KINGSTON, Jamaica – Kusukela ngolwesihlanu mhla ziyi-18 kuNtulikazi wezi-2014 ukusebenza kweMisebenzi Yezandla Yamanzi Yangasese (PWCs) kuzovulwa kabusha kuso sonke isiqhingi ukuze kusetshenziswe abasebenzisi be-PWC abanamalayisense. Lokhu ngemva kokuvinjelwa esiqhingini sonke ngoFebhuwari ukuze kuvunyelwe ukwenziwa njalo kwemisebenzi yezohwebo; kanye nezinyathelo okufanele zithathwe yi-Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) ukubhalisa wonke ama-PWC noma ama-jet-skis esiqhingini.
Ukuvinjelwa okujwayelekile bekuphakathi kwezinyathelo eziningi ezimenyezelwe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kwe-PWC yangasese neyokuhweba. Lezi zinyathelo zasetshenziswa ngemuva kwezingozi ezintathu ezibandakanya ama-PWC phakathi kuka-August 2013 noJanuwari 2014. Lapho ememezela ukuvinjelwa ePhalamende ngoFebhuwari, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokungcebeleka, uMhlonishwa. UDkt. Wykeham McNeill wayebonise ukuthi ukumiswa kokusebenza kuzosuswa endaweni ngayinye njengoba izinyathelo ezifanele nemithethonqubo isetshenziswa futhi abantu bethobela.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule i-MAJ ihole uhlelo lokubhalisa wonke ama-PWC esiqhingini sonke.Kuze kube manje, imikhumbi yangasese engama-90 kanye nengama-29 yezohwebo isibhalisiwe.
I-Task Force yasungulwa njengenye yezinyathelo zokuletha umsebenzi we-PWC ngaphansi kokuphathwa nokuqiniswa okuqinile. I-PWC Task Force iholwa yi-MAJ kanye ne-Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), ngokuphoqelelwa koPhiko Lwamaphoyisa Asolwandle.
Isimemezelo sokuvula kabusha ukusebenza kwama-PWC azimele senziwa kulandela umhlangano wakamuva wethimba elisebenzayo. Lesi sinyathelo silandela ukuvulwa kabusha kwakamuva kokusebenza kwama-PWC okuhweba ebhishi le-UDC e-Ocho Rios Bay, e-St. Ann ngoJuni 2, 2014. Nokho-ke ukuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwama-PWC kuzoqhubeka kuze kube esinye isaziso.
UNgqongqoshe uMcNeill uthe "ngokuqondiswa yizincomo ze-Task Force, kwanqunywa ukuthi ukumiswa kokusebenza kwe-PWC yangasese kwabasebenzisi abanelayisensi be-PWC kufanele kususwe, njengoba izinyathelo ezanele nemithethonqubo isibekiwe." Wengeze ngokuthi "abanikazi nabaqhubi bezindawo ezizimele nezokwethulwa kwezentengiselwano kuzodingeka ukuthi bazise i-MAJ ngalezi zindawo ukuze kube lula ukuqapha okusebenzayo kwemisebenzi kuso sonke isiqhingi."
Indawo yokuqalisa isho indawo eseceleni (isiteshi esiphakathi kwamamitha angama-20 no-40 ububanzi) lapho ama-PWC avunyelwe ukuphuma futhi abuye. Ama-PWC azokwethulwa kulezo zindawo ngokuhambisana neziqondiso ezithile kanye nezincomo ezihlanganisa - ukuba khona kwerempu noma enye indawo efanelekile yokwethulwa ngokuphephile kwe-PWC kanye nokwakhiwa kwezimpawu ezinqunyiwe.
Iziza zokwethula izinhlelo ngeke zisungulwe eduze nezindawo ezinobungozi kakhulu njengezindawo lapho amalungu omphakathi ejwayele ukubhukuda khona. Lokhu kubandakanya iBlue Lagoon (Portland), amabhishi anelayisensi, amabhishi okugeza omphakathi okuhlanganisa ne-Negril, Montego Bay kanye ne-Hellshire Beach, lapho ukusebenza kwe-PWC kuzovinjelwa.
UNgqongqoshe wachaza ukuthi "ukusebenza kwangasese kwe-PWC kuzovunyelwa futhi e-Lime Cay nase-Maiden Cay, lapho kuzobekwa khona izinyathelo zesikhashana ukuze kube lula umsebenzi we-PWC, kuyilapho ezinye izinkathazo ezisele ezihlanganisa nezindaba ezihlobene nokwethulwa kwezindawo zilungiswa."
Lapho kubhaliswa, o-opharetha be-PWC banikezwa izitifiketi zokubhalisa kanye namadecal anikezwe ngamakhodi amabili emibala, ukuze ahlukanise phakathi kwemisebenzi yezandla yangasese neyokuhweba.
Ukusetshenziswa kwangasese kwe-PWC kuzovunyelwa ngaphansi kwezimo ezilandelayo:
a. Ama-PWC kufanele abhaliswe futhi anamathiselwe amadecal afanelekile (ama-PWC angenawo amadecal ayimfihlo azobophezeleka ukuvalelwa iziphathimandla)
b. Ama-PWC abhaliselwe ukusetshenziswa ngasese awakwazi ukusetshenziselwa ukuthengisa
c. Bonke abaqhubi bama-PWC kumele ngabe bathole ukuqeqeshwa ekusebenzeni komkhumbi kwa-MAJ
d. Ama-PWC's kufanele anikezwe izitifiketi zokuphepha zomkhumbi ezincane ezisebenzayo ezizobonisa lokhu okulandelayo:
· Ama-PWC avunyelwe ukusebenza emini kuphela futhi ngeke asebenze phakathi kokushona kwelanga nokuphuma kwelanga
· Ama-PWC kufanele angene futhi aphume ogwini ngesivinini esincane samafindo ama-3
· Abahlali bama-PWC kumele bagqoke amavesti okuphila ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi indawo yokusebenza okungenani i-200m ukusuka ogwini.
e. Ama-PWC akumele afakwe uphethiloli olwandle
f. Ama-PWC kufanele abheke imithethonqubo yokushayisana (olwandle).
UNgqongqoshe uMcNeill uphinde waveza ukuthi izinyathelo ziyathathwa ukuze kube lula ukuvulwa kabusha kwemisebenzi ye-PWC kwezinye izindawo okuhlanganisa ne-Negril, wengeza ngokuthi njengoba ithimba eliqokiwe liqhubeka nokuhlela ukusebenza kulezi zindawo, kuzobanjwa ukubonisana nabathintekayo abathintekayo okuhlanganisa nomhlangano ozo izoba seNegril ngesonto elizayo.
