Jamaicans can look to better days

ADMITTING THAT the agreement signed between her administration and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not been painless for Jamaicans, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said her Government has introduced measures to ease the burden on the poor. Speaking yesterday at the People’s National Party’s 75th Annual Conference at the National Arena in Kingston, the prime minister argued that an agreement with the IMF was inevitable. Acknowledging that the terms of the agreement, which was inked in May, have been challenging, Simpson Miller pointed out that the accord would ultimately pave the way for sustained economic growth. “It is not going to be easy; it has not been easy,” the prime minister told thousands of party supporters who crammed the arena to hear her presentation. “We know things are not as we want it,” Simpson Miller said, while adding that the economy is already beginning to show signs of recovery.

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