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  • #1

    Now that the economic mask has been torn off

    Any comments on our stagnant growth in the last 10 years where Cuba and Venezueala , nations whom some of us like to bash as if we are better than them economically have out performed us overall for the past 10 years , in the case of venezuala from 04 to 07 it has a growth rate 16 to 8 times of Jamaica ,Cuba has been growing on avergae 4 times that of Jamaica from 99.

    To throw stones at them both as some have done is hypocritical, I just read in the papers this morning of a Hospital filled with feces because the sanitary system is broken!

    The stats dont lie ,we are economically worse off than socialist and communist cuba,The JLP/PNP do not have a clue and the IMF does not have a clue , ask CUBA & Venezuala!

    The stats
    Venez 04 to 07 -2004 2005 2006 2007
    Venezuela - 16.8 9.3 10.3 8.4

    Jamaica- 04 to 07 -2004 2005 2006 2007
    Jamaica 1.9 1.8 2.3 1.2

    Cuba- 04 to 07 -2004 2005 2006 2007
    Cuba 3 8 9.5 6.5
    http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=66&c=cu&l=en

    For 3 years from 08 to 2010 we have out performed venezuela twice in 2 years.

    Jam 2008 2009 2010
    Jamaica -0.6 -2.8 -1.1
    http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=66&c=jm&l=en

    Venez 2008 2009 2010
    Venezuela 4.8 -3.3 -1.9
    http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=66&c=ve&l=en

    Comments anyone ?
    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.
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  • #2
    Welcome Back, Mama P

    Published: Wednesday | January 4, 20123 Comments



    Din Duggan



    by Din Duggan

    Last Friday, the day after Portia Simpson Miller and the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]PNP     easily took candy from 'Baby Bruce', a poor woman walked into a store in search of 'a smalls' while sharing with the owner her displeasure with Mama P and the PNP.[/COLOR]
    A day earlier, as she had promised, the woman voted for her[COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]constituency's[/COLOR] PNP candidate. She was told that if she contributed to the PNP's return to power, her fridge would be stocked with food, her pockets would be filled with money, and all her problems - ostensibly caused by the governing JLP - would be relieved. As the woman awoke on Friday, undoubtedly more excited than a child on Christmas morning, her fridge was empty, so too were her pockets, and other problems persisted. Mama P, she grumbled, didn't keep her end of the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]bargain[/COLOR][/COLOR].[/COLOR]
    Welcome back, Mrs Simpson Miller, this is the citizenry you've acquired.
    Whatever the reason for most people and their neighbours not voting Labour - the Dudus-Manatt saga, the party's arrogance, the incendiary ad campaign against a Jamaican woman, or the horrible economic conditions - reality is the PNP is now in the driver's seat. It is they - a group which has shown no sense of policy direction while in Opposition - who must pilot a nation whose citizens seek full fridges, beds of roses, and a million dollars, by morning.
    Should Jamaica progress from a land of empty pockets and extended arms to become a nation of law, order and prosperity, the 'Jamaican Queen' will have to wave her wand and magically balance the pressing demands of a short-sighted citizenry - moulded by decades of regressive and visionless leadership - with policies and programmes that are in the country's best long-term interest.
    The following are merely a few particularly pressing examples:
    Democratic Reform
    Our system of governance is dysfunctional. Jamaica needs a number of constitutional reforms, primarily a republican structure consisting of an executive branch separate from the oft-incompatible demands of Parliament. Under the current system, Dr Christopher Tufton, possibly Jamaica's hardest-working politician, was relegated to the private citizenry while many less-than-savoury, largely useless creatures continue to slither through Parliament. We must seriously seek to separate politicking from governance - Cabinet should consist of appointees shielded from the muddy trenches of representative politics. Their focus would be the country's long-term national interests rather than their own short-term re-election chances.
    Serious consideration need also be given to a fixed election date, broader campaign-finance laws, and term limits for prime ministers.
    Law and Order
    Crime [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]costs[/COLOR] Jamaicans tens of billions of dollars each year - indirectly and directly. More costly are the tens of thousands of lives violently destroyed each decade and the countless youngsters being inculcated into a culture of corruption and criminality.[/COLOR]
    The JLP, its hands forced by its own bungling of Dudus' extradition, managed to significantly dent crime. This was triggered not through pontificating and dithering but by forcefully engaging criminals. The environment of criminality persists, however. We must take all measures to cripple this scourge.
    The PNP should intensify the offensive against all criminals - not only petty ones and violent gangs - but also against the greatest perverts of democracy: the crooks roving through Gordon House, Government, the security forces, corporate boardrooms and all areas of high society.
    Hospital User Fees
    Our hospitals are in an abysmal state. In one case, bags of human waste piled up in hallways because of lack of funds to repair a damaged incinerator. It often takes an act of God to receive a simple painkiller. Bruce Golding promised free health care, but instead delivered a health-care nightmare.
    We must now rectify this grave error and make our hospitals places where adequate services are delivered in civilised environments at reasonable prices. We should reinstate user fees for all who can afford them. No one who needs care should ever be denied, but health care, given our current financial constraints, should be free only for children and the very poor.
    Other areas of considerable importance exist: education, mainly at the primary level and in science and technology, must be strengthened. We must foster an environment amenable to [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]job[/COLOR] creation, and the Reggae Boyz need to return to the World Cup.[/COLOR]
    If the PNP is to avoid the JLP's fate, and if we are to progress as a nation, Mrs Simpson Miller must eschew politics-as-usual and offer bold, visionary, responsible leadership. May God help her - and us (and the Reggae Boyz).
    Din Duggan is an attorney working as a consultant with a global legal search firm. Email him at columns@gleanerjm.com or dinduggan@gmail.com, or view his past columns at facebook.com/dinduggan and twitter.com/YoungDuggan.



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    THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

    "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


    "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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    • #3
      You do realize Venezuela has oil?

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      • #4
        This Venezuela? The sixth worst economy in 2011?

        Venezuela
        Perhaps the serious illness of dictator Hugo Chavez will bring deliverance to this troubled country, which manages to keep its people poor despite an embarrassment of natural wealth. The only thing healthy about Venezuela’s economy is its oil-fueled current account surplus. But 32% inflation and subpar GDP growth demonstrate the ineptitude of Hugo’s management. GDP per capita: $9,886 Inflation: 32%

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        • #5
          And Cuba ?
          THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

          "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


          "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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          • #6
            OK what about the past 10 years ?BTW oil prices went up.
            THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

            "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


            "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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            • #7
              A far superior workforce. You do realize Venezuela has oil?

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              • #8
                Now we talking ,vastly superior what is our excuse, you do realise we have tourism, bauxite and a free market?

                Bring the excuse ...X ready !
                THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                • #9
                  Where were you during the FINSAC enquiry ?

                  Yuh tink dat was a likkle blip ?

                  What was Jamaica debt to GDP prior to the Tsunami Recession ? How do you generate growth in a dysfunctional economy post recession ?

                  Look like yuh have bought into your own BS.. continue to try and fit the JLP and PNP policy profile in the same jacket... hope it works out for you..

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                  • #10
                    Venezuelan oil coupled with internal manipulation of how their GDP is calculated...

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                    • #11
                      BRICK...LOL...i got it from the CIA website..lol
                      THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                      "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                      "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                      • #12
                        Yes Ben preach FINSAC/PNP mash wi up , anymore excuses.I buy that one bad management.
                        THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                        "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                        "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                        • #13
                          bauxite and remittance took a nose dive.. tourism barely held its own.. those are the big 3..

                          act like yuh have sense nuh...

                          damn.

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                          • #14
                            You comparing those with an oil economy ? LOL

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                            • #15
                              Guess you missed the Venezuelan oil part of my post...

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