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PNPPEOPLES NATIONAL PARTY

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR JAMAIC


ACHIEVEMENTS FOR JAMAICA

March 2011

Published by the Peoples National Party89 Old Hope Road, Kingston


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Rt. Excellent Norman Washington Manley

JAMAICA First, PEOPLE First

PNP ACHIEVEMENTS FOR JAMAICA

(Milestones of Equality, Integrity & Participation Othe Road to Building The New Jamaica)


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PNP ACHIEVEMENTS FOR J


Priority 1938 to Now

1. Equality of Economic Opportunity (Training, J

& Entrepreneurship including land ownershi

2. Equality of Social Opportunity (Educaon,

Housing, Health Care, Safety, Jusce)

Norman Manley 1938-1962

(Solid foundaons for a Naon. The man with the plan

In Government 1955-1962

1. The right to vote 1944

2. Secondary/High School place through ability

wealth (Common Entrance Exams)

3. Polical Independence (1962)

4. Developed tourism sector, especially Negril

5. Developed bauxite sector

6. Bank of Jamaica

7. Jamaica Development Bank

8. Central Planning Unit/Planning Instute of

Jamaica (1955)

9. Agricultural and Industrial Development

Corporaon (Jampro)

10. Scienc Research Council (1960)

11. Farm Development Programme

31. Local Government Reform

Established municipality of Portmore

Direct elecon of Mayor of Portmore

More nances to Parish Councils

More autonomy for Parish Councils

32. Media

TVJ ( divestment of JBC, which was created

by the PNP)

IRIE FM (divestment of Radio North East)

Hot 102 FM (Divestment of JBC Radio West)

KLAS Sport Radio (Divestment of Radio

Central)

Organised Cable Industry

Access to Informaon Act

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12. Titles Act

13. Beach Control Act

14. Watershed Protecon Act

15. Jamaica Welfare (Social Development Commission)

16. Jamaica Informaon Service

17. Naonal Stadium (Directed construcon himself)18. Encouraged creaon of Jamaica Amateur Athlec

Associaon, Jamaica Boxing Board of Control

19. Jamaica Youth Corps

20. Jamaica Instute of Technology (1958)/College

of Arts Science and Technology (1959)/University

of Technology (1995)

21. Advocate for a West Indian University (University

College of the West Indies 1948/University of

the West Indies 1961)

22. Encouraged Jamaican naonal cultural movement

(art, theatre, dance, music, literature)

23. Posion against Apartheid in South Africa (1950s)

24. Rasta Mission to Africa (1960)

25. Small Business Loan Board

26. Jamaica Broadcasng Corporaon

27. Technical & Vocaonal Educaon

28. Development Finance Corporaon

Police Public Complaints Authority (INDECO

Bureau of Special Invesgaons (INDECOM

Public Defender

Court Reporters Training School

Jusce Training Instute

29. Women

Domesc Violence Act 1996

Property (Rights of Spouses) Act 2003

Child Care Protecon Law 2004

Early Childhood Development

Registraon and Security of Day Care

Centres 2005

Work on the Sexual Harassment Law start

Sexual Oences Unit

30. Family Values

Values and Atudes Campaign

Oences Against the Person (Amendment)

Incest Punishment (Amendment) Law

Child Pornography and Obscene Publica

(Amendment) Laws

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Police Public Complaints Authority (INDECOM)

Bureau of Special Invesgaons (INDECOM)

26. Environment

Creaon of Naonal Environmental

Protecon Agency (NEPA) Created Environment Trust Fund

27. Consumer Protection

Oce of Ulies Regulaon created

Fair Trading Commission established

28. Delivering Justice

New Court Houses (Cambridge, St. James;

Santa Cruz; Port Maria; Port Antonio;

Contract signed for Balaclava; Others restored

Work started on Vicms Charter

Computerised Court System

Night Courts

Reintroduced & expanded Family Court

Witness Protecon Programme

COSPROD enterprises for help rehabilitaon

of prisonersThe Most Hon. Michael Manley OM, OCC, PC

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Michael Manley 1972-1980

1. Bauxite Levy to fund naonal development

2. Community Enterprises (more than 100)

3. Sugar Cooperaves

4. Land Reform & Distribuon

5. Naonal Housing Trust6. Massive Housing Programme

(More than 40,000 houses)

Urban Re-Housing

Indigent Housing

7. Special Employment Programme (11,500 jobs)

8. Youth Employment Programme (7,000 jobs)

9. Workers Parcipaon

10. Labour Relaons and Industrial Disputes Act11. Introduced Minimum Wage

12. Rent Restricon Act

13. Free Educaon to University

14. GC Foster College (1st instuon for training

physical educators)

15. Cultural Training Centre (Edna Manley College)

16. Teachers College at Passley Gardens

17. Jamaica School of Agriculture

18. Elim Agricultural School

25. Governance

Consensus building in governance

Consultave Government

Detribalising polics

De-garrisonisaon (eg. Denham Town housin

Equity in SESP distribuon No vicmisaon in public sector employme

Opened Public Accounts and other Commie

of Parliament to the media and the public

Corrupon Prevenon Act

Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act

Public Bodies Management and

Accountability Act

Corrupon Prevenon Commission Integrity Commission (Naonal, Party)

Naonal Contracts Commission

Electoral Commission of Jamaica

Access to Informaon

E-government: NLA, Jamaica Customs,

Inland Revenue, Registrar General,

Companies Oce of Jamaica, etc

Public Sector Reform - Creaon of Execu

Agencies

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19. Built 4 Community Colleges

20. Built 67 new primary schools

21. Built 44 new secondary schools

22. Expanded 129 secondary schools

23. Built 93 Infant schools

24. Built and supported 400 basic schools25. Naonal Youth Service

26. Introduced Students Councils (Democracy in Scho

27. Electoral Advisory Commiee

28. Ombudsman

29. Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Litera

(JAMAL)/Foundaon for Life Long Learning (200,0

graduates)

30. Maternity Leave with Pay31. Equal Pay for Women

32. Status of Children Act (No Bastard No Deh Aga

33. Repealed Master and Servants Act

34. Family Court established

35. Womens Bureau

36. Womens Centre

37. Naonal Day Care Programme

38. School Feeding Programme (Jamaica Nutrio

Holdings Ltd)

Introduced Generic Drug Programme

to lower cost

Emergency Medical Service started

90% Immunisaon coverage for children

surpassing 50% average in developed countries

Introduced Nurse Assistant TrainingProgramme in Community College

Expanded training of nurses

23. Possibility Programme to help street children

24. Opportunities & Assistance for the Persons

with Disability

Allowed to sit Common Entrance for rst me Dedicated bus service

Computer training

Job market training

Income tax exempon

Early Smulaon Project for children with

disabilies

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39. Free School Uniform Programme

40. Schools Dental Nurses

41. Community Health Centres

42. Community Health Aides (More than 1,000)

43. Maternity Centres (Spanish Town, Lucea, Black

River, Port Morant, Fair Prospect, Dias, ChesterCastle)

44. Expansion of Victoria Jubilee Hospital

45. Built Intensive Care Units at KPH, Bustamante

Childrens Hospital, University Hospital

46. New Nurses Training Centre at Cornwall Regional

Hospital

47. Sites and Services Programme

(Community Development)48. Water Supplies and Water Tank programme

beneng more than 300,000 Jamaicans

49. Rural Electricaon (30,000 homes wired

beneng 270,00 Jamaicans)

50. Recognion of Nanny and Sam Sharpe as

Naonal Heroes

51. Rebirth of Instute of Jamaica

52. Naonal Gallery (1974)53. Copyright law

22. Health

Construcon of New and Expansion of Exis

Hospitals

Naonal Health Fund (NHF) 284,000 pers

enrolled for subsidised medicines (Arthris,

Breast Cancer, Glaucoma, Diabetes, RheumaFever, Heart Disease, Prostate Cancer, Depressi

Psychosis, Asthma, Epilepsy, Hypertension, H

Cholesterol, Vascular disease); 2 million prescript

lled in 2006

Jamaica Drug for the Elderly (JDEP) 135,00

persons helped ($300 million)

Abolished fees for children zero to 18 yea

in public hospitals Paral or full waiver of hospital user fees

other needy users

New May Pen Hospital built

Hospital construcon and renovaon

May Pen, Annoo Bay, Mandeville, Blac

River, Falmouth, Cornwall Regional, St. An

Bay, KPH, Bellevue

More than 50 new ambulances bought More pay for doctors, nurses and other

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20. Community Infrastructure

95% electricity coverage

JSIF: $10 billion to 2006;

(Hundreds of projects roads, health

centres, community centres, libraries,

schools, water supplies) Expansion of Rural Electricaon

(peoples Infrastructure/economic infrastructure)

Li Up Jamaica programme

Funding from CHASE Fund

21. Sports and Community Development

Trelawny Mul-Purpose Stadium

Sligoville mini-stadium, St. Catherine Catherine Hall mini-stadium, Montego Bay

Upgraded Jarre Park, Montego Bay

Upgraded Elleston Wakeland Centre, Falmouth

Sports Development Foundaon 1995

built and upgraded sports centres islandwide

The Most Hon. PJ Patterson OCC, PC, QC



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Naonal Firearm and Drug Intelligence Cen

Community Policing

Neighbourhood Watch

Bicycle Patrol

19. Peoples InfrastructureWater

- 90% access to potable water in 2007 up fr

just over 50% in 1989

- 28 major water systems, many more smal

water systems

- Great River Water system, Hanover, St. Jam

- Lucea/Negril system

- Martha Brae to Harmony Hall system, Trelaw- Darliston Water Supply

- Providing more than 300 communies with Wa

- Rural Water supply (Coerwood, St. Elizabe

Mango Valley, St. Mary

- 100 water trucks (Rapid Response Unit)

- Greater Mandeville system

- Forest Hill/Rock Hall system

- Hope Bay/St. Margarets Bay system- Newell/Newcombe Valley

The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller MP



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1989 2007 Michael Manley, PJ Patterson,

Portia Simpson Miller

(Pung People First as We Transformed and Moderni

Jamaicas Economic and Social Infrastructure)

1. Five Year Development Plan

2. Naonal Industrial Plan3. Vision 2030 Jamaica Plan

4. Economic Transformation & Stability

2.5% GDP growth in 2006

Agriculture grew 15.9% in 2006

Export agriculture grew 47.4% in 2006

Fishing sector grew 50% in 2006

Bauxite producon reached highest level

since 1974 Foreign Exchange earnings tripled since

1988 to US$1.1 billion in 2006

Expansion of Jamalco doubling its bauxite

alumina producon capacity

New limestone industry created fuelled b

growth in bauxite sector

Record investment projects

Tourism grew 17%, cruise ship arrivals grew 1 Record 3 million visitors in 2006

17. Wealth Creation

$4 Billion in micro and small business loans

MIDA: Business loans to more than 23,000

persons since 1992 totalling more than $430

million

$1 billion loan programme from NaonalInsurance Fund for micro and small business

SESP revolving loans - $60 million to 2003

Self Start Fund: 1,000 persons per year

Operaon STRIVE (Strategy to Rehabilitate

the Innercity Through Viable Enterprises)

18. National Security and Safety

Beer pay for police men and women Improved training

More equipment

Applicaon and use of technology

Internaonal co-operaon against drug

tracking and gun smuggling

Foreign experse to assist local personnel

More than 3,000 new vehicles

Regulaon of private security companies Built and upgraded many police staons

Drug Court


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Inaon 5.8% in 2006 lowest in 30 years;

Under 10% for seven straight years

9.6% unemployment in 2006 lowest ever

Interest rates reduced 4 mes in 2006 to

lowest levels in 20 years

Net Internaonal Reserves at $2.3 billion in2007 from negave US$653 million in 1989

Reduced personal income tax from 33.3% to 25%

5. Reform of the Financial Sector

Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporaon created

Financial Services Commission/Securies

Commission established

6. Stabilising the Economy7. Liberalisaon of the Foreign Exchange Market

8. Tourism

Tourism Master Plan

Sunset Resorts Montego Bay and Ocho Rios,

redevelopment and expansion through

divestment

Ritz Carlton Hotel, Rose Hall, Montego Bay Hedonism 3 Runaway Bay

16. Poverty Reduction

(Naonal Poverty Eradicaon Programme) 199

Poverty reduced to 9% from 30% in 1989

26 programmes in 9 ministries spending

$42 billion (1995-2005) including educao

health, community development, socialsecurity, land tling, housing, urban renew

Poverty Alleviaon Through Health and

Educaon PATH 252,000 persons to 2002-2

(children 0-17 & to sixth form years, elder

people with disability, pregnant and breas

feeding mothers), youth at risk, people w

HIV/AIDS ; Increased school aendance a

access to prevenve health care Land tling (150,00 to 2003)

Compassionate grants

Emergency relief

Golden Age feeding programme


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Grand Palladium, Point, Hanover

Grand Bahia Principe, Pear Tree Boom,

Runaway Bay, St. Ann

Palmyra Luxury Resort, Montego Bay

Riu 1, 2, (Negril) 3 (Ocho Rios) & 4 (Montego B

Iberostar, Rose Hall, St. James Sandals Whitehouse

Started planning & nancing for Harmony

Cove, Trelawny

Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier

Expansion of Montego Bay and Ocho Rios

Cruise ship terminals

Montego Bay Convenon Centre

South Coast Tourism Development Tourism Product Development Company

Pebbles Resort, Runaway Bay

Youth Advisory Commiee for Tourism

Tourism in School Curriculum

30,000 jobs created

Port Antonio marina

Melrose Hill Bypass

Mount Rosser Bypass

Papine to Bu Bay

Dualisaon of Howard Cooke Blvd, Montego Bay

Savanna-la-Mar to Negril

Port of Kingston Expansion (5 phases) $3.5 billion Road programme

More than 20 bridges

Built and expanded urban roadways:

Washington Blvd., Hope Road, Trafalgar

Road, Michael Manley Boulevard, Mandela

Highway

15. Liberalisation of the TelecommunicationsMarket

1991: Cell phone introduced

1999: Liberalised telecoms markets with

arrival of Digicel

Now more than 2.7 million cell phones

Before 1999 217,000 persons on waing list

for telephone service, some waing for years

High speed broadband Internet More than US$700 million investment to 2006


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9. Education

Greater Access to Terary Educaon

(Students Loans and Grants)

School Feeding/Nutrion programme

Billions of dollars in terary students loans

and grants to thousands of needy students SESP support for needy students

Built 17 new basic, primary and high schools

in Western Jamaica under $3.8 Billion North

Western Jamaica School Building Programme

64 schools built and refurbished

More Universies (From 1 to 3)

658 schools repaired

Computer educaon in schools: $500 Millionreading room and computer lab programme

Increased teachers salaries

Naonal Youth Service re-introduced

Special Training and Empowerment

Programme (STEP)

Early childhood enrolment increased to 98%

for 4 and 5 year-olds

GSAT improved on Common Entrance

13. Land (Operaon PRIDE 300,000 persons

acquired land)

14. Infrastructure for Growth

Airport: Sangster Int. 2003 divestment.

Connecons to almost 100 cies and 3connents, 60 airlines

Norman Manley Internaonal upgrading an

reconstrucon since 1999

North Coast Highway from Negril to Port Anton

Highway 2000 (First comprehensive

modernisaon of the major roads in Jamai

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Improved CXC performance

$3.3 Billion textbook programme

Early Childhood Commission established

HEART Trust/NTA 100,000 enrolment

College trained teachers increased to 85%

$600 Million Development Loan Fund for Teach

In 2006 1,200 keys handed over under

Innercity Housing Programme (Trench Town,

Monaltrie, Spanish Town Road)

Commitment to deliver total 5,000 innercity

houses

2,754 sugar housing units in 2006(Monymusk, New Yarmouth, Appleton)

400 more lots at Bernard Lodge,

30,000 acres of cane land to sugar workers

NHT instructed to nd land to build houses

for teachers, nurses, public servants, young

professionals


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10. Liberalisaon of the Motor Vehicle Industry

11. Transformation of the Public Transport

More than 600 new buses

Bus service for civil servants and children

Half-Way Tree Transport Centre Montego Bay Transport Centre

New, orderly route taxi system

Schools bus service

Dedicated bus service for persons with disability

12. Housing

Greater Portmore Housing Development

(more than 20,000 houses) NHT e.g. Manley Meadows, Kingston;

Oaklands in St. Andrew; Greenpond,

Rosemount, Westgreen, Catherine Hall,

Bogue in St. James; Longville Park, Clarendon;

Morris Meadows, St. Catherine

Joint Venture

Relocaon 2000

Indigent Housing 150,000 houses in 18 years (1989-2007)

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