“Ngiphatheke kabi ngokudlula emhlabeni komngane wami othandekayo, uRobert Russell,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett. “Ubeyingqalabutho yeqiniso futhi enamandla okumele abhekwe embonini yezokuvakasha, amafilimu nezokuzijabulisa. Amagalelo akhe ekuthuthukiseni iMontego Bay neJamaica yonkana awanakulinganiswa,” kwengeza uBartlett.
Umoya kaRussell wezamabhizinisi nokuzinikela ekwenzeni okuhle kube neqhaza elikhulu ekusizeni ekulolongeni isimo sezokuvakasha sase-Jamaican. Njengelungu elasungula i-Reggae Sumfest, umbonisi wemibono ngemuva kwendawo yokudlela i-Pier One kanye nompetha bokuqala bezindawo zokungcebeleka zasendaweni, wabamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekuphakamiseni iminikelo yamasiko yase-Jamaica kanye nokuheha izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke.
Kuyo yonke le minyaka, uMnu. Russell naye ube neqhaza elikhulu emkhakheni kahulumeni futhi uke waba nguSihlalo weBhodi leTourism Product Development Company (TPDCo.) Ngo-2017, waqokwa njengelungu le-Order of Distinction ezingeni lika- UCommander (CD) ngeqhaza lakhe elincomekayo embonini yomculo, ezokuzijabulisa, ezokuvakasha nezamafilimu. Uphinde waba nomamukeli we-Abe Issa Lifetime Achievement Award ka-2017 evela eJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA).
“UDucksie ubengaphezu nje kozakwethu embonini; wayengumngane othandekayo nomthombo weseluleko esihlakaniphile.”
Ungqongqoshe u-Bartlett waqhubeka: “Intshiseko yakhe nge-Jamaica kanye nokuzinikela kwakhe okungantengantengi ekwakheni isizwe kwaba ugqozi kithi sonke. Uzomkhumbula kakhulu.”
Eqaphela ithonya elibalulekile uRussell aba nalo ekuphileni kwabaningi kanye nefa lakhe elihlala njalo, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha wadlulisela amazwi enduduzo ajulile emndenini kaRussell, abangani, kanye nozakwabo.
“Sengathi umphefumulo wakhe ungaphumula ngokuthula kwaphakade futhi ukukhanya kukhanye njalo phezu kwakhe,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
