Editorial | Holness wins points

In a political culture given to spin and where the default of government officials is to downplay or sugar-coat bad news, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness wins points for warning Jamaicans that the country is facing worsening economic turbulence because of the Middle East war.

“I don’t want to be overpromising but yesterday (September 21), the Cabinet met,” the prime minister said at a function announcing a €5 million grant by the European Union to Jamaica’s post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction programme.

“(Finance) Minister (Fayval) Williams gave us a report on the economy, how it is doing,” he said. “We see headwinds.”