Brace for hard times in 2014, warns Portia Simpson Miller – The Economist

It appears that for Jamaicans to hear anything from the Jamaica Prime Minister, we have to crawl the web and search for bits and pieces of information and then try to put that all together to try and figure WTF is going on in this country.

I am getting angrier and angrier every day by the gross disrespect being show to me and other like-minded persons in this country by the Prime Minister and the rest of her colleagues. If we want to know what the Prime Minister said, we have to determine where she is going next, contact the media in that country and have them provide us with information on what the plans the PM has for this country from them or find out what her thoughts are on the Jamaican situation.

This is untenable situation, which must come to and end now.

In the November 18, 2013 ( two weeks ago) the Jamaican Prime Minister spoke ( I am not sure where), but the The economist picks up the story, in which she is saying something akin to ” Prepare for the Bitter medicine”.

The economist reported the following  from Portia Simpson Miller

I look at the world in 2014 from the vantage point of a leader of a small island nation which faces development challenges, but is blessed with possibilities and boasts an international name-recognition beyond its size. The challenges Jamaica will face in 2014 are neither unique nor isolated. They include an unsustainable level of government debt, the high cost of imported energy and unemployment.

Greater resilience and growth in 2014 and beyond will demand deeper regional integration among and between the communities of Caribbean and Latin American states as well as expanded global co-operation, trade and investment. The third international Conference on Small Island Developing States, to be held in September 2014 in Samoa, can build partnerships with other countries for action on sustainable development, and the visit to the region in 2013 by China’s president, Xi Jinping, underscores the Caribbean’s relevance for emerging economies.

http://www.economist.com/news/21589158-it-time-translate-sporting-and-cultural-success-prosperity-says-portia-simpson-miller-prime?zid=305&ah=417bd5664dc76da5d98af4f7a640fd8a

 

Where did Portia Simpson Miller give this speech and does anyone recall hearing about this before. Given this is two weeks old, it must have been carried locally before and I missed it.

Of interest in the above speech is the what is part of the Prime Minister’s travel intentions in 2014 and just in case you missed it, I have highlighted it below.

 

The third international Conference on Small Island Developing States, to be held in September 2014 in Samoa.

That is one of the many trips that Portia no doubt has pencilled into her calendar for next yr.

 

Bless.