‘Enough is enough’: Civil society group livid over TCN arrivals, NaRRA spending and police killings

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The arrival of the first group of third-country nationals (TCNs) in Jamaica, alongside concerns over Government spending, public healthcare and fatal police shootings, prompted members of civil society group Stand Up for Jamaica to stage a protest in downtown Kingston on Tuesday.

Bearing placards, on Duke Street in Downtown Kingston, hours before Parliament convened, members of the group expressed mounting frustrations over the Governments expected expenditure on the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), and a surge in police fatalities across the Island.

“We decided that enough is enough. That’s why we took it upon ourselves to come out to show Jamaica that that we are tired and upset as to what is taking place here. The TCNs can be coming here today or this week, sometime, but yet still, people who were affected by the Hurricane are still sleeping under trees,” said an angry protester who only gave her name as Charlotte.