Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (left), converses with president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Omar Fennell, at the Chamber’s awards banquet held at the Bloomfield Professional Centre in Mandeville on Saturday (March 29). The Prime Minister delivered the keynote address at the event, which was held under the theme: ‘Shielding Our Businesses, Recognising Excellence in 2024.’
“The development of Jamaica cannot be made on empty promises.” That’s the word from Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness.
Dr. Holness was reacting to a recent comment from Opposition Leader Mark Golding that the People’s National Party’s, PNP, budget proposals were not meant to be implemented in the upcoming fiscal year.
Golding made the comment after finance minister, Fayval Williams, chided the PNP’s budget proposals for the absence of numbers to indicate how much implementation would cost taxpayers.
The PNP held a press conference last Thursday where it revealed that the proposals would cost approximately $23 billion.
But while addressing last Saturday’s banquet of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Holness says the days of Jamaica’s economy being compromised by short-term gratification are over.
Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew Holness.
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