ʻO ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi ʻo Jamaica, Hon. Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ke aloha i ka ʻohana o ke Kuhina Kūʻai mua, ʻo Francis Tulloch, i hala i nehinei (Iune 23).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett "he kūpaʻa maoli ʻo ia i hana nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Ua pōmaikaʻi nui kā mākou ʻoihana mai ka hāʻawi ʻana mai o Mr.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia "Iāmeka kanikau me ka ʻohana o Mr. Tulloch, ka mea i hana i kahi hōʻailona hiki ʻole i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he Kuhina a me ke Kuhina Moku'āina" me ka ʻike ʻana "ʻo kona makemake i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kānaka kekahi o kāna mau ʻano maikaʻi loa."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i ke Kuhina mua no kāna "hoʻohiki i ka mālama ʻana i ka makemake o nā poʻe ʻoihana liʻiliʻi i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, me nā mea pāʻani i nā ʻāpana ʻāina a me nā ʻoihana hana."
Ua lawelawe ʻo Mr. Tulloch ma ke ʻano he Kuhina Kūʻai ma ka PJ Patterson i alakaʻi i ka hoʻokele mai 1997 a i 1999, ma hope o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he Kuhina o ka Moku'āina i ka Ministry of Tourism mai 1993 a 1995. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka Parliament no St. James Central mai 1972 a 1976 a me St. James West Central mai 1976 a i 1980. He lālā ʻo ia no ka Pāremata no Hanover Eastern mai 1993 a i 1997, a lawelawe ma ia kūlana ma St. James North Western mai 1997 a 2002.
Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka parliamentarian mua ma ke ʻano he diakono ma ka hale pule Katolika ma 2009 ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ka politika. He loio hoʻi ʻo ia a he diplomat. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Kanikela Hanohano mua o ka Russian Federation ma Montego Bay ma 2014.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Mr. Tulloch i kāna wahine ʻo Doreen a me nā keiki ʻeono.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Tulloch, and I am particularly grateful for the work he has done to pave the way for the growth of the sector.
- Minister Bartlett also lauded the former Minister for his “commitment to safeguarding the interest of small entrepreneurs in the tourism industry, including players in the ground transportation and craft sub-sectors.
- He was also Member of Parliament for Hanover Eastern from 1993 to 1997, and served in that capacity in St.