Many Jamaicans in various communities across the island would like to know that their issues are being dealt with and who to contact in case of an emergency, they can depend on their local authorities.

The JamaicaElections.com team visited communities across the island and asked residents to share their views on the Local Government Elections.

Craig Carr – Teacher

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. This is an electoral process where candidates are selected as councillors to represent a community or division.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Presently, I am not sure of the councillor, haven’t seen or heard of the individual.
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. Three years ago the gullies and drains were cleaned.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. Drains cleaned periodically, roads repaired and maintained to alleviate the flow of water settling. Completing the work started on the proposed secondary school, construction of primary schools, promotion of HEART programmes, and other skill training activities among the youths to empower themselves.
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. No.

Nathan Clair – Photographer

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. Electing a suitable candidate to deal with internal matters affecting the community.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Hazel Anderson.
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. She has drains and gullies cleaned, road repairs and bushing.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. To establish a recreational park for residents of the community, creating more skill centres for youth, building a shopping centre, and working on community development.
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. Yes.

Leon Lindsay - Student

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. Selecting a group of persons to represent a community or local area.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Not sure who the councillor is.
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. I don’t see per se what he/she has done.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. I would like to see more community centres being built, and mosquito breeding areas eradicated.
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. No, I am underage.

Davel Johnson, 16

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. Election where you choose the mayor and who is in control of certain parishes.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Don’t know
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. Fix up the ball ground and the roads that’s all
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. I want them to fix the ball ground properly because the fences are down now. They need to cut down all the bushes.
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. No.

Dwayne Lawrence, 25

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. For me it’s just a government in charge of roads and the clean up of the community.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Mike Henry
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. I am not seeing that much since lately. I’m not saying that he is not doing anything but most times I am not in the community.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. Better water supply and better roads
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. Already vote already, so I not voting again.

Arthur Dunkley

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. Roads and communication for people
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. Uncle Mike (Mike Henry)
• Q. What has the councillor done in your community?
  A. Roads, treat the people good and he approaches them a lot.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. We need some roads and more beneficence.
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. Yes, I will be voting if I don’t go home before that.

Pauline Smith

• Q. What is local government election?
• A. Local Government is an election where you vote for the councillor for your area.
• Q. Who is the councillor for your division?
  A. I am not sure who my councillor is.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. I am still not sure what the councillor has done in my community.
• Q. What would you want to be done?
  A. The roads need to be fixed
• Q. Will you be voting?
  A. If I get the chance to, I will vote.