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US Embassy Issue Travel Restrictions To Its Staff In Jamaica…

Subject Security Alert: Update to Prohibited Travel Areas

From <kingstonacs@​state.​gov> Date Today at 3:10 PM

Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Kingston, Jamaica (February 21, 2020)

Location: Parishes through­out Jamaica

Event: The U.S. Embassy in Kingston advis­es U.S. cit­i­zens that U.S. gov­ern­ment per­son­nel are pro­hib­it­ed from trav­el­ing to areas list­ed below, from using pub­lic bus­es, and from dri­ving out­side of pro­scribed areas of Kingston at night.

Kingston

Do not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:

  • · Cassava Piece
  • · Downtown Kingston, defined as between Mountain View Avenue and Hagley Park Road, and south of Half Way Tree and Old Hope Roads. Downtown Kingston includes Trench Town, Tivoli Gardens, and Arnett Gardens.
  • · Grants Pen
  • · Standpipe
  • · Duhaney Park
  • · Mountain View Avenue betweenDeanery Road and Windward Road

· Neighborhoods includingpage1image51663744

Olympic Gardens, Cockburn

Olympic Gardens, Cockburn Gardens, Seaview Gardens, and Denham Town.
· The approved pri­ma­ry route to Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) is South Camp Road to Normal Manley Boulevard. The approved sec­ondary route is Mountain View to Deanery Road to South Camp Road and then Norman Manley Boulevard.

Clarendon Parish

Do not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:
· All of Clarendon Parish except

pass­ing through the Parish using the T1 and A2 highways.

St. Catherine Parish

Do not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:

  • · Spanish Town
  • · Central Village
  • · Areas in Portmoreto include Old Braeton, Naggo Head, Newland, and Waterford

    St. James ParishDo not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:

· Neighborhoods in Montego Bay

to include Flankers, Norwood, Glendevon, Paradise Heights, Rose Heights, Canterbury, and parts of Mount Salem.

Actions to Take:

  • · Avoid the areas above.
  • · Be aware of your surroundings.
  • · Use cau­tion when walk­ing or dri­ving at night.

· Do not phys­i­cal­ly resist any

· Do not phys­i­cal­ly resist any rob­bery attempt.
· Stay alert in loca­tions fre­quent­ed by tourists.
· Review your per­son­al secu­ri­ty plans.

Assistance:

· U.S. Embassy Kingston, Jamaica +1 – 876-702‑6000 KingstonACS@state.govhttps://jm.usembassy.gov/

· U.S. Consular Agency Montego Bay
+1 – 876-953‑0620 MobayACS@​state.​gov

· U.S. Consular Agency Cayman Islands
+345 – 945-8173 CaymanACS@​state.​gov

· State Department — Consular Affairs
+1 – 888-407‑4747 or +1 – 202-501- 4444

  • · Jamaica Country Information
  • · Cayman Island Country Information

Do not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:
· All of Clarendon Parish except

pass­ing through the Parish using the T1 and A2 highways.

St. Catherine Parish

Do not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:

  • · Spanish Town
  • · Central Village
  • · Areas in Portmoreto include Old Braeton, Naggo Head, Newland, and WaterfordSt. James ParishDo not trav­el to the fol­low­ing areas:

· Neighborhoods in Montego Bay

to include Flankers, Norwood, Glendevon, Paradise Heights, Rose Heights, Canterbury, and parts of Mount Salem.

Actions to Take:

  • · Avoid the areas above.
  • · Be aware of your surroundings.
  • · Use cau­tion when walk­ing or dri­ving at night.

· Do not phys­i­cal­ly resist any

· Do not phys­i­cal­ly resist any rob­bery attempt.
· Stay alert in loca­tions fre­quent­ed by tourists.
· Review your per­son­al secu­ri­ty plans.

Assistance:

· U.S. Embassy Kingston, Jamaica +1 – 876-702‑6000 KingstonACS@state.govhttps://jm.usembassy.gov/

· U.S. Consular Agency Montego Bay
+1 – 876-953‑0620 MobayACS@​state.​gov

· U.S. Consular Agency Cayman Islands
+345 – 945-8173 CaymanACS@​state.​gov

· State Department — Consular Affairs
+1 – 888-407‑4747 or +1 – 202-501- 4444