The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

THE PM’s speech to the SIDS UN Conference at Melia yesterday.

I discovered that ZNS TV was covering it live so I stayed and watched.

Cliché after cliché - but what was interesting his heavy emphasis on the proposed National Plan and the potentials of global climate warming and the probable devastating affects it would have on our islands.

As usual the speech was inspiring but so contradictory....let’s not take it from him he can speak but has shown over and over his words do not convert into economic opportunities and actions. Did the PM actually accept his Government had failed in improving the status quo of our economy and us?

There is tantamount to zero chance for more than 1-2% of the National Plan to ever come to pass in the next 6-10 years for the same admission of the Prime Minister - funding. Airports $125 million to upgrade good example.

The initial Report needs to be satisfied first - as that identified so clearly the incompetents and inadequacies of the governance of our country.

Solve those issues first that will start us on a positive road, finally - conservatively that will take six-eight years.

The PLP has been in office over the past 20 years - at least 10 of them - our primary bread earner Tourism has made no progress - stay-over visitors are still the same as they were back 10 years ago.

Imagine the Minister responsible for BP&L takes credit for the drop in fuel surcharge - sir, the sole reason surcharge came down was because of the drop in global fuel costs. Going up soon ... be warned.

T HUDSON

Nassau,

February 22, 2017.