Dear Editor,
Is there much to smile about in Jamaica today? The country has grown by a meagre one per cent over the last quarter. Crime has continued to spiral. Because of the crime levels investors are afraid to invest in the country. Trafficking of young people continues to get out of hand. Youngsters are without jobs and they have no sure future.
The International Monetary Fund is slated to give us another drawdown of money to straighten our future, but we can only deliver with fiscal prudence. We are not getting the job done. So we have to be more precise in the way we do our jobs and do it with the will to see national changes.
We continue to wallow in darkness because of the uncertainty of our future.
Hopefully, the Goat Islands project will help the youth to get a much better living. Information technological skills should be foremost in the minds of the young people who are willing to make our country proud in the near future. I don't see anything to smile now, but I still don't consider our country to be a failed state. Our leadership needs some sharpening up to meet up to the country's need so we can smile again.
Paris Taylor
Greater Portmore
paristaylor82@hotmail.com
Jamaica will smile again
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Is there much to smile about in Jamaica today? The country has grown by a meagre one per cent over the last quarter. Crime has continued to spiral. Because of the crime levels investors are afraid to invest in the country. Trafficking of young people continues to get out of hand. Youngsters are without jobs and they have no sure future.
The International Monetary Fund is slated to give us another drawdown of money to straighten our future, but we can only deliver with fiscal prudence. We are not getting the job done. So we have to be more precise in the way we do our jobs and do it with the will to see national changes.
We continue to wallow in darkness because of the uncertainty of our future.
Hopefully, the Goat Islands project will help the youth to get a much better living. Information technological skills should be foremost in the minds of the young people who are willing to make our country proud in the near future. I don't see anything to smile now, but I still don't consider our country to be a failed state. Our leadership needs some sharpening up to meet up to the country's need so we can smile again.
Paris Taylor
Greater Portmore
paristaylor82@hotmail.com
Jamaica will smile again
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