Governance: The very
necessary bureaucracy to envision, effect, plan, CONTROL
and secure society’s future.
Fiscal Policy: The rules to
preserve and manage pensions and gratuities, public debt and debt servicing,
and free cash flow.
Economic Drivers: The
national benefit from productivity measured by GDP,
structured within SIC,
to fund public revenue and budgeted expenditure.
Infrastructure
Management:
The design, plan, construct, commission, maintenance, monitor and report of
society’s fixed assets.
Human Development: The Health
and Education policies to physically and mentally develop and strengthen the
human being.
Resource
Preservation: The enforcement of existing laws by various arms of national
security and the police.
The nation's revenue generating activities are
encouraged and facilitated via Economic Drivers, which designs, implements and reviews the
conditions for investment, employment and, the resulting, taxation earnings. The
Ministry of Planning & Development
& Communication aims to drive the transformation of the nation by
defining, coordinating & facilitating the implementation of the National
Policy Agenda for sustainable development and prosperity for all stakeholders. The Ministry of Tourism, Trade & Industries must continue to
promote the nation as an Investment hub; through its ease of doing business
programs, and through Trade Missions and Export incentives to penetrate and
access new markets for the nation’s products. The Ministry of
Agriculture, Lands and Marine Affairs must focus on desperately needed
tax credits, land regularization and production leases. The Ministry of Labor and Small Enterprise Development must structure programs to
provide harmonious relationships between employers and employees.
The nation’s housing stock, buildings and
general monuments, public utilities, works and transport, and other
miscellaneous items must never be in need of urgent attention. Infrastructure Management must engage
various architectural and engineering professional bodies and inspectorates to license
Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, and to approve architectural and
engineering works. The Ministry of Public Utilities facilitates
the effective delivery of efficient, affordable and quality public utilities
services through a committed, resourceful team of professionals in close
collaboration with all stakeholders. The Ministry
of Works and Transport provides world class infrastructure and transport
that supports the development of a ‘united, resilient, productive, innovative
and prosperous’ nation; through a motivated team of employees working in
collaboration with local and international partners.
Good health, sound education, social
empowerment, physical activities and community interaction are the essentials
for Human Development. Charged with oversight of the entire health system, the Ministry of Health plays a central
role in the protection of the population’s health and in ensuring that all
organizations and institutions that produce health goods and services conform
to standards of safety. The Ministry of
Education is a high performing and dynamic organization, leading a
quality education system that is responsive to the diverse needs of 21st
century learners, to contribute to the education and versatility of
holistically developed children, who are able to satisfy the human capital
needs and sustainable development of society.
The nation’s defense, regulated
by the Ministry of National Security, against both internal and external
threats, is seen as the vanguard of such Resource Preservation. The Defence Force, subdivided into the
Regiment, Coast Guard and Air Guard with the Defence Force Reserves and the
Cadet Force constantly sustaining military might, is the leadership and General
Administration charged to protect all national interest when called upon too. With
numerous international training opportunities, this force engages in disaster
management, ceremonial functions, Search and Rescue, the prevention of
trafficking of narcotics and other illegal goods and monitors the nation’s air
space and waters. The Police Service is mandated to maintain law and
order, preserve peace, protect life and property, prevent and detect crime, apprehend
offenders and enforce all laws and regulations with which it is charged.
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to comment on topics that have been covered, both academically and by the
mainstream media, to add its opinion and point out investment opportunity, not
to invoke any social action.