Online feedback

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers in response to yesterday's lead story - 'Back from Haitian hell' - about the imprisonment of Jamaican fisherman Fitzroy Linton in Haiti.

How can I help?

How do I help this young man rebuild his life - to regain his boat and engine?

- vhpy

GOJ should demand compensation

Our government should demand an explanation and compensation from the Haitian government.

- Dcool

Where are the other two men?

So are the Jamaican authorities trying to find the other two Jamaicans?

- Sweets

How do our courts treat Haitians?

Wow! Wow! Wow! Surely, there has got to be more to this story. Why was there no contact made by the Haitian authorities with Jamaican representatives? Is this the way Jamaican courts and penal system would have treated a Haitian caught in Jamaican waters?

- Guest

Get a visa next time

Wow! Sorry, Mr Linton, so sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience in another country, maybe the next time you intend to enter a foreign jurisdiction you might want to satisfy their immigration laws, that is, maybe get a visa and definitely a passport.

Whereas I do not believe your story, I do believe that you could become an asset to the Jamaican authorities in convincing other fishermen to refrain from illegalities in Haiti, that is, the gun-for-drugs trade.

- Jamma

Return the favour

Jamaicans need to return the favour when Haitians visit our shores illegally!

- Eltyb

Keep your head up

This is sad. Now people should understand why that country (Haiti) was hit that hard; those people have been evil for too long. Keep your head up my brother, who God bless, no man can stop. Father God will find a way for you to start making money doing what you love to do - being a fisherman.

- Oldshotta