- Ma ka Kalikimaka o nehinei i hōʻike hōʻike kalepa, ua hoʻolaha ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi i ka nūhou e pili ana i ka hana hou ʻana i ka ʻāina.
- Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia kokoke i 700,000 mau malihini kipa i kū i loko o 7 mau mahina i hala.
- Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo Jamaica Huakaʻi e hiki aku i 1 miliona mau malihini kipa a me nā ohua i ka hopena o ʻAukake.
Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi, Hon. ʻO Edmund Bartlett, i hoʻolaha ma ka lā inehinei (Iulai 22) ma ka hōʻike 7 o ka "Kalikimaka i Iulai" hōʻike hōʻike ma ka Hōkele ʻo Jamaica Pegasus, New Kingston. Paipai ka papahana makahiki i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana kūloko maoli e nā mea kuleana i ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻoihana ʻo Jamaica e ʻimi nei i nā makana no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana.
"Eia kekahi, i loko o 7 mau mahina i hala iho nei, ua lawe mai mākou ma kahi o 700,000 mau malihini kipa (kūkaʻi) a, i ka hopena o ʻAukake, ua manaʻo ʻia mākou e hiki aku i kahi miliona mau malihini kipa a me nā ohua e hele mai ana i loko. Iāmeka, ka mea e lawe mai i kahi ma ka wahi o US $ 1.5 biliona i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ke hana i kēlā i loko o ʻehiku mau mahina; ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, "i haʻi aku ai ke Kuhina Bartlett i ka lehulehu i nā diplomats, nā mea pili mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻelele mai ka hui ʻo Jamaica.
Ke kūkākūkā nei i ka hiki ke kūkulu ʻia no nā mea hoʻolako kūloko, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: Pono mākou e hoʻihoʻi i ka hapa nui o nā poho i loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau no ka mea ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi kūlana leakage o US kālā mai ka ʻoihana o kekahi 60 keneta. Ua hōʻea mākou i ka pae o 40 keneta o ka paʻa ʻana. "
Ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina huakaʻi Pono e neʻe ʻo Jamaica ma mua o 40 keneta a hiki i ka 50 keneta o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, e hoʻomaopopo ana "ua hāʻawi ka maʻi ahulau iā mākou i kēia manawa kūpono no ka mea ke hoʻomaka nei mākou mai ka honua zero a hiki iā mākou ke ola pū."