Dear Editor,
Tessanne Chin's knee-jerk reaction comment upon receiving a motor vehicle on The Voice that Jamaica has the worst roads cannot detract from her brilliant performance. Neither will it result in the National Works Agency (NWA) re-routing funds to repair our roads, simply because we don't have the funds.
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, will not be able to ensure that Sherwood Content gets a proper water supply system either. Our athletes and musicians are great and they do what they can, but it is our political representatives that can make major differences in the quality of our lives.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is slowly coming to that conclusion. They are now realising that passing test after test and bills after bills, alone, will not ensure growth in our economy. We can get a view of how difficult the task ahead is when a stable economy like Barbados is forced to send home over 3,000 public sector workers and their dollar value, which has remained stable since independence, is shaky.
But, to be honest, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, who didn't major in economics or has the experience of Dr Omar Davies, has been impressive. We cannot tell if Lisa Hanna may do well as the national security minister, or Bunting better as minister of finance, we are subject to the prime minister's prerogative to fit each person in a ministerial position that best suits the country.
Mark Clarke
Siloah, St Elizabeth
mark_clarke9@yahoo.com
Real change rests in the Gov't
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Tessanne Chin's knee-jerk reaction comment upon receiving a motor vehicle on The Voice that Jamaica has the worst roads cannot detract from her brilliant performance. Neither will it result in the National Works Agency (NWA) re-routing funds to repair our roads, simply because we don't have the funds.
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, will not be able to ensure that Sherwood Content gets a proper water supply system either. Our athletes and musicians are great and they do what they can, but it is our political representatives that can make major differences in the quality of our lives.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is slowly coming to that conclusion. They are now realising that passing test after test and bills after bills, alone, will not ensure growth in our economy. We can get a view of how difficult the task ahead is when a stable economy like Barbados is forced to send home over 3,000 public sector workers and their dollar value, which has remained stable since independence, is shaky.
But, to be honest, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, who didn't major in economics or has the experience of Dr Omar Davies, has been impressive. We cannot tell if Lisa Hanna may do well as the national security minister, or Bunting better as minister of finance, we are subject to the prime minister's prerogative to fit each person in a ministerial position that best suits the country.
Mark Clarke
Siloah, St Elizabeth
mark_clarke9@yahoo.com
Real change rests in the Gov't
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