By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe
July 05, 2025
The tears flowed copiously. A United National Congress Government had broken its key promise, “When UNC wins everybody wins”; some people, it seems, have lost. In the seven weeks of its administration the Government suspended CEPEP contractors, and by extension 10,000 workers who made $120 a day or $28,000 working 48 weeks a year.
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By Raffique Shah
July 05, 2025
I am intrigued by Trade Minister Kama Maharaj’s plan to focus on tourism as one of the main pillars of the new economy. It seems to me that every government that has taken the reins of office over the past 30 years has had tourism in its sights. There is always a promise to woo tourists to this country but they hardly materialise in any significant manner.
I say this not to be critical of tourism as a contributor to the economy of our country. However, there are few countries that have benefited in any significant manner such that they could rely on tourism for improving their foreign exchange earnings and providing jobs that we normally associate with economic growth and social benefits.
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