JAMAICA IMPORTING ICE??

[@rspp2674]

I hold the buyers accountable for the sales of this imported ice. Are we short on freezers and water in Jamaica? Are we so dependent? There is always the question of how clean your drinking water is? Well, I am going to ask the question, How clean is this imported ice?

[@Rypez72]

Thank you Maverick for bringing this to our attention!!! As a result of the video being circulated, the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce made a Press Release regarding same. A SUH WI MUSS LOUD DEM UP!!! Manners and Respect Boss. Thank you for reminding us that we are the ones who have the handles!

[@2MusicMy]

Unu and maverick dunce as fuk ...

[@deanlewis8039]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Maverick respect because mi Neva know this at all.....mi nuh waah laugh caz this a serious joke😂😂😂😂

[@errolwillis5737]

@Dean Lewis, you let me laugh 😂 because this joke of importing ice into the island is serious. Happy holidays 🇯🇲

[@jenniferjackson5205]

Did u see the first comment that the ice factory at Ashenheim rd burnt down this month and think of the ripple effects Has nothing to do with the govt

[@haveyourselfagooddayyeah1643]

Personal I believe one of the biggest issues Jamaica has is import that can be solved with manufacturing items ourselves. Trini etc does, Jamaica is toooo much of a consumer than producer

[@claudinelewis866]

Oral, 2 weekends ago I paid $770.00 for a bag of ice. The place I stopped before was selling it for $980.00. I was told there is a shortage of ice since the ice factory burn down.

[@trevormitchell8079]

Each restaurant, hotel,hospital or any institution including schools should have its own ice making machines. Even at home, if you entertain a lot you should own. They come in varying sizes

[@jreacts3652]

It sounds like none sense but I have to ask…when you did the math,what was the disparity between having the volume of ice produced based on the amount of ice makers it would take to produce such..and what is the energy bill when added,plus the maintenance fee,parts fee etc and compare that with the cost for shipping and price for said volume of ice?Trust me certain things doesn’t make sense but When I’m into a field (such as refrigeration) There are things that you know that the lamans might not.Because again it’s about VOLUME and COST.Ive seen a normal air conditioning unit break down on a regular basis because of poor maintenance. And how long it takes to fix them…again I’m not saying there should only be one Ice factory but again.Cost and volume.

[@magneto4704]

@@jreacts3652 Thank you for explaining it to them...these people don't understand the intricate nature of these things. As a technical person it is not as simple as you rightly stated.

[@evertonhare1698]

The latest clamour of the Private Sector is for a reduction of interest rates. I maintain that Jamaica's current problem with production and productivity has less to do with cost of production but much more to do with the mentality of a private sector who are more interested in being big shot higglers rather than being producers of tangible goods! That they are now importing ice conforms that notion.

[@wayneanthony1089]

Well remember we also important ROCK STONE!😁🤣🤓🤓

[@emarie2022]

100 percent back this comment. Spot on! Glad we eyes opening, local private sector killing local small farmers, small businesses etc by importing and selling things at high prices, making big profits

[@kerbrainbrain9174]

Eyes take too long fi open 😴!!😂too late now.

[@emarie2022]

@@kerbrainbrain9174 Tek long but not too late, imagine if eyes dem never open at all, now that would be depressing

[@kerbrainbrain9174]

@@emarie2022 what would be that chang?? The politicians and their friends are not up for any change 🙄. Nor the citizens!! 😡the citizens are the ones who go's into politics. And, repeat the same greedy and selfishness, of pass politicians. And today. Jamaicans have become, more and more greedy, selfish and unkind.

[@CGW-b1v]

THE LOCAL FACTORY ON ASHENHEIM ROAD BURNT DOWN EARLY DECEMBER. IF THEY DID NOT IMPORT ICE FOR CHRISTMAS, THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE HOTELS THAT RELY ON THE LOCAL ICE WOULD HAVE CREATED A PROBLEM. THE IMPORTATION IS TEMPORARY UNTIL THE FACTORY IS BACK UP SAFELY.

[@jevijay2517]

Most hotel have there own ice making machines...every stupid decision make in the country unu defend it cause unu love politics

[@jevijay2517]

How long does the ice take to ship from the US to Jamaica by the way . Guess the time by it reach we could have produce the amount needed

[@pameliaphillips993]

So strange fire burn up the ice🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CGW-b1v]

People's mind cannot fathom the process to manufacture all the ice for the local market. All the Happy Ice comes from that factory. It is not tap water that is frozen. It is processed to remove all the impurities that might exist. It is a factory and Jamaica does not have a second of it's kind, hence the need to import.

[@wayneanthony1089]

ONE ice factory in Jamaica?? So that if it's not operational,we have to IMPORT ICE!😁🤣🤓 There is a reason why THIRD WORLD countries are Third World!! But, remember we also imported ROCK STONE!🤓🤣😁

[@lionrulethejunglewithoutfe3207]

The Maverick at work, educating and opening the eyes of Jamaicans! Respect mi brethren Dick Tracy.

[@pameliaphillips993]

Oral a water rate you paying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pameliaphillips993]

It's so sad you don't even know what type of water they using you know how U.S stay they never realize something wrong until it's consumed. SHAME!! SHAME!!!What next

[@dentonp66]

Yow Oral, mi have an ice machine at my back yard in a great condition, it looks like mi affi go sen it comes a yawd... Jah Jah...😂😂😂

[@MumaAfreeka]

Have anyone given a thought about the quality of the water used to produce the ice cubes. USA is not known for their water quality( Flint)?

[@2xtreem4you]

I don’t blame the sellers! I blame the ones buying !!

[@wayneanthony1089]

So, the people who need it.... what you suggest they do?

[@LeroySamuel-v2f]

I want Andrew Holiness fi mek dem buy all the air to

[@johnnyh.9327]

​@@wayneanthony1089😂😂😂😂😂

[@2xtreem4you]

@@wayneanthony1089 order that from the locals!! Figure out a way to benefit from this. No way we should allow our money to escape so easy

[@2xtreem4you]

@ Dwl

[@paulinephilp3962]

I wonder if this is a plan to get the importation of ice off the ground. 😢😢Nuh badda wid it. Wi ongle trus fi wi water. ICE??????. No sah😢😢😢😮.

[@Lynx-r4f]

The stupidity to import ice is unmatched 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@FabianHajarie]

Maverick mi frozen on this one. It cold!!!😂

[@ericherman2240]

Why that should show you how much you guys is under productive.There is so much things to make money from but many of you pick up crime

[@joanmontaque8252]

I was just as amazed when I saw it in the supermarket.

[@michaeldavis5619]

@@joanmontaque8252 So now that you have seen it, plus Maverick has brought it to alot us attention because of course there's a lot people out there who's not in touch with what going on/taking place in our little island so let's bigup the Maverick for bringing all of this to our attention and let's continue to give the Maverick the, attention/support that he needs to continue representing us as nation.

[@uhuru27]

Maybe it's cheaper to import than pay JPS bill. JPS is holding back the country

[@arlenechambers8481]

Your receipt said Pure National Ice which suffered losses the same time earlier this month when Azan warehouse was affected by a fire.

[@wilesidegenna1854]

Find that strange

[@derrickg.1161]

Maybe they bag them in Jamaica, but the company's office is in Florida.

[@nihao1844]

So me think. Maverick did not verify with Customs or the Ministry of Trade and Industry. That is an allegation that needs verification.

[@jamaicanaturalhair]

@@nihao1844 And the receipt says Pure National Ice not Tropical Ice.

[@n0vemba9]

Jamaican investors always seem to underestimate the local market, treating Jamaican consumers like we're behind the times. That’s why anything imported gets pushed here, and we buy it up every time. When are we going to start valuing and investing in our own?

[@Semmster]

When I heard it on the news, I was wondering, "What the...?!"

[@johnnyh.9327]

When i was a child we had ice factory and ice truck..now the last time i check Old Harbour ice factory was a gogo club..we are going back wards..we buy fruits and food from America..why not ice?

[@yvonnejoy7962]

What has happened to the ice factory? I remember as a child there was a factory and there were ice trucks as well 🤔

[@zen231]

And your receipt says 'Pure National Ice'. Bigger question ❓ Something as basic as freezing water and we need to BUY IT!!!!

[@clivemiller1438]

The PSOJ has only one interest PROFIT, production and PATRIOTISM be damned.

[@lbjerkandspice8441]

Really,I remember in the 70’s when we use to look out fe the ice truck..Jah Jah

[@getthere3229]

As soon as the factory up again prices will go down. They had to import to keep customers suplied

[@alexsamuels1565]

No not really

[@jamaicanaturalhair]

But the receipt says "Pure National Ice" which is a Jamaican company, while the bags of ice shown says "Tropical Ice".

[@FASHIONALARMMODE]

Anything can be in that ice. I know of a man who stored ice in a freezer in Brooklyn, New York club. I saw him cleaning out some brown rubber like material out of the freezer. He told me that the rubber like substance came from the ice overtime. Why can’t our people wake up.

[@rupertbatchan4059]

Maverick please if u could contact the PM and let him know where our foreign exchange going now we are going backwards in our export industry

[@hopetonholness3163]

You need fi check how long it a happen?

[@georgesmith1155]

@OralTraceyMaverick: The importer and the Minister who issue that import license should be arrested an imprison to no less than 15 years!

[@karlastewart9925]

So what happened to Kingston 🧊 factory 🏭 🤔. Or the 🧊 factory beside stocks market harbor street where grace food 🤔

[@o1jstar]

Wah day I stop at Rubis gas station at Westgate plaza and when the cashier said a $1000 JMD + , I wondered but I was hurry so I bought it

[@sharomeblackstock9556]

Maverick you need to make a video on the ice factory part

[@michaeldavis5619]

Ok Maverick i love the fact that you bought a bag and have your receipt for proof but i think all of that is a big support of the Jamaican uptown (RICH PEOPLE) who has money and can afford it, because why paying so much for a bag of ice when you're not even sure what kind of water you're getting, so my brother i always and will forever respect your commentary because you are the eyes,ears and mouthpiece for a lot of Jamaicans, so keep on doing what you'd been doing.

[@matlock8314]

It doesn't appear that simple though. Global trading is influencing certain trends, the need for the item that is not produced in sufficient quantities (fire at the factory), likely corruption where govt officials allow their friends to import stuff we don't need like the tonnes of sugary drinks on our shelves, and the culture of our households no longer freezing their own ice, etc

[@peproger1024]

Mi want hear the imported ice melt, or if it tek longer to melt

[@naturalhair8930]

This is absolute RUBBISH! Why do have a fridge at home and go buy ice. Buy a deep freezer and make nuff ice then or everybody walk with uno ice. Mi sorry mi nah buy it😡😡😡😡

[@jreacts3652]

That’s not how it works lol!!! When wuss enuh bawl bout JPS.

[@andybriam9]

This has to be a joke to rass …..

[@drenorris6980]

No, jamaica import bottled Water..

[@nickhanna7804]

Maverick you know is about ago i driving on Harbour Street when i reach the top or the end i was showing the lady that was in my car the Old Ice Factory we don't preserve or mainten things in this Country

[@FASHIONALARMMODE]

Wow, thats crazy. Jamaica is slowly becoming something else

[@mikebaltycampbell3972]

Maverick a wonder if a the plastic bags them that was imported an d not the ice itself. Otherwise this is lunacy..

[@Everblessedone-q5y]

U have a good point

[@naturespeaksmusic7740]

Missed information. The major supplier got burnt out. There’s a high demand for ice during the festive season. What’s your solution to this unforeseen shortage and the urgent need for the product? Oral is a PNP operative. The ice sector came under severe pressure under the PNP government and many had to closed businesses.

[@OralTraceyMaverick]

So where is the misinformation?? Are we importing ice?? Did I pay 1000 plus dollars for a bag of ice?? Where is the misinformation?? U dam political puppets with your biased nonsense...Where is the misinformation you?? Dam political mouthpiece...SMFH

[@OralTraceyMaverick]

KMFT...Keep forgetting it's silly season & the political jackasses are out...KMFT

[@HartleyBailey]

A foreign ice, remember we also import bottled water as well

[@LeroySamuel-v2f]

My fren it's not just water alone in the ice the elders fail the youths dem

[@michellerowe-smith5803]

The whole Island is outsourced. It’s really sad. There is a video on TikTok that shows everything that is imported and outsourced on the island. SMH.

[@TamaraDavis-qv8ml]

So why did you buy it though...

[@dubsounds]

Maverick, after closely perusing that receipt.... me tink seh yuh screw dem pon de tax enuh me breddah

[@6ixrealrecords]

Smh, these leaders dont care about us

[@jnate5887]

Sounds like a Business opportunity…. folks can grow some food too. I use a small space and little effort to grow peppers, scallions, time, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, callaloo. save money, gives a sense of peace and achievement. Am limited by NY climate so can only grow in spring summer fall. If I was home would grow more crops all year round.

[@Returneecamleetv]

That is just foolishness, I have to shake my head at this new 😢

[@RealJamaicanfood]

Great content 👌

[@tobielbon1899]

This is what they called prosperity. In the land of water they are importing ice. What next will they import?

[@notorious1125]

Dare I say…JPS!! 😂

[@lorraine9375]

Oral, thank you so much for this. I bought a bag at a gas station on the boulevard on christmas eve and was shocked. The bag indicate it is from Florida, with a Florida address. Yes that is the ice. Was shock myself. Why...it was over $1000 a bag.

[@davevaz5002]

Both the Government and private sector is the issue. They think anything that come from foreign is better and in many case it's not.

[@Chat2much]

Naw man😂😂😂😂it bad it bad frozen water tho???😂😂😂

[@wtyan1]

Ice has been scarce from November. Jamaica needs to be more productive.

[@blessedone472]

Knowledge is power.

[@drenorris6980]

Soon imported fresh air.

[@junemullings5498]

Most of the world is affected by enviromnental and air pollution so I wonder where the fresh air would come from to sell us.

[@drenorris6980]

Stay off TikTok my brother. Don’t get caught slipping. 20 years ago someone told you Jamaican would be buying water and ice from overseas would you seriously believe that?

[@jamd4447]

Is there anything we don’t import ? Kmdt. Worst Ice from dustbowl’ Medley’ inna Fl ? Always full a dust from the massive Truck traffic pon the road dem whey resemble Ja road ? Importing Ice !!! Now I have heard everything.

[@thetitansofcitycarter7207]

Some Jamaican think that anything foreign is better.What this shows that Jamaica have many unnecessary imports, simple things they could produce themselves. Foreign Products are generally More Expensive.

[@Themanuscript250]

Pure National is the largest ice making factory in the Caribbean. It was burnt down in November at the same time as the Azan Warehouse.

[@terrencecampbell6086]

They most likely ship it in refrigerated container by ship or plane.

[@wintt100]

This is why Jamaica economy is going down. The Government is selling out Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@CecilEdwards-qj3ew]

This set of people ina Government find every way to hustle people....them have no shame...

[@nigelgrant9693]

Very shocked by what about Kingston ice harbor street factory

[@GarfieldLeslie]

DI QUESTION IS WHAT NEXT...JAMAICA IN FULL EFFECT...!!!!

[@drenorris6980]

Imported air..

[@nadbless9911]

Maverick how can I get intouch with you please

[@bigmac703]

Ignorance is and will remain bliss. The hospital industry wants to support local farmers, both livestock and ground provision, however they are unable to meet the local demands of the hotel. In addition their prices are higher than imports. This is what I know for a fact. So what you think is the alternative? Some people are just loud mouth and dont have a clue,

[@kimstewart1204]

Maverick on the receipt states pure national ice. The ice that you showed us in the video states tropical ice. A wonder if u deh trick wi?

[@rickyjm]

I wonder how much for a commercial ice maker

[@denisestoddart7526]

One place in St Ann was $1500 for same small bag.

[@andrearobb3586]

I think we had an ice factory in Prospect St.Ann too.

[@donavanchung2630]

Maverick in your quick to score a goal you have highlighted why we need capitalism to exist in any growing economy, it also highlighted the openness of trade, show that Jamaica is a place to do business, and is open for business, with the size hotels onboard there is going to be need for more large size providers of the valuable commodity. thank you for showing Jamaicans here is another investment opportunity.

[@SWSW560]

But why u buy it Maverick?

[@JeffreyWarrel]

I’m shocked the fact that we of to be importing ICE, I think there’s room for more Jamaicans to go in the ICE Business.

[@portlandportland-s2n]

this is an opportunity for a great business

[@devonpaulsayers1070]

He making mischief cause he already admitted that he found local ice for 300 dollars

[@horaceholmes6634]

Suitman Pure Ice had burnt down and May Pen Ice @bull Thompson alone couldn't serve the ice need hence the importation of ice

[@terryc1682]

MAVERICK.....yuh betta guh peep ova that fence of yours one more time to see who may be the importer of that precious commodity and what may be their relationship between the ice factory makers and themselves in order to pree this move iyah and to get a betta understanding of how the things set in JA when it comes on to the law of the "haves" and "have nots". lol. Seriously speaking though....even if one should factor in the rate of exchange (USD vs JMD) which in this case would work out to about US$7.00 a bag, all things considered, that is quite a massive mark up for the Jamaican business owner that's even more than what its being sold for locally here in these United States of America! Well...here's an opportunity for those enterprising minds to put pen to paper and maybe start an ice making factory or two to compete with foreign imports!

[@FabianGayle-i8c]

Why they called you Jhanga

[@charlie54966]

We're too foreign minded 😢

[@omarcampbell8057]

😂😂 ONE OF THE TIME THEY WERE IMPORTING GANJA 😅😅WAT CAN GO SO!!

[@Sneezy962]

What is going on with Jamaican government

[@FASHIONALARMMODE]

Eating imported ice can be dangerous or even deadly because we don’t know what’s in it.

[@kaycannsharpe9060]

It could be the bag that was made in Fl

[@heatherclarke2361]

WHAT A SHAME,,,ARE YOU SURE,,,WHAT KIND OF ICE

[@enosrobinson]

Not going to believe they imported ice, i feel they get the bags and make the ice in Jamaica

[@troygillings4005]

Yea but u buy it 😂. So I guess there is a market 4 it after all.

[@lifeafter2705]

No I did not know that ice can be imported 😵‍💫😵‍💫. So by the time it gets here is it still frozen? Oh I guess your last explanation is that it comes as water & is then frozen when it gets here

[@delroylawford3282]

This one is a head scratcher and utter ridiculous. Is it only in Kingston or is it island wide? I can't figure out this one. One ice factory in the whole island and a tropical one at that!!! Utterly ridiculous. La lucha continua !!!

[@jer8744]

Could it be it’s made in Jamaica and placed in the company’s bag with a foreign address to get higher price. This person understands that we have a tendency for imported goods and will pay premium without thinking about it.

[@annbalgobin369]

Oral this is just beginning of many many more of such imports , you see !

[@topformwear]

Andrew brow gawd Jamaica is something else

[@RichardR876]

As stated by a few others. The ice factory suffered severe damage with the Azan's warehouse fire. Correction to some, this is not a government owned operation. There was ice on the road after the fire and therefore you would be able to buy those while stocks lasted at existing prices. For the increased demand during the season, the company would have been forced to purchase elsewhere. To move ice, one would need a refrigerated container. Not just a cold or cool one, but a frozen one that stays frozen (extra cost compared to standard container which is not cheap). To import just about anything, fire or not, there are duties and taxes. Once here and cleared, what is not on the road, is going to have to be stored, cold storage. Costs will add up. In all this, please remember, something we feel is as basic is ice, produced locally or overseas, is indeed a luxury good.

[@sharonsmith-williams799]

How else to fix it. Ask people to set ice for the parties

[@rushawnsmith1912]

Not the first nor will it be the last, also bare in mind that Jamaica is used to exporting Ice under the International Package Ice Association (IPIA) for quite some years now. I'm assuming this recent import is solely based on the damage that Pure international Ice faced earlier this month.

[@HighGrade592]

the seller in medley laughing all the way to the bank😂😂😂.....they got a order for a container load of ice going to J😅😅😅amaica

[@patricklambert686]

My ting is WHY U BUY IT ?

[@garthclayton8211]

@Maverick, I am now more than ever convinced that my beautiful country Jamaica is a Neflix series. Next we are going to allow our politricians to import air. It serious bredda.

[@petemoore8651]

Maverick do you know why we drink water 🚰, 😂😂😂

[@florencebrown6087]

We have closed down our ice factory and imported ice

[@bxmnyl8648]

UNLEADED ICE..

[@wayneanthony1089]

👍🤓🤣😁🤓🤣😁