Jamaica’s wealthy must do more for the poor, says Ramkissoon

Beverly Lopez (2nd right), chair of the Stella Maris Foundation, engages in a lively discussion with the Most Rev Edgerton Clarke (left), archbishop emeritus of Kingston; the Very Rev Monsignor Michael Lewis (3rd right), rector of Stella Maris Catholic Church; and the Rev Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon (right) of the Mustard Seed Communities. The occasion was a fund-raising dinner staged for the charities of the Stella Maris Church at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday. (Jamaica Observer photo)

(Jamaica Observer) ROMAN Catholic priest Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon has issued a call for wealthy Jamaicans to give more of their resources and time to the country’s vulnerable, poor and the youth in the face of overwhelming need.

He also called on Jamaicans to stand up against the negative aspects of dancehall music, and urged advertisers to boycott media houses