Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has expressed his deepest gratitude and appreciation to local tourism partners for their active role in the sector’s emergency planning and response efforts during the period when Hurricane Matthew posed a threat to Jamaica.
Umphathiswa uBartlett uhlala enombulelo kuba esi siqithi sasinda kwintlungu kaMateyu, engazange ifike eJamaica, kodwa yadlula kunxweme lwesiqithi. Uye wakhankanya iZiko leMisebenzi eNgxamisekileyo leSebe lezoKhenketho (TEOC), nelibonelela ngolwazi olubalulekileyo nolwangexesha kwabo bachaphazelekayo kwezokhenketho ubusuku nemini.
Njengoko iJamaica yayijongene nempembelelo enokwenzeka yeNkanyamba uMateyu, uMphathiswa wasebenzisa i-TEOC kwihotele yaseJamaica Pegasus e-Kingston ukulungelelanisa iinkonzo ezingxamisekileyo kwicandelo lezokhenketho lendawo. Amaqumrhu okhenketho kwisiqithi sonke nawo athathe amanyathelo okhuseleko ukukhusela ubomi kunye nepropati.
“Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo kubasebenzi kunye namavolontiya athe achitha iiyure ezininzi zexesha lawo eqinisekisa ukuba ishishini kunye neendwendwe zethu zigcinwa zikhuselekile kwaye zinolwazi olupheleleyo malunga nenkqubo yemozulu ezayo. Inkxaso yabo inike isiqinisekiso esibalulekileyo kuluntu lwezokhenketho. Ndikwanqwenela ukubulela onke amahlakani ethu kwezokhenketho ngendima ebalulekileyo abayidlalileyo kuquka abalawuli nabasebenzi baseJamaica Pegasus ngokulungiselela iZiko lemiSebenzi yoKhenketho oluNgxamisekileyo,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
“Sinenkqubo ephuhliswe kakuhle yokulungiselela iintlekele zokhenketho kunye neziseko zoncedo zolawulo olungxamisekileyo ezinokusingatha ezi ntlobo zezoyikiso. Ndivuya kakhulu kuba khange kubekho monakalo kwicandelo lezokhenketho lesiqithi kwaye amaqumrhu ethu okhenketho afana neendawo zethu zokuchithela iiholide neendawo ezinomtsalane asebenza ngendlela ebeqhele ukwenza ngayo,” watsho uMphathiswa uBartlett. Ugxininise ukuba "iJamaica ivulekele ishishini kwaye ndikhuthaza abantu ukuba baqhubeke nokundwendwela isiqithi sethu kwaye bafumane iholide eyodwa nengalibalekiyo enokubonelela ngeJamaica kuphela."
Ngelixa wayenombulelo ngokuba iJamaica yasindiswa kubunzima beNkanyamba uMatthew, uMphathiswa uBartlett wabongoza abantu baseJamaica ukuba babagcine abantu baseHaiti, eCuba nakwamanye amazwe athe achaphazeleka okanye anokuchatshazelwa nguMateyu emithandazweni yabo.
