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Opposition Leader slams Gov't’s reopening protocols as ‘impractical’
Hon Penn said the protocols are not impressive and do not take the plight of the people into consideration.
“There is clearly not a strategy in moving the economy again. We got a set of protocols that are impractical, in terms of its financial implications for the people of this territory. It brought straight home a lack of vision, a lack of ineptness, a lack of understanding of the tourism economy in particular, and the continuous blame game,” he said during a press conference on Wednesday, October 28, 2020.
“It is creating some uneasiness not only for us as an Opposition but for many persons in this territory, persons who have been unemployed since March. We got several calls from persons from the sister islands in particular concerning the concerns of their livelihoods. We have gotten calls from the stakeholders from Anegada, Jost van Dyke and in Virgin Gorda concerning the protocols that were put out there,” he stated.
Lack of consultation is clear
The Opposition Leader further mentioned that the protocols do not reflect one that has been on the table for months.
“After eight months of waiting, we have a set of protocols that came out that created more disturbance in the tourism space, created the issue of cancellations. We got word that upwards of 80 per cent of cancellations within the first week, particularly in the marine industry,” Penn pointed out.
He added: “And, more importantly, the lack of stakeholders involvement in the process. If there were were consultations with the industry we would not have seen the fall out as it relates to the cancellations and the dialogue that is taking place right now on social media, on the travel blog sites concerning our territory. In terms of the impracticality as well, we look at the economic fall out for us as a territory we waited for eight months after agitating to pull out our plan, to outline clearly an approach we thought was workable.”
He stated that they had consultations with the business community and the information coming from them indicates that the government “in true form has not engaged the public, has not engaged the stakeholders on the protocols that were waited for, for eight months and I heard since Monday that they were developed since March. I would never call the Premier a liar, but I will just say I don’t believe that.”
He continued: “Because I cannot understand that since March you had protocols and a plan in place that we are now at the 11th hour, a month before the opening and we are yet to see a clear, cohesive plan. The government has shown its ineptness or their lack of understanding for the tourism industry. We need to change course drastically, specifically in light of the protocols that have been outlined.”
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Marlon shut your trap and save your m*******
Smurf need try save his m******* from harassing the vip government
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MARLON WHAT HE EXPECT THE GOVERNMEBT TO DO THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN DO, IT IS THE SAME THING IN OTHER CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES THEY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEY GET A CLEAN BREAK TO DO ANY THING, MARLON YOU SICK IN YOUR HEAD HAVE YOU GIVEN OUTTHE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO TOU TO GIVE OUT. PEOPLE IN THE EAST NEED HELP AND ALL YOU TALKING IS A VACK OF SH**. YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE SUFFERING ESPECIALL WITH THE BOUGUS WATER BILLS, WARER GONE FOR DAYS AND YOU STILL GETTING VERY HIGH WATER BILLS AND WATWER AND SEWRAGE IS TELLING PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY ALL THE BILL OR YOU CANNOT BE RE CONNECTED. COVID IS COVID BUT THE FOOLINESISH WHAT IS GOING ON IB THE BVI HAS TO STOP YOU NEED TO DO A SURVEY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT AND ALSO IN THE 8 DISTRICT AND SEE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WATER AND SEWRAGE WANT SOME ONE WHO KNOW THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS AND A GOOD BILL SYSTEM FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTRY, THESE HEFTY BILLSARE A KILLER TO PERSONS THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO DO A GOOD RATE SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF WATER. LEAVE THE GOVERNMENT ALONE IF THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING RIGHT THEY WILL FALL ON THEIR HEAD YOU NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON THE ISSUES PEOPLE HAS CLEAN UP SOME PROBLEMS FACE IN THIS PLACE,
st.kitts and nevis/
up to 2 tests
quarantine 7 days
cost/single -100
cost/double -200
cost/family 4 -400
bvi
test 3
quarantine 4
cost/single-500
cost/couple-1000
cost/family 4 -2000
still don't see why u think the bvi one is better