Since 2018, our birth rate has dropped by 24%. We need at least 2.1% growth just to replace our population. Fewer people means fewer workers, fewer people paying into pensions, and challenges for our economy.
Some might think this is good, less pressure on schools or social services, but the reality is it makes growth harder. If we keep inefficient systems while our workforce shrinks, wages go up, productivity goes down, and everyone suffers.
That’s why I’m happy when Jamaicans abroad want to come home. We need our talented people back to help build Jamaica. But to do this, we also need better hospitals, roads, and less frustrating bureaucracy, and we are working on that.
We must shift our thinking. Efficiency isn’t just technology or infrastructure, it’s culture. And changing culture starts with a mindset shift.
I want Jamaica to be a prosperous country, a place where people want to live, work, raise families, do business, and retire. That is the Jamaica we are building.
Idk JA needs an islandwide crash course in customer service. We have this thing where if you’re tired or don’t want to be there we have to make every single customer know
Dear 2026, be kind enough to let me heal. Be ruthless enough to make sure I never relive what almost broke me. Teach me to choose peace over patterns, and let this be the year I finally move forward.
Being rude to me unprovoked really wakes up the menace buried deep inside. Like I choose to live my life on cutie patootie juice but it’s some four loko back here somewhere. Let’s be very clear