Dear Editor,
It is rather appalling to see how Jamaicans have readily accepted information from a website that lacks credibility. Minister Hanna being listed as the fourth worst politician in the world is more like corny humour than it is a fact.
The reality is that the Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon Lisa Hanna, is one of the hardest-working members of Parliament and Government minsters that this country has seen in a very long time.
As a country, we have failed to defend our own, but instead we are widely known for throwing them under the bus. Why on earth can't we unite and fight off unscrupulous person who aim to divide us as a country? Will we allow them to continue destroying our reputation with inaccurate information?
The Minister has done more for children in state care in the past 18 months than has been done since 1962. According to the website, Minister Hanna is 4th on the basis that she has remained silent on issues that affects youth and juveniles in state care. I have never seen an argument more poorly presented and more biased.
The poorly crafted article fails to take into account the policies and social programmes that the minister has implemented and those that are currently being pursued. At no point do they make mention of what has been done to make the lives of these children better or more comfortable. The article fails to mention or even acknowledge the tremendous work the minister is doing in her South East St Ann Constituency. No mention is made of the programmes implemented there to help farmers, improve the lives of the less fortunate and opportunities provided for youth there.
I strongly believe this minister faces more scrutiny because she is a former Miss World, not because she has failed to carry out her mandate. But, we as a nation will never ever rise above the odds until we learn to appreciate the efforts of others and stop helping to tear down ourselves. The reality is that when people from all over the world read this she is not the only person looking bad, we will also look bad. It is our Jamaica. Let us lift up not tear down.
Tasha Smith
purple_rain4u2@yahoo.com
Minister Hanna unfairly listed
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It is rather appalling to see how Jamaicans have readily accepted information from a website that lacks credibility. Minister Hanna being listed as the fourth worst politician in the world is more like corny humour than it is a fact.
The reality is that the Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon Lisa Hanna, is one of the hardest-working members of Parliament and Government minsters that this country has seen in a very long time.
As a country, we have failed to defend our own, but instead we are widely known for throwing them under the bus. Why on earth can't we unite and fight off unscrupulous person who aim to divide us as a country? Will we allow them to continue destroying our reputation with inaccurate information?
The Minister has done more for children in state care in the past 18 months than has been done since 1962. According to the website, Minister Hanna is 4th on the basis that she has remained silent on issues that affects youth and juveniles in state care. I have never seen an argument more poorly presented and more biased.
The poorly crafted article fails to take into account the policies and social programmes that the minister has implemented and those that are currently being pursued. At no point do they make mention of what has been done to make the lives of these children better or more comfortable. The article fails to mention or even acknowledge the tremendous work the minister is doing in her South East St Ann Constituency. No mention is made of the programmes implemented there to help farmers, improve the lives of the less fortunate and opportunities provided for youth there.
I strongly believe this minister faces more scrutiny because she is a former Miss World, not because she has failed to carry out her mandate. But, we as a nation will never ever rise above the odds until we learn to appreciate the efforts of others and stop helping to tear down ourselves. The reality is that when people from all over the world read this she is not the only person looking bad, we will also look bad. It is our Jamaica. Let us lift up not tear down.
Tasha Smith
purple_rain4u2@yahoo.com
Minister Hanna unfairly listed
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