ICE IMPORT UPDATE...

[@lionrulethejunglewithoutfe3207]

Maverick keeping the Jamaican people inform!! Respect brethren Dick Tracy.

[@diaskent829]

Did he or did he spread rumours? 😂😂 See where he is trying to go now, since he looks like a fool with his rumour; he wants to know who got the permit to import the ice.

[@lionrulethejunglewithoutfe3207]

@@diaskent829 Sit down and stop you noise! Cartel in a stadium tomorrow you na go?

[@dubsounds]

Jamaicans importing ice? ICE deporting Jamaicans

[@diaskent829]

@@lionrulethejunglewithoutfe3207 I am not a bhutto

[@johnnyh.9327]

I bet it's a politician friend or a politician bringing the ice..bet.

[@diaskent829]

You took the bait 😂😂😂😂

[@diaskent829]

You surely swallowed the bait

[@shikcheese3234]

Hmm, and what if a politician is importing ice? There is no ice factory, and if it's cheaper to import it that what will happen? Would it be inherently bad just because a politician was importing it? What if it was Joe Blow from down the street? Are you advocating against Jamaicans importing products that they need? What exactly are you complaining about?

[@diaskent829]

@shikcheese3234 good response

[@johnnyh.9327]

@@diaskent829 You again.

[@howardjessica7704]

This serious Maverick. Very metaphoric to how things are being run behind the scenes. Thanks for bringing this to the public, hopefully this will inspire a young Jamaican entrepreneur to step into this space and make good.

[@deanlewis8039]

Yuh soon hear seh Jamaica sea water have to much salt,suh wi affi guh import sea water to😂😂😂😂........big up yuh self maverick a fuss inna a long time mi a laugh suh😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wayneanthony1089]

True true .....we have been importing WATER and ROCK STONE!!🤓🤣😁🤓😁😁

[@MrSqeeky1000]

Well we import beach sand.

[@DJWizmuzk]

If it was during hurricane season with damages i could understand but other facories could pick up the slack and i know the demand is high in the Christmas season but the importation of ice is crazy though 😂😂

[@aliciamorris8388]

More than crazy

[@wayneanthony1089]

@@DJWizmuzk I have seen far more crazy things happen in Jamaica.....there is a reason why THIRD WORLD countries are Third World!!

[@carolinetracey4546]

Sounds like a business to get into. Recognize the opportunity.

[@aliciamorris8388]

Especially in the hot times and Christmas season

[@terryc1682]

Yuh can say that again mi dear and I second that sentiment. Wish I had the where withal to venture into that market cause its obvious that its a scare commodity and the demand is always there especially during the festive season.

[@ajeneomeally5914]

Mi have a empty deep freezer i am thinking about investing in some water..and start a business

[@BL-zw5oi]

Jamaica loves to be the circus. Thanks for this Maverick. Never think we coulda be so big a poppy show lol

[@WhappiKing]

It's not that Jamaica loves to be the circus. It's the greedy people managing our affairs. Chris Tufton said the government did not pay him enough, so he imported substandard rice and sold it to the people he loved and cared about.

[@BL-zw5oi]

@@WhappiKing To me you're just explaining how the circus continues. It's always a Jamaican in the clown suits, always a Jamaican in the human canon and always a Jamaican ringmaster .... like you said we were comfortable selling ourselves substandard rice ... Joke Ting!

[@BL-zw5oi]

@@WhappiKing same difference in my opinion. Jamaican Ringmaster sells bad rice to Jamaicans. That’s how I read your comment. Because it’s always one of us selling out the lot of us or the better of us. We sell out Marcus Garvey, shoot Bob Marley and rob Usain Bolt, then import water and ice. Biggest Circus pon earth. Get your tickets now 🎪 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dewdrops7560]

​@@WhappiKingEnough of the propaganda...

[@WhappiKing]

@@Dewdrops7560, what propaganda? You must be living under a rock. Somebody close to the Government of Jamaica imported ice into the country, and the ice that the manufacturer sold for US$0.69 is selling for J$1065.21. That is an undeniable fact.

[@rupertbatchan4059]

The government need to let the country know who get such a license to import Ice in Jamaica

[@yardknight4953]

Who could we contact to find this out?

[@nihao1844]

One a dem most likely

[@nihao1844]

Purity involves no bacteria and no chlorine.

[@basilisrael3400]

Well done!! Journalist ask and get questions answered.. Leave the speculations to us the commoners ..wear than orange shirt backwards..it will ward off the spirits and keep more ice in your cup!

The importers are family members of politicians. Some Chinese and Indian businesses also have licenses to do so.

[@chrischelseafan8498]

Miss matty down tde street have a freezer and could supply ice but uno wouldn't want it

[@WhappiKing]

Maverick, you never need to clear up anything. Jamaica is importing ice, and it's a dam shame. Ice is the simplest thing to make; if we cannot, something is wrong with this country. I am glad you brought the issue to the forefront and, most importantly, stood your ground. My late grandmother used to say, "If you have to explain your action after the fact, something is already wrong."

[@vinsmoke-d-sanji9575]

I've seen my grandma go to supermarket and she bought a pack of gungu peas and when I looked at the back and read the pack it was imported from Panama if memory serves me right

[@wayneanthony1089]

We also import WATER and ROCK STONE!😁🤣🤓😁🤣🤓

[@WhappiKing]

@@vinsmoke-d-sanji9575, These are the factors that hinder Jamaica's progress. We produce very little and rely on imports for almost everything. The people in power are often the ones who import these essential goods, which discourages Jamaican farmers from thriving.

[@WhappiKing]

@@wayneanthony1089@wayneanthony1089, rocks are different; many of those rocks are manufactured. I know a bilateral trade agreement exists, but importing ice takes the cake.

[@tedi40]

You who love to highlight the negative aspects of Jamaica are using propaganda. misinformation too

[@terryc1682]

Well Maverick...good day! Let me be the first to thank you for directly or indirectly doing some further research by peeping over that 6 feet invisible fence of yours (lol) and securing some further intel about this ice importation debacle. You've also stated in this clip that info pertaining to the name(s) of the persons involved in getting a waiver to import this precious commodity was very elusive and personally I'm not in the least surprised. This revelation is all over social media and i've even seen several other youtubers posting your initial video on their channel so of course the importer(s) surely wouldn't want to be thrust in any type of spot light on such a sensitive topic especially looking at the type of mark up in profits they'd be making which in turn may have a direct impact on how much duty the gov't would be forfeiting...NOW....would they? With that being said its not that hard to find out the benefactor(s) of such a sweet heart deal P.I. Maverick. All you need is a little bit of patience, time and a few "ice trays" filled with the right amount of syrup and you'll be in the know. PS: I entered the address shown on the bag into Google Maps and from the looks of the pixs which surfaced it would appear that its quite a large scale operation being run out of that plant. Kudos to the smart business person who was able to secure such a sweet heart deal....NOT

[@diaskent829]

He was forced to. Even the government cleared up the issue. To try and not look like a fool he came with this. Still trying to find some rumours to spread by asking who got the permit to import the ice. Could not just say the issue has been cleared up

[@roberttulloch3989]

It depends on where you bought it. I bought it the same imported ice for $500. What hurts me is just beside the place I bought mine makes local ice but them always no have any. What those people to do is increase their capacity

[@StuartPinnock]

Mav you’re fantastic I really love your reasoning and wait enthusiasm for each post.I read you’re post to my comments on Kartel .Thanks for the response .Yes there are life’s lessons from his journey,however,he’s no hero or legend.One comment likened him to Mandela which is ludicrous.That’s the problem people are taking his journey and making him a hero. Next there will be a movement for him to be Prime Minister

[@diaskent829]

What reasoning? 😢

[@ulemscott3023]

Why the secrecy about the shortage of the product. Had the public been informed about it people would've been able to organize around it eliminating the need to make this purchase at the last minute at these criminal prices. There must be a politician benefiting from it somewhere along the way

[@beljonn]

Where was the secrecy? There was a fire to the major producer, who said they should have operations back to full capacity in 6 months. There are a lot of events and incoming travelers during what would be the winter months for many overseas, and for that reason there was allowance for temporary importation to fulfill the demand. Maverick ran the story as if it were some scandal, without caring to confirm anything, then moved the goalposts on the issue.

[@allantaylor742]

Obviously it is still more expensive to import the ice even with the wiver . To put ice in a freezer and put that on a plane would not be cheap

[@angiewatkins1312]

What the hell!!!!! Jamaica the land of wood and water 💧 😌. Puppa jeezus a wah a gwaan....help help help.

[@wayneanthony1089]

The land of WOOD and WATER has been importing WATER and ROCK STONE!!😁🤓🤣🤓🤣

[@angiewatkins1312]

@@wayneanthony1089 MERCY 🥺

[@BlairBoyd-fs1xk]

Maverick I born come see several ice factories in Jamaica 🇯🇲, when there was not many fridges was in Jamaica 🇯🇲. Most of the fridges I born come see in the 1950s, 60s also 70s was cursene oil 🛢 fridge. Then the ice trucks useto drove around and sold the ice into blocks, 100,50 and 25 lbs and. I know one ice factory 🏭 in Falmouth Trelawny, St,Mary, Prospect, Linstead St,Catherine, and Kingston Rae Town then.When the electricity started to spread all over Jamaica in the 1970s, more electric fridges started to import into the country. There came the closing down of the ice factories, I remembered the ice factory 🏭 in Rae Town usetò sold party ice in the 198s and 90s, into some plastic bags and. I didn't have any idea where they were coming from at all, I will just read the comment them but. I know that when the electric fridges started to imported into Jamaica, the ice factories them closed down..I back in the days of the 60s and 70s, when they are going to have school sports, the ice trucks useto come to school to sold ice for the event. Then they would dug a pit put saw dust in the bottom or sand to keep the ice from melting too fast and, you would cover up the ice.In Florida people still buy ice into plastic bags 🛍, although they have fridges. Mostly for parties or outside works ok.

[@patrickgenus9065]

It can't get any worse 😔 Jah , Jah!!

[@orthnieledwardsthatsaliech5205]

Ice don't short that's a lie Jamaicans too foreign minded

[@lace2488]

I LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY IN PORTMORE AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED WATER FROM A PRIVATE TRUCK TO FILL MY 400 GAL TANK @ A COST OF $5000. WE ARE SUFFERING IN CEDAR GROVE, PORTMORE . Hardly ever get water from NWC

[@CecilEdwards-qj3ew]

This is how these people work...pure hustlers

[@henoyr]

Maverick, the waiver would be on the import duty. A retail 10lb back of ice in Florida can be up to US$5. That's J$785, but then there's the shipping costs that adds to that, plus the GCT and profit margin. Therefore, the waiver wouldn't necessarily take it down to the price of locally produced ice. One other point though, we would be buying at a wholesale price, which I wouldn't speculate on. Bottom line, scarcity causes price increase in a free market, and, not just because we have water in abundance means ice will always be in abundance. You hit the nail on the head when you spoke of the capacity. Remember, the build up of capacity is a slow moving thing, especially when there's a "shock" event that causes the reduction of capacity.

[@wayneanthony1089]

@@henoyr You have made some useful points....but if Jamaica had a progressive business culture it would have more than ONE ice factory! There is a reason why THIRD WORLD countries are Third World!

[@michelelewis-mx4ty]

​@@wayneanthony1089There are other ice factories .

[@beljonn]

​@wayneanthony1089 it does have more than one producer, but they couldn't fill the demand.

[@GarfieldLeslie]

MAVERICK..YUH WAKE UP DI ICE NEST....!!!!

[@chelseaclinton4535]

You have woke up the entire country about the importation of ice in Jamaica.The LABOURITE is going give you a beating.😂😂😂😂

[@kissedbyarose5169]

How this political? Y u a put politics pon the man??

[@Iynola]

Look at the colour of his shirt😂😂

[@richiegad8283]

​@@kissedbyarose5169 Because, the government was the one who granted the waiver for the importation. The government support of capitalism, a it a mash up di country.

[@kissedbyarose5169]

@richiegad8283 Socialism mash up cuba

[@richiegad8283]

@@kissedbyarose5169 C.I.A mash up Cuba. Not socialism, if we aguh be realistic

[@emarie2022]

Just like that you broke a big story, big up Maverick

[@ladyk5019]

what's big about it?

[@emarie2022]

@ oh and you need me to answer that question for you?! Where’s your prefrontal lobe?

[@SWSW560]

Unu can tan deh use farin ice. Anybody test it before it reach di consumer ?

[@NadyaBryce]

So who are the importers and why not offer the local ice factory a loan to start up the business at a new location????

[@r410a6]

You do realize you’re talking about national….Money ppl..After the investigation is done,they will get the insurance money to build a new building and equipment.

[@5catfat]

I live in Portland and get water once in a while in my house pipe

[@PatrickRussell-v4j]

Like the shirt

[@ericwilliams1964]

We need to know who and the amount granted to be exported

[@ridim007]

It shows that our ability to produce locally, is seriously hindered by JPS. Shame on us for talking about prosperity, when globally, we are nothing more than an island of entertainers. 😢😢😢

[@hughporter2541]

Jps and high import taxes imagine (including taxes for the inputs of electricity)

[@r410a6]

Solar !!

[@byron4324]

Has nothing to do with jps

[@byron4324]

Solar power is there.

[@r410a6]

@ it has nothing to do with JPS? Please enlighten me! I want to Ask first.. are ice makers part of the refrigeration process?

[@eaonarnold2893]

But you want to tell me that only one factory in Jamaica can produce ice in large quantities. And if there are others why don’t they up their production 😢

[@Ian-jn5ft]

Steppin wi seh maverick, steppin away from dem ice price deh....

[@omarclunis9949]

Access to information act maverick request the relevant information as to who as the contract when it started and if it’s temporary what’s the proposed end date

[@rqztaz]

Jamaica just needs a sensible government. Andrew Holness is just not cutting it

[@geeroy8880]

The Government must invest in ICE..?? DELUSIONAL PNP'!!! I hope that when foreign countries stop importing goods from Ja.. you 🤡 🤡 no ball😅😅

[@QSynenergy]

I bet you it is Mathew Samuda (a.k.a joncrow jacket, a.k.a british jacket) who has the contract to import ice.

[@walkerslim]

SMH JAH JAH...... prosperity indeed but for whom.....sad indeed.

[@CecilEdwards-qj3ew]

You don't have to look far....Another of our Great leader hustle...Them ago hide it...Ali Baba Government..

[@pearlbernard7999]

We are the laughing stock of the Caribbean. Shameful.

[@rmak2950]

Corruption innah everyrhjng even with the waiver...kmt

[@ericwilliams1964]

Maverick, was that fire investigated?

[@romainetherealestcampbell8084]

Jamaica been importing water for decades

[@NadyaBryce]

We waiting until you peep over the fence and share the information!!!🎉

[@johnnyh.9327]

Jamaica has no water, much less to make ice..😂😂😂

[@angela48349]

Cheaper if you buy a ice making machine

[@oralbrown1101]

Are solar equipment imported tax waiver free?

[@TRUEQUALITYKICKS]

Ok but wat favor the government grant the owner for this import nd is it better quality ice than ours?

[@andrewmadden9205]

That is how the market operates during the holidays weather the items are imported or manufactured locally. Demand and Supply dictates the price of the items. Take for example the first week in December I brought sorrel for $500 per lb and in Christmas week sorrel was selling for $900 The 5 best business to own Food 🍗🍉🍽 Medical Services 💊🩺 Transportation 🚎🚕 Clothing 🧥👞 Furneral Services ⚰ 😂💰😂💰😂

[@tonygreen4074]

Ice,that madness, if there a fire, fix the place, u don't now what's in that ice,yes the water,kmt😳💯🙄🤔

[@BlueMountainEntGroupBMEG]

Why does it matter who has the contract to bring in the ice, weather it’s a politician or their family, my question is does poor Jamaicans have the money to Import ice, or better yet produce the ice in Jamaica ?

[@beljonn]

The importation is due to a major fire at the largest ice producer on the island, which is why it's only temporary. The other producers could not fulfill the holiday demand, and the factory will not be back to full operation for 6 months. Hence, a temporary importation was granted.

[@nutrifit-life0077]

It's politically embedded..... We could easier set up a place and get some of the youths off the streets and get them to make the ice ...SMH

[@donnamarie6176]

The ice is imported by pure ice company as the reciept said pure ice,not tropical ice

[@LearntoListen-q2t]

The Ministry of Health and Bureau of Standards will check the quality of the ice before it is cleared at customs to ensure it is consumable. The cost is high, the Consumer Affairs Commission needs to step in and examine the cost.

[@5catfat]

Free for all trading . Everyone does as they please

[@georgianelson1037]

So why not buy a new machine?

[@beljonn]

The factory was burned down! It's not just a matter of new machinery. Also, they have already reported they'd be back to full capacity in 6 months. Until then, the holiday and early year demand has to be met, so a temporary solution was allowed. The place burned down in November, how long do you think it would take to procure a new industrial sized machine, ship that machine to the island, set up that machine, test the machine, and start production? Hence why temporary importation was made possible.

[@jayham9529]

Ice factory burnt down; ice was / is needed in the festive season right across the island; for those who disagree with the temporary measure of importing ice; tell us what would you do differently???

[@ericwilliams1964]

Who is the importer ?

[@JohnJones-lp2pp]

Remember how much fe ice and cold red strip after Gilbert.😅

[@LadyjLove-rf5yl]

I WANT TO KNOW WAT ABOUT PERSONAL ICE MACHINE FOR BUSINESSES THAT USES A LOT OF THIS COMMODITIES..

[@jevijay2517]

No matter how any one want to this inporting ice is stupid. There much have been other alternatives

[@channellove1682]

What if the waver was not granted? What would be the cost then?

[@peproger1024]

Then Maverick, nuh long time we a import wood of all sorts.

[@newtings7063]

Step.step..everytime mi si de steppin wid de scandal bag and lean boot mi just shake mi head..yuh a sample 😂😂😂😂

[@iamwinningrightnow]

Kmt! This is pure madness. Ice? One fire and ice can't mek? Good grief. Ice? No sah. U know how much US that is fi ICE?

[@worrellwatson9095]

There is a ice factory in May Pen, what has become of it, we use to have one on Harbour St this one has close down years ago, so overall it is cheaper buying foreign ice than having locally produced ice, some politician a benefit from this venture.

[@deandresmall8482]

That means say is the government on their friends have the import license

[@stacyjd2759]

Move from your car now Maverick and get a proper backdrop/setting....your thing a get serious now, higher levels❤

[@justincredible1990]

Mi get seh ice factory burn down but mi nuh see why dat mean wi affi a import. All you need is electricity, a steady water supply and a industrial sized freezer. Yaa tell mi a company like Wisynco or Lasco couldn't do dat? If it a import frozen nuh more money dat?

[@beljonn]

You think they are making such large quantities of ice in ice trays?

[@justincredible1990]

@@beljonn Who said anything bout trays?

[@iriesister]

Dem tek people fi fool

[@MrSalsal876]

You buy ice? I assume u have a fridge at home

[@rockfort1122]

CONDREW GOT THE WAIVER

[@SeekingAlpha28]

😂

[@antoinettesmith1179]

Road, water and ice SMH

[@Garric210]

Welcome to prosperity in Jamaica 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@desysinclair]

In 2023, Jamaica exported approximately exported U$968,000 of ICE and imported U$ 1,300, 000. This amount is approximately .07 and .09 of the total ICE exported and imported in the world. The USA imported approximately U$320,000,000 which is 22% of the world imports while exported approximately 8%. China is the largest exporter of ice and Hong Kong is largest importer.

[@sookardavid]

this is just as astounding as Jamaica importing ganga.

[@danmoss7861]

We want to know maverick who is importing this ice

[@stevegallimore5942]

In my community a Kingston 20 a bag is only $300 ja dollar you buy ice for $1065 a bag ur business dat

[@Magallion509]

Free for all country orchestrated by our poor governance , One Jamaica UIcjamaica meh seh or keep playing tree card .

[@claudetteanderson2273]

I agree, something smells fishy.

[@craigclarke7290]

Maverick maybe the price is to act as a deterrent

[@keiphaebanks-boothe4388]

Saw this ice at a gas station in Spanish Town for $830

[@indigoindigo-ir2bf]

Plot twist…What if you find out that the same person whose factory burn down is the same person importing the ice.🤔

[@bluewave33]

So a ice factory bun down causing severe shortage of ice? so its 1 factory supplying the country with ice? so ppl in negril who wants ice get it from kingston? if so that nuh sound good

[@michaelallen1490]

Which one of the politicians get the waiver, that’s what they need to tell you.

[@SeekingAlpha28]

Due to how mi click pon dis thinking seh u talking about Immigration ICE 😂. Didn't the ice company have insurance? One fire and its out of operations??

[@Realtruth5678]

Shipping cost maybe high

[@caribbeanexpat3927]

Better yuh freeze water 💧 from Rio Cobre than buy those ice buy where wi nuh sure if a recycled sewer water 💧 you getting in those so-called premium ice 🧊

[@DawnGordon-wp7of]

Ask the private sector why. They are the traders. We live in a free market economy. We import and we export, nothing wrong with that. Dont buy it if you have a problem with it

[@viyusavery248]

Explanation for this happening no redundancy plan /planning for a worst case scenario as the fire

[@jam50things]

That 7lb bag if ice coat 2.59 to 3.00 in GA..

[@solomonstewart1025]

The ginnals them know how fe hustle.

[@Dewdrops7560]

During the holiday season there's a high demand for ice, this shortage took place only during the Christmas season... This isn't news worthy.

[@georgesmith1155]

@OralTraceyMaverick: The person who imported the ice and the Minister who granted the license for such an import should be placed in handcuffs and given no less than 15 years. The mere fact that they are unwilling to give up the importers, and if I were a betting man I would say with 99.9 percent prediction that there is a scandal under it.

[@katherinedaley70]

305 area code a Miami dat ...foreign ice 🧊

[@oralbrown1101]

Maverick mek you and I open an ice factory 😂

[@paulinebrownrose7984]

Check a which PEP involve inna the arrangement. I bet is a PEP Who get the contract😂😅

[@drenorris6980]

Jamaica import bottled water...

[@diaskent829]

What you need to do is get some partners and open an ice factory

[@doreencampbell9092]

really now 😮😮

[@jayham9529]

If your complaint is the pricing; then that’s a different story all together; than the general importation of ice that is temporary and Not permanent!