Vale Royal Talks Halted
March 23, 2021 | Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie |
Restart the Vale Royal talks. Fiscal responsibility framework. Tax Revenue has been helpful. BOJ Act. There is a need for restart of the Vale Royal talks. Sent to GDP ratio
Transport
Sept 2020 7 in 10
One in 10.
400,000 food insecure. Capri of households suffer in food depravity. We get daily requests for food. This is worse since COVID.
Care programme was a government response. Large number of people got help.
Tourism sector no help as promised
Transport sector has not gotten the 25000 assistance promised. People must be the priority. Tight embrace of fiscal
This budget Is helping anyone ,0r not
Rich country 5 percent to three 3 percent. I support 21. 5 billion. 5 bil for Small Business, 3 bil for Farmers and 2.5 bil broadband. One percent reduction in debt to GDP growth. Digital Literacy is key and will help our economy. Recover Stronger and faster.
30 bil from BOJ. 6.3 2018. 17 . 9 bil came from foreign exchange earnings. 30 percent came from foreign exchange assets. BOJ has profited from volatility. This affects consumers as imported basic items. Robinson
$10 + GCT. Equivalent to US 68 dollars.
Basket of basic and other items.
Not good policy, a great strategy. The people have already paid 17 percent in taxes.
Polio was eradicated by Vaccine. Get Vaccinated when available. Community spread started after the election. Returning Jamaicans were allowed to return
200 nurses have gotten the disease. 200 nurses left to go overseas. CRH not being renovations. Paid tribute to doctors. We regret people dying. McGowan, a nurse, died under questionable circumstances. 102 year old female in St. Ann’s Bay hospital. She was in a wheelchair for 24 hours.
50,000 gifts of Vaccine from India. The National Health Fund (NHF) was left alone. Vaccine Stolen from CRH. The distribution lacks equity.
Commentary
You can expect a rebuttal to most, if not all these claims. We have a very robust parliament.
Education System
Education apartheid. No access nor credit. Children on the streets and condemned to crime.
Structure
1938 the PNP. In 1971 Micheal Manley said out of many does mean oneness. Universal Adult Suffrage. Inequality still affects us.
Inequality is bad for all of us. 2020 Jamaica fell. Asked
Pit latrines, no internet.
PNP rejected trickle down approach to economic development. 2013 to 18 has put us in a better position. The people need to enjoy those gains. Social justice and equality. A more inclusive society. PNP balanced society.
Priorities of the next PNP government. Land, houses to name a few. the previous PNP government built Harbour View and Mona Heights. NHT 1989 San Jose Accord.
700,000 parcels have no land titles. Under Dr. Peter Philips a new look at title Creation. Fix crumbling walls, fix leaking roofs, band upgrading homes. South St. Andrew has produced greats like:, Lawrence Rowe, Mervin Morris, Toots and the Maytals, and the Wailers. This area has Trench Town where Bob Marley started in that area. He also is proposing a Community Investment Act.
The Early Childhood Act is another of Golding’s proposals.
Basic schools are struggling to survive. according to Mark Golding.
Commentary
It was a wide ranging speech..
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie listened to his presentation in Parliament and filed these excerpts. He is a veteran journalist with international exposure.
