@@tombrabenec1115 well actually the theft of the island land from the people goes way back like pirates of the carribean days way back but they will fight to get back what belongs to them and many will help them

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@da-jc9jz]

@@molkakaminski true but people can visit each other but .govs cannot steal other countries resources and beaches consequences are penalty of d3@Th if they do

[@joenahyla7773]

Tourists will protest and boycott on behalf of the Jamaican peoples. . .keep going. . . go viral. . . take a hit and make a difference.

[@Travel_plus_adventure]

@@joenahyla7773 no they will not. 😂 Tourist love all inclusive and barely interacting with the locals. Especially American tourists

[@michellemalcolm5327]

Tourist have hoilday for new kidney and heart

[@michellemalcolm5327]

Beach setting is heart am kidney ❤❤❤

[@michellemalcolm5327]

All inclusive was always there

[@michellemalcolm5327]

New medical hoilday 2024 & beyond New heart to order ❤ carful what u wish for❤❤❤

[@keishaphillips3659]

Barbadians fought against this trend in the 80s. But there is always someone challenging the public access to certain beaches.

[@tattoomarc1000]

This might be a region problem then we must bring this topic up in caricom meetings to protect the whole region for both international and domestic opportunist investors if Jamaica dealing with this hard rn then the rest will fall to big money investors while already focus on the Caribbean and it's gifts

[@berthonpowell7366]

@@keishaphillips3659 Big business wants the beaches

[@DigitalIslandboy]

Barbados' LAW... ***Not some Gabby song*** is that UPTO the high-tide watermark + 3 feet above/beyond that is public space. So if the send is 100 feet long to the water only up to the high-tide watermark + 3 feet is what the public has access too. Anything behind that is private. Importaint distinction to what yours saying.

[@cameron9119]

Any land can be brought by a foreign investor. On a small island this is a disastrous policy and needs to be reviewed. Beaches should be kept public.

[@avaatkinson14]

This law needs to be scrapped, we are in 2024. I have visited Jamaica and I loved it, its a beautiful place, the people are very friendly and helpful. This is an backward and unjust law. 😢😢

[@rivernile7711]

Foh it. They won't listen. They need to see bodies. They need to see action they scorn us they won't respect someone who keeps crying. Action

[@jamaicavibe9200]

I am Jamaican and i haven't known your efforts in Steer Town. I will happily support your effort and i know many Jamaican would too but this fight is way too private. Make it more public to Jamaicans so we can have all hands on deck...One Love

[@kcism3239]

@jamaicavibe9200 young man or woman, if every Jamaican agrees w you then why you not acting? What you waiting for?🤔

[@jamaicavibe9200]

@@kcism3239 All Jamaicans don't live by or near the coast and may not know what's happening unless it is publicized.

[@jamaicavibe9200]

​@kcism3239 most Jamaicans do not live on the coastline and are unaware of these movements as they aren't publicized enough.

[@PaulaThomas-pc8gj]

@jamaicavibe9200 yeah it was a big thing.but nothing had become of it because they still blocked it off..smh...it's unbelievable how we jamaican r treated like we r the visitors.

[@jamaicavibe9200]

@PaulaThomas-pc8gj If we can make this issue visible enough then I am sure we can make a positive difference

[@-jz5mm]

All power to Devon & and the Jamaican people ✊🏻 what a cheek

[@robertjohnson5370]

This exclusion of local Jamaicans from the Beaches around the Island has been going on for over the past 50 years. I remember when Ocho Rios was basically a Fishing Village Fisherman Beach area is basically gone I was sitting on Whitehorse Beach about 35 years ago with a local Fisherman was lamenting about a Guy who had just purchased an adjacent and blocked off access to the seaside. It has gotten worse over the years. Hopefully,Jamaica will resolve this Thank you

[@berthonpowell7366]

Neither Political Party seems to care. What Party was in power in 1956 ??

[@craiglewis8272]

Jamaican economy is not surviving on fishing so…

[@camilliarowe3053]

If it had continued to be a fishing village then there would be no beach for them to argue about. Check out the beaches on all fishing villages, they are all ruined because they over fish and even when the government give restriction on parrot fish and lobsters that are a big part of why our coral reefs and beaches are so pretty, the locals ignore those rules and still fish them all year round. A perfect example of that is the Helshire strip in portmore. That whole strip used to be so beautiful now it’s ruined because of the fishing. The only 2 beaches that still have some type of beautiful look is Fort Clarence beach and waves beach. Why u may ask? Because they were privatized by local investors.

[@SimGhad]

I appreciate you sharing this with a larger audience; the government has fallen deep in the pockets of overseas investors and the local corporations. Hopefully this will catalyse the movement already started in Jamaica to reclaim our beaches.

[@foxxycleopatra615]

Barbados outlawed this type of practice ages ago. The people should have access to their own island without restriction! I hope JA does the same soon bc this is incredibly unfair

[@anthonypaul6788]

You are right Barbados outlawed that foolishness long time ago.

[@anthonypaul6788]

I was born in Barbados. In the 1960s I played soccer on the every Sunday. On brown beach. Rockley beach. Hilton hotel beach.

[@anthonypaul6788]

No beach is private in Barbados. Never had to pay to go to the beach

[@tiffanybrown368]

@@foxxycleopatra615 the most beautiful parts of Haiti is not accessible by local Haitians only tourists. Jamaica is the same thing…

[@foxxycleopatra615]

@@anthonypaul6788 My dad is Bajan☺️🇧🇧. It’s such a beautiful island and we too enjoy all the beaches freely when we visit. It makes me mad and sad to hear of islands where the citizens are barred from enjoying their own home. It’s theirs!

[@kcism3239]

Jamaicans must remember they aren't free at all, false independent state. The governor general reports to the crown, every thing else is a charade. One love to the people ❤

[@gabirohwedder1688]

Sad but true, I lived in Jamaica a very long time. Where I used to live is a beautiful beach nearby where we always loved to go. Than they did build 3 ibeo star hotels there. Now you have to get a day pass to have access to the beach, it is so expensive that tha majority cant afford it. This happened all over Jamaica. It's so sad😢

[@Brenda-wp4lm]

So many public beaches are disgusting because no one takes their rubbish with them….so pay your money for clean facilities

[@JohnMoodie-r3v]

❤❤the jamaican people sold themselves to the pilitician and the goverment in turn sold themselves to big forieng invesment

[@Jill-K]

This is disgraceful. The Jamaicans have put up with enough. They deserve to have their country back fully

[@doreenramsey1016]

Wrong. This is not their country. It was stolen by the maroons. Do you not see the Creoles have their own beaches. We the African descendants of slaves were brought here by force so we control our beaches.

[@Narcissist-d6g]

This is all lies .I think theirs powers out there trying to make it seem as if Jamaicans live an oppressive life.Most Jamaicans have access to beaches.

[@quietstorm1050]

@@Narcissist-d6g Quick question. Do you live there? And which beaches do they have access to? I ask because, there are multiple incidents that beaches that were once accessible in the past are rapidly becoming closed off. Several fishing villages are slowly becoming privately own. I know many that still live there. I speak to many locals and they agree with what is being said in the videos. If you know of good free beaches please drop the names. I will gladly pass the information.

[@paulettelarmond8052]

Just ignore him/her and let's continue the real observations!!

[@CBM902Q]

What do you mean by disgraceful? Too much robbery and crime happening in Jamaica. Therefore, the hotels have to protect their customers and ensure they are safe. Tourism is the backbone of the Jamaica economy. There are many public free beaches in Jamaica. Why do people want to use the hotels because? Blame the criminals for that.

[@jeanneromaine3146]

I live in the US. Born here. I have to pay to access our beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Some are completely off limits to me and others who don't live in the expensive areas like the Hamptons, where private beaches are. I feel how you feel. 😢

[@CHMichael]

You have to pay for parking your car .... ride a bike and it's free.

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

@@CHMichaelwhat does riding electric bike or car parking have to do with beach access?

[@804MRMAN]

​@@kamakaziozzie3038Because they are lying!!! You plenty access to beaches in America! This person mentioned ONE beach out of thousands of miles of coast line!!!

[@Iris-hx6ox]

@@804MRMAN What you are not realizing is that so much beach front has been allocated to private property. The remaining beach access to the public is not adequate enough. Beaches I use to visit in my youth and free to all the public are now shut down. No where to go fishing, crabbing, swimming or anything else as there isn't any space. I live near the ocean and haven't gone there in years because of this. I have to travel outside my state and country to have the access I used to have in my backyard. Don't Accuse people of lying. You do not share their experiences and their lives.

[@jeanneromaine3146]

@CHMichael Well Michael, thank you for the advice! Why didn't I think of riding a bicycle to the beach? Oh, maybe it's because I'm a senior citizen now, and I would have to ride 5 miles in 90F weather on a very dangerous four lane highway carrying my cooler and beach tent on the bicycle. I had skin cancer, and I need my pop up beach tent. I'd have to ride up hill over the bridge as well. Then back home. I don't feel I'm physically up to it at my age. Beaches I can access by car have become private.

[@JG-tr9py]

I know that I'll catch a lot of backlash for my comment, but I don't care. The same energy that Jamaicans have for each other, as well as other BP, they need to have that same energy for the colonizers. Stop accepting the disrespect from ALL of the colonizers.

[@coraperry9795]

@@JG-tr9py as a Jamaican I fully endorse this comment. It pains my heart to see the massive nonchalant behaviours of Jamaicans towards history and rights. Ignorance and arrogance have placed a permanent stamp on your mentalities. Sigh 😞

[@francesjdarwin]

This was both shocking and informative. I’ve never been to Jamaica but lots of Canadians travel there. I’ll make sure to share this information and mission!

[@jamaicanaturalhair]

This information is misleading though. This does not happen in Hanover and Westmoreland. In Hanover the best beaches are public beaches. Negril beach is free to everyone. This man does not speak for the entire Jamaica.

[@missjamrock]

It is misleading.

[@francesjdarwin]

@@missjamrock how so?

[@kurokaizen1889]

Stop lying. The hotels own and block locals from most beaches in Hanover/west moreland. I even experienced it myself when travelling back there. ​@jamaicanaturalhair

[@kurokaizen1889]

​@@francesjdarwin It is not misleading. Please ignore them.

[@brians7613]

Jamaicans fight for what remaining beach access you have left it’s yours take it

[@SmallAxeMP]

We want all, all is ours. We have rights to take them back.

[@lckaren]

Fight for remaining beach access???!!!!!

[@ToniaAlex13]

@@brians7613 we have access to beaches. The ones they are protesting abt is the ones where the hotel property block off

[@terrikara6876]

Aotearoa, we Māori fought for our rights to our foreshore & seabed.. Govt saw a Máori & non-Māori protest & uprising... stand up Jamaica, fight for your rights!! Call Māori & other nations to stand with you.. kia kaha Jamaica, kia kaha !✊️✊️✊️

[@nox5555]

The difference is that NZ has a economy. Jamaica is trading acces to their beaches against food.

[@quietcell]

This is beautiful solidarity 🙏🏾 I think the difficulty is that NZ is now considered a white country so external interventions are less violent. JA has been struggling against neo-colonialism for decades. The grip seems inescapable. Resist and you end up like Haiti, Congo etc. I recommend the excellent documentary Life & Debt. I pray JA win the fight but capitalism is just so ugly and racist.

[@mandyharewood886]

@@nox5555 With plenty of arable land and water?

[@nox5555]

@@mandyharewood886 Farming is very hard and you need alot of know how to make it work. there is no such know how on the island and the population is much to big for primitive farming.

[@josephLindor-ki7op]

​I'm Haitian, and I disagree with you, cause Haiti constitution gave no right for foreign power to intervene. corrupt weak Haitian politician's gets pay to allowed acces.@@quietcell

[@monicad351]

Right I went on a cruise one year and had to leave the beach area and catch a cab to go to a falls to get wet. Sandals resort owned that big portion of beach. Very sad .

[@alvine4233]

This is one of the differences between Jamaica and the rest of the English speaking Caribbean. What they don’t realize is that this is one of those things that the rest of the Caribbean was rooting for and the elite of Jamaica was against that led to the breakup of the West Indies Federation. Another was free primary and secondary public school education.

[@anthonypaul6788]

You are very right. Barbados have free primary school and secondary school

[@lmjr400]

This is so sad and heartbreaking

[@StarrTile]

*Then there's ppl on KZbin like Throp advocating for MORE development and taking over many beach properties...smbch😡*

[@AshMundo]

@@StarrTile yeah, i think that Throp needs to understand that development needs to be away from beaches, especially if there are limits on the people accessing the beach. However, I'm glad that his family has a hotel and the money is mostly staying in the country.

[@tampa9004]

Thats so ridiculouse you cant access a beach in your own home. All beaches should be public, especially to the people that live there. Tourists should always be treated as 'GUESTS' in the locals home. The locals should be getting discounts at all the resorts too. They helped build that economy, they should get the benefits.

[@BlUESKIES1178]

We can access all our beaches and we kicked the Queen to the curb… God bless BIM (Barbados 🇧🇧).

[@foxxycleopatra615]

Yes please 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧

[@anthonypaul6788]

You are right.

[@Bluntburnatr888]

Thank you for bringing this to the world. There are a lot more things to address also. 👏👏👏

[@ALGERIEECONOMIE]

Bob Marley said "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds" may he rest in peace

[@abasilumsmith91]

Marcus Garvey said these words. Bob Marley used his words in a song.

[@rayjackson7235]

To much talk about colonization and not enough about personal responsibility, I often see Jamaicans on KZbin saying how great they are and all about the contributions Jamaicans have made to other countries But continue to fail to build a constructive and lasting prosperous future on their own island of Jamaica for the populace as a whole.

[@diazvirdani1059]

*please.. Jamaica🇯🇲 suspend/ cut diplomatic relations with Israel. like Cuba, Belize, Colombia.*

[@mansamusa3677]

That will never happen when the current Prime Minister is CIA

[@416yaadie]

@@diazvirdani1059 why?

[@GB-rt]

@@416yaadie the obvious?!

[@mischevious]

@@416yaadieGenocide and a long rapidly growing list of other war crimes. Some too hideous to even repeat. Basically, every accusation they make is a confession of their own guilt.

[@tattoomarc1000]

Never we side with Israel until end of time there enemies is our enemies and so will these nations become if they go against the code

[@ItsKells]

ONLY 5 CENT of every dollar brought in by tourism stays on the island?? -That is ludicrous 😣

[@craiglewis8272]

If that is true then shame on the government but he didn’t provide any source of this info

[@DorretteGYoung]

The laws from 1956 need to be amended or abolished completely. 1956!!!

[@subltesinner35]

This is a fantastic podcast! Some lesser antilles islands, such a Grenada, allow local access to all the beaches. I noticed it right away when visiting, as so many other countries have these spaces confiscated by resorts. This should happen on all islands! 👏🏼👏🏼✊🏼

[@TomFord864]

Modern slaves of the carribean , it’ll get worst for them for joining that imperial intervention in Haiti it’s sad these two countries are brothers and sisters from afrika

[@moniho6907]

@TomFord864 *caribbean..... that's how it's spelt.... anyway we have plenty of beaches for locals

[@blackmaster999]

The corrupt Jamaican government is selling the Black population back into slavery. Foreigners will soon own and control everything in Jamaica.

[@Lando-kx6so]

This is wrong

[@Lando-kx6so]

​@@moniho6907 this video is over exaggerated, we have several beaches open to the public in Jamaica

[@moniho6907]

@@Lando-kx6so exactly

[@promptstar]

I had access to a beach as child in Jamaica but I’m now realising it was because a hurricane had damage the hotel and put them out of business, and even they tried stopping the locals from using the beach - I’m fuming! 😡

[@tiffanybrown368]

Wait till you learn that 21 elite families control 50% of the Jamaican GDP….21 families

[@VEE-rd7cu]

Just wanted to say, what an exceptional interview with Devon. He was historically knowledgeable and an excellent leader for this cause. Devon, We are brothers and sisters of different islands with the same egregious causes; the Rights to Fair and Just Liberties denied Us for generations. Lmk, if & how, I can help your cause. Aloha 🌺

[@melbrooks1192]

The “one love “ is BS. The out of many. One people is also BS. the government have a real dislike for their own people. They will sell the people for money. It’s all about money and corruption. Keep fighting for the island !! Jamaica 🇯🇲 for Jamaicans. Beaches , land, homes etc. Stand up for your people JLP and PNP !

[@BecauseBroward]

Yes man! dem feel silly cause they gotta pay Toll to the Chinese for that major highway as well. Dunn’s river used to be free too.

[@KononR-gz4vo]

😮 *How can you own a natural resource like a beach front created by God (before you were born), and be able to say it is yours to do whatever, and nobody has rights to it???* This is how money and the modern idea of property is blinding well-off people! You can own and buy a house because "you" built it, but how can you say, you can own a waterfall or land that's not developed ??? These same people claim to own hundreds of acres of land and will shoot you if you're on their land. How can you confuse what is God-made for man-made ??? These are sad times.

[@mischevious]

If you want to go even deeper, all life on Earth has inalienable rights to every place on the planet. The idea of land ownership isn’t just absurd, it’s literally killing everything.

[@mrgooding2840]

I’m a Jamaican from St Cathrine and we as Jamaican are treated like dogs if we try to access the beach and the price to enter the beach is ridiculously high. Most Jamaicans has to go to the river and that also is will be inaccessible soon

[@tattoomarc1000]

Yuh never wa pay Nuh money move yuh ditty bloodcloth

[@shae-alicialewis8647]

@mrgooding2840 That might have been your experience, but certainly not for most Jamaicans. I have never been poorly treated to access a beach in Jamaica, especially since there are so many free access ones, so who would treat you badly? If you go to Negril, our longest and maybe even best beach, you enter free. Every parish has at least two free access beaches. The paid beaches are mostly in tourist areas and except for Puerto Seco in St. Ann and Frenchmen in Portie, entrance cost is usually under J$1000 (US$6), usually half of that, in fact. That contributes to establishing and maintaining bathroom facilities, changing rooms, lifeguards, cleaning seaweed and garbage, etc.

[@cleo63100]

@@shae-alicialewis8647 These people just like to repeat lies and listen to propaganda without knowing anything about Jamaica. They think all beaches in Jamaica are in one small place when in fact there are free beaches all over the island. Some people just like to always play victims!

[@ToniaAlex13]

I live in St Ann and Montego Bay now. I have never had issues accessing beaches in all my 30 plus years

[@ToniaAlex13]

​@@cleo63100exactly. I saw the title and was like wait a when since I can't access beaches?

[@cynthiaedwards954]

Jamaica should at least try the Antiguan model. Their 363 beaches are accessible to the locals however many of the beaches have limited access which I still see as offensive.

[@GandalphybengalKittenRules]

Such DisRespect to Citizens of Jamaica!🇯🇲

[@TravDon-yz4zr]

Now Saudi Arabia wants our southern coast

[@lacinabakayoko4634]

The Sellouts political misleaders, doing the same thing IN Kenya, trying to sell the indigenous MAASAI tribe land to the Saudi Arabia

[@barcaman1013]

🤡 State I'm Jamaican and it's shocking how weak we are

[@l.sdarkholme7559]

You have thought you were as White Britians. And you were out smarted by Chinese, me no feel pity.

[@DjSclash]

@@l.sdarkholme7559 it's not outsmart, it's reluctance on our path plus the reduced ability to fight based on western learning.

[@DjSclash]

When the time is right the time is right. Prior to Paul Bogle rebellion there was a series of things happening leading up to that. The time is different with different artillery so planning have to be different

[@l.sdarkholme7559]

@DjSclash OK, I'll remember that when I go for a dip on the beach in Jamaica, and remember the meal that I'll be eating is flown/shipped from America's farms.

[@DjSclash]

@@l.sdarkholme7559 that's where u need a tour guide. A true jamaican will ensure u get the authenticity u craved or deserve. Don't be afraid to ask jamaican any question appropriately

[@donnacollinson8683]

We went to Jamaica in July this year 2024 we went to Lucia area grand palladium lady hamilton and it was such a magnificent place the beachs was pristine just everything was out of this world definitely will return to Jamaica 🇯🇲 one day beautiful people gorgeous spicey foods is tops love you guys peace & love ✌from the UK 🇬🇧

[@Projectmefirst]

This is sad to see about my home country. This needs to be addressed immediately. Jamaican people rise up.

[@shae-alicialewis8647]

Do you currently live in Jamaica? Don't be too quick to believe everything a foreign newscaster tells you. This is very one-sided because saying we can't backless beaches is more sensational.

[@ToniaAlex13]

Do you live in Jamaica?

[@sauljob2396]

Why can't buju fight for unu, that man ah fi dance ah him yard, talking rubbish about Africa while our brothers can't even access the beach in his own country

[@Ziggy-px6li]

In St. Kitts & Nevis 🇰🇳 all beaches by law are public and cannot be bought or sold. By law access to beaches cannot be blocked. If a developer builds a property on the beach they must by law create access to the general public.

[@tattoomarc1000]

@@Ziggy-px6li u can buy your passport and citizenship they don't need no land 😂😆 so come on

[@Ziggy-px6li]

@@tattoomarc1000 It’s called citizenship by investment, where, because of the power of St. Kitts and Nevis passport many people around the world desires to get it, must make a substantial investment into the country and are granted citizenship. The US does a similar program as well as Canada, Turkey and many other large countries. Maybe you did not know, but while under the rule of Britain St. Kitts & Nevis was the richest British territory in the Caribbean per capita (We were not called Sugar City and Queen City for no reason). If Britain had not stolen that money and the wealth of the island, and if they had instead used it for the development and advancement of the St. Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳 probably we would not have had to do the CBI program. What do you think about that? 😂

[@brownyedgrl]

I remember in 2007 when our cruise ship docked in St Lucia. The tour operator took us around and mentioned that Virgin Atlantic owner had purchased a beachfront property expecting the beach to be private. He was informed that none of the beaches on the island were private and was unhappy to say the least. At the time he had the property for sale.

[@rukuzulu9592]

And about 95% is owned by foreigners 😢

[@tattoomarc1000]

@@rukuzulu9592 non sense by law that is not even possible why come here u not Jamaican u don't live yah

[@vartvartan7492]

Very sad history and stories of Jamaican people, I hope their dreams come true sooner than later.🙏

[@ryanmahabir664]

In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 we have access to any beach on the two islands

[@ToniaAlex13]

I have never had issues accessing beaches in Jamaica and I'm in my 30s. This video is news to me and I live here. I go to alot of free beaches

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

I Love Saint Lucia. Every beach is public beach and there must be access.

[@CliveBailey-j1s]

We need to stand up for what is right Barbados you can't stop no citizen of that country from access any beach but these Jamaica wicked politicians sell out every beach in Jamaica let take back our beaches Jamaicans

[@CHMichael]

Declare everything up to the dunes public property and be done with it.

[@downandout992]

I've only known one person who went to Jamaica on vacation and came back saying that they enjoyed it, but he never left the resort.

[@rohanedmonson]

Jamaica is the most beautiful country in the world. 🇯🇲

[@canar7]

Yes, In Barbados all Beaches are accessible to locals. How demeaning to Jamaicans are treated like second class citizens and putting the needs of foreigners as more important. The government needs to address this.

[@syedahossain6708]

I like your voice so much. Please keep continue The Take. I would like to see another The Take for Hind Rajab, Uncle Khalid the soul of the soul . Please please please.

[@ladyfaatimah9469]

It is their Black Jamaican leaders fault! Black leaders always cow down to the colonizers.

[@alanbarnes3569]

Really enjoyed this podcast. From what he said about corruption in politics, many of the politicians have accepted bribes and allowed big corporations to move in unrestricted in their access to building hotels and develop private beaches.😊

[@DevoteddreamerD]

As Bahamians we can access our beaches as we should be able to! This is such a shame.

[@ToniaAlex13]

As a Jamaican I can too.

[@v.p.stolat1217]

THE JA GOVERNMENT SHOULD PASS A LAW STATING THAT EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVERY BEACH IN JA IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

[@foxxycleopatra615]

Noooo every DAY!

[@berthonpowell7366]

Aren't some fenced off or something?? Pay to enter in some instances?? Discovery Bay?? Dunns River Falls?? $$$

[@v.p.stolat1217]

@@berthonpowell7366 EVERY "FREE" BEACH HAS BEEN FENCED OFF WITH SECURITY GUARDS 40 YEARS AGO ONE COULD GO TO THE BEACH OR RIVER EVERYDAY YOU'RE A JAMAICAN--YA GOT FRIENDS AND YOU WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO VISIT---BUT THERE IS NO "FREE" BEACH TO CARRY THEM--THAT MEANS NO MONEY FOR THE POOR WHO WOULD GUIDE THE VISITORS--NO MONEY IN RENTALS---NO VISITORS DUNN'S RIVER BEACH IS VERY SMALL AND $20 US TO VISIT I'M FROM MICHIGAN-USA AND I'VE BEEN HERE 41 YEARS BUT NOW I MIGHT TRY GREECE

[@heidi9547]

In Hawaii, all Beaches are Public, on all Islands. It can be done. Go for it. 🏝️☮️🌴

[@gimarypeace]

They’re trying to do the same here in Puerto Rico. All Puerto Rico’s beaches are open to the public.

[@Seriously742]

Trini to the bone 🇹🇹

[@mischevious]

You’ll have to fight to keep it that way. Especially if you get hit with a natural disaster, then the vultures will descend on you and take all you have.

[@ToniaAlex13]

I have access to beaches in Jamaica freely too, so. Not sure why this video say 99% of beach. When I know plenty that I go to that is open to the public. ​@@Seriously742

[@NewaccountNumber]

@@Seriously742 Who cares about trini?

[@Shes_Royal777]

What a disrespect. It's like prime minister have no respect for our ancestors. This is unsatisfactory..

[@jessieb2865]

Maybe because he is not apart of them😮

[@anngore3842]

It would be useful for Aljeezara to do a follow up on this story by interviewing the UIC Jamaica. Also have the activists enlisted their support? I know it's an issue that they feel strongly about.

[@iiptcaribbean]

In Cancun - hotels are not developed on the beaches but across from them so locals can access them and mix with the visitors - we need to address this situation especially now on the south coast of Jamaica

[@Mapmap58]

I have been to Jamaica twice. It is true, the locals do not have access to any of the beaches I went to. We meet no local at the beaches we went to. That was sad.

[@mohamudismail9177]

zanzibar people have the same problem...I had problems there just to buy a coffee on one Michamvi sunset hotel in Zanzibar! its Crazy and Colonialism to the Max

[@kevinoconnor2204]

To be honest am from the south coast of Jamaica the parish of Manchester our beaches are free idk about the North coast those parishes are mostly tourist areas.

[@NativeNomad10]

In St Thomas, all the beaches are free as well. I guess Westmoreland people and St Ann's are the ones having issues.

[@ToniaAlex13]

I live in St James and I'm from St Ann. Never had issues accessing beach yet

[@ToniaAlex13]

​@@NativeNomad10 Puerto seco is the only paid beach I know in St Ann and it has been that way since I was a child. Right next to it there is the free beach which we always go

[@gilliangreenidge-alexander173]

Imagine being born in Jamaica, where you can access beaches at your leisure. Then being told your not allowed to go on these beaches anymore. This is outrageous, unacceptable and not fair.

[@cleo63100]

Stop your nonsense! All beaches in Jamaica are free. There are many free beaches all across the island! No one can stop anyone from entering any beach. You can’t enter private property from the beach but all beaches are free. Tourist areas are a small part of the island but no one can prevent you from accessing those beaches. Lies and propaganda!

[@sallythistlewood4050]

Thanks to the citizen Devon for representing the situation perfectly. The law was passed in 1956 when the country had a local Chief Minister and updated in the 1960s, 1970s and up to the early 2000s. It protects commercial interests, which is the history of the country. However, occupying land does not and should not automatically grant rights, I think. I like the access through the court approach.

[@darrenmott]

As a Jamaican I've never had an issue in accessing beaches. But what I can say, is the condition the locals leave the beaches in after using it is terrible! Funny thing too the guy being interviewed is close to where I'm from

[@Graveyaad357]

And what are we willing to do to ensure we the citizens have access to all beaches on Ja 🤔

[@sylviapryce829]

I remember 1993 I went to St.Maarten they had the same problem and I used to tell my St.maartiners that it couldn't happen in jamaican little did I know 30yrs later it's the same thing happening here.Omg.

[@WWEENETWORK]

Lot of injustices here especially this one MAINLY bevause Jamaicans only fight against each other. They don't fight against the tyranny and the oppression at the hand of foreign investors and colonizers.

[@tombrabenec1115]

Your government has sold your beaches to foreign investors!!😅😅😅😅. Jamaicans may have to build swimming pools pretty soon😅

[@missjamrock]

Not true.

[@tombrabenec1115]

@@missjamrock What happened to Oracabessa?, Bostons??

[@mischevious]

Build swimming pools with what? Where? Those foreign investors have taken their livelihoods and their land away. And you think it’s funny.

[@Dream_more_age_less]

Antigua and Barbuda's beaches are free for it's people to roam, even if a hotel or private villa is built on the shore.

[@ehites]

Having been deeply involved in environmental issues and the potential for ecotourism specifically in Jamaica for over 35 years, I fully support the fact that change needs to happen in respect of citizen beach access. The issue is, however, complicated. There are certain areas of Jamaica that are extremely fragile, for instance riparian ecosystems, especially smaller rivers, where too many people visiting or utilising certain areas will do irreparable harm to the plant, animal/bird life. There is no discussion here of the fact that Jamaica is the most overfished country in the Caribbean with an estimate 20 years ago of 80-90% of the coastal fishery being "fished out" and the entire fishery teetering on collapse (and thus marine sanctuaries with enforcement being key to their survival). Thus fishing beaches and fishers need to be much better managed, self managed (by fishers as well) and limited. Solid waste is also a huge issue - both trash and sewage. The very few pristine areas that remain are under threat, and the rest of Jamaica's coasts and rivers often look like a trash heap after a rain or storm. JET tried hard to get recycling going but it is still not viable on scale. And going back to the 80's to present, the anti-litter campaigns, (and anti harassment also) have not had a broad impact. And lest we forget Jamaica's biggest nemesis - crime, which is rampant on certain beaches and in tourism centres, and takes place in both crowded and remote places. Visitors being robbed at gun point or (fishing) spear gun point, which happens all too often, is not a good look for the country and is a terrifying experience to the victims. All inclusives have taken away the ability for locals to benefit from tourism, and the foreign hotel chains are simply there to extract wealth. In no way are they required to pay their fair share of "economic rents", (Nor are cruise ships, for that matter). Needless to say there are dozens of factors that must be explored, often specific to particular beaches (or areas) in order to resolve the citizen access issue. There is NO one size fits all solution.

[@hridoymarma311]

বাংলাদেশ পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম খাগড়াছড়ির বর্তমান পরিস্থিতি খুবই খারাপ কারন এখানে বহিরাগত সেটেলার বাঙ্গালিরা নিরীহ স্থানীয় আদিবাসীদের ঘর বাড়ি আগুনে পুড়িয়ে দেয়। গতকাল ১৯/০৯/২৪ বৃহস্পতিবার রাতে সেনাবাহিনী হামলা করে নিরীহ স্থানীয় আদিবাসীদের যার ফলে অনেকের প্রাণ হানে ঘটেছে ✊😭

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

How does that comment have anything to do with Jamaica? Please stay on topic 🙏

[@SteveWhite-d9f]

So they don’t have the Queens chain in Jamaica? Most places, up to the high tide line belongs to the state and can’t be restricted. I know several hotels try this in St Lucia but you can access you just have to assert your rights. Sad for the Jamaican people, Rise Up people!

[@ninjaguy3]

Yes, but the issue is access. You need access over land in order to reach to the high water mark

[@jamaicanaturalhair]

That is the situation in Jamaica. I am not in support of these mega hotels , but the video is misleading. It takes two or three situations and says it is the entire Jamaica.

[@heavensent197]

​@@jamaicanaturalhair they always do that.

[@tattoomarc1000]

​@@jamaicanaturalhair I wouldn't even want Jamaicans to have full access to all beaches if you're going to destroy the beaches leave the place dirty

[@yagga8885]

Wow! This has reached Al Jazeera. Good! It’s a shame 😔

[@Nobody_114]

I remember in my early teens in the mid-1980s going to the beach in Mombasa, Kenya, a former British colony, and not being allowed into the gate let alone to use any of its services even if I wanted to pay for them. If I was white, no questions were asked and the gates were opened. It was only because my father knew someone working inside a store at the hotel that allowed me to visit the beach at one of the hotels, and my access was only limited to that one. From there I could walk along the beach and see the other hotels, but I could not go inside them or buy a soft-drink in the hot weather. This particular hotel that I used to go to access the beach later on changed its policies and allowed the local people to come use its restaurant and facilities. Interestingly, when the bad economic times hit in the early 2000s, this hotel was the only one that survived: it had local customers when tourists avoided Kenya in general. The other hotels went bankrupt and closed.

[@MarvinSinclair-q1x]

thanks for the highlight 🇯🇲😏😏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😏😏

[@AsenaT0105]

Salam 🖐Dear AL JAZEERA❤ So interesting news Jamaika had not béen suitable for mee..I like swiming and beaches. ;)

[@HummingbirdJa]

While I agree that the Jamaican people should not be barred from their beaches, and it is discriminationatory, polices would need to be put into place, to prevent harassment of tourists. The hard sell... Can't take no for an answer in harassment instances, needs to equally addressed.

[@coraperry9795]

This is the only issue I've have always had about the whole matter too. Our vendors are for sure harassing.

[@ItsKells]

Not only can you liken this type of LAND THEFT and unethical business and political practices to the The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, you can also liken this to the displacement of Native Americans (and all native people) across the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, etc. What sense does it make to speak about land deeds, titles and ownership paperwork to the people of the land whose ancestors have occupied and cared for these lands for eons. These title requirement only serve to displace birthright ownership on native lands and to undercut and colonize native people.

[@jeannedixon3362]

This is a biased documentary without examining the in depth of why we have got to this point- whilst there is some truth to these claims- we have major issues with lawless behavior and constant hassling of visitors on our beaches - as a local I myself have to be careful going to the beaches that are accessible -we need to address the root problem before we kill the goose …. There are still beaches that have open access but I do believe that those areas where our fishermen use for their livelihood should be given particular attention

[@GandalphybengalKittenRules]

Fishing is often only source of income along North Shore!

[@vivavasquez]

apartheid ! this must be challenged !

[@normahamilton2985]

Rise up Jamaica!! Our ancestors did not fight for their freedom to have foreigners come in to prevent us from accessing our beaches. I will come home to fight. The beaches belong to Jamaicans.

[@josephsaleh7433]

Spain got it right over the tourism

[@keishaphillips3659]

The spanish own many of the all inclusive hotel resorts that have laid claim to beach front property

[@mohammadsalahuddin8790]

Too much. How is it ? Jamaicans must get the access, maybe limited but cannot be denied like this.

[@1ioctane]

There are parts of the beach available for locals, however it's largely under kept, requiring local or government support to tidy up, sweeping and maintenance.. perhaps raising funds to pay workers may be a route to explore!

[@mvp_kryptonite]

Absolutely needs to be rolled back. This is ludicrous! Come on Jamaica, fix up

[@monday9196]

As a Jamaican i really don't like the beach so dem can gwan wid it river me thing deh

[@AshMundo]

Mexico's Playa Del Carmen has open access beach (between hotels and the ends of strips, from what i remember). This needs to be the case for JA. Let the people live and make money!

[@WWEENETWORK]

They charge 200 JM for the PUBLUC BEACH in Jamaican. Sounds cheap? Well minimum wage is $250 JM per hour...less than $2 USD

[@indiewest7200]

There is plenty of private beach access in Florida. When they are on the islands they can interact with islanders.

[@bellocancun9689]

Wow wow. here in Mexico there are not Private Beaches, anybody can move around. just the Navy facilities has a Restricted cost. Cancun has several public access to beach in between hotels every 2 km to warranty your right to use our coast which belongs to ALL. Go fight for your right Jamaica !!