You can read more here: https://t.co/UifxotwGyl Coming under POCA will enable the seizure of their assets, and arrangements can be made to redirect those proceeds to compensate farmers who have been their victims. @Zemi66@cdepolack
I recommend that praedial larceny offences be brought under POCA by amending the 2nd Schedule (easy and quick to do), and that the penalties on conviction be redesigned to become a strong deterrent to the large-scale agricultural felons.
No one in Jamaica knows economy more than
@DrPeterPhillips & @MarkJGolding
Phillips as finance Minister turned around the economy
Golding the man who piloted the laws for this to happen
Nigel humble yuhself
How long will the administration continue to make and break promises? The taxi drivers have been hearing about this $25,000 voucher since March and now they're still in talks. Meanwhile gas prices are going up every Thursday. Don't be fooled.
Majority of Jamaica is wondering about this Prime Minister too. He does not care about average and below average Jamaicans. Real talk @MarkJGolding. Come thru the #PeopleLeader
A brief picture of the JLP. They opposed the gas tax in opposition but implemented it as soon as they became govt. They opposed the one time drawdown from the NHT but as govt they set a drawdown for 5 years. Unprincipled bunch.
@NationwideRadio We cannot sit back and allow Holness to take over the NHT and hand it to his personal friends for their business interest ...The NHT was conceptualized by Michael Manley to help poor people own a home...Please rethink this one PM Holness!
Join Spokesperson on Industry, Investment and Global Logistics, Anthony Hylton, MP today at 2pm on PBCJ Live, as he delivers his sectoral presentation.
What does the Government not capping the Tax mean?
Here’s a look at some things that happens when this Admin refuses to #CushionTheCrisis
Light bills keep going up
Every taxi man taking home less
$ not stretching at the supermarket
More $ at the pump but less gas in the tank
Opposition Leader @MarkJGolding is calling on the Government to reduce its pace on debt payments and redirect some of the funds to alleviate the economic hardship being faced by Jamaicans.
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#NewsRecap: Former Opposition Senator, Wentworth Skeffrey, is the latest to condemn the Prime Minister's statement on the National Housing Trust. Skeffrey says the government must not be allowed to jeopardize the core objectives of the institution: https://t.co/EmlSvpklRc
I can’t keep up. Mandela Park for sale to smart people, is true? NHT is not a bank but a business; we growing prisons on agricultural land? And JPS applies for another increase! My goodness! What is going on?
@JamaicaPNP under my leadership is committed to putting people at the centre of all we do & embrace the #JamaicanDream. The next @JamaicaPNP administration will prioritise & make major investments in early childhood development & primary school education incl teacher training 🇯🇲
So inflation (increase in prices and fall in purchasing value) is up but yet @statinja reported that consumer price index fell by 0.1% and that major contributor is reduced energy prices? It is contradictory to me. Recession is staring us in the face. Jesus saviour pilot us!
Andrew Holness seems to want history to recall him so much that he is on what can only be described as a legacy hunt. Often legacy hunters twinker with existing systems to leave their fingerprints on it. Making a name for himself is what this PM is about. Watch him n NHT 🧐
In that presentation, he referenced the US$933M of food imports in 2020 and also the unacceptable record food imports of US$1.025B in 2019. The previous record value of US$1.025B of Food Imports in 2019 was shattered in 2021 by a new record value of US$1.122B.
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In last year’s presentation, @lothancousinsja proposed that an Import Substitution Strategy be formulated with the single objective of halving the Import Bill over the next five years. He also shared some of the strategic interventions of how they could be achieved.
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In 2021, the country imported six million, ninety-six thousand, nine hundred and thirty kilograms (6,096,930 KG.) of Irish Potato. This figure represented seventy-three point three, two percent (73.32%) self-sufficiency.
@lothancousinsja
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