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JAMAICA | The $600 Million Question: Who's Counting Jamaica's Forgotten Tourism Workers?

Shadow Tourism Minister Andrea Purkiss welcomes housing support but exposes glaring gap in government's recovery arithmetic

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 15, 2025 - Minister Edmund Bartlett stood before cameras announcing J$600 million in hurricane relief for displaced tourism workers—a headline-grabbing figure designed to project decisive action. But Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism Andrea Purkiss wasn't applauding.

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Shadow Minister for Tourism and Linkages, Ms Andrea Purkiss, MP for Hanover Eastern.
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