Archive for April 18th, 2011

Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler, is quietly confident that this year could see an upshot in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with major progress expected to be made with projects at Four Seasons, Beachlands, Cost-U-Less and Fort Ferdinand.

Speaking on Starcom Network’s Sunday brass tacks programme earlier today, Sinckler acknowledged that last year was not a good one for foreign investment but this year should be different with hopes high on Four Seasons, Beachlands, Cost-U-Less and Port Ferdinand.

“People have held back on ...

It is not that Jamaica is a failed state, in my opinion, as expressed by some, most lately among them, former Prime Minister Edward Seaga. The issue is that the potential of the country is far from being fulfilled. The political leadership, as borne out by the ongoing Manatt, Phelps & Phillips commission of enquiry and the FINSAC commission of enquiry, is far behind the expectations and intelligence of the Jamaican people, at home and throughout the diaspora.

A country that, ...