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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, addresses Monday’s (December 22) Quarterly Monetary Policy Report press conference at BOJ’s auditorium in downtown Kingston.
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, addresses Monday’s (December 22) Quarterly Monetary Policy Report press conference at BOJ’s auditorium in downtown Kingston.
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BOJ Holds Policy Rate at 5.75 Per Cent

By: Judana Murphy, December 23, 2025
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed to maintain the policy rate on overnight placements by deposit‑taking institutions at 5.75 per cent per annum. Speaking during the Quarterly Monetary Policy Report press conference at the BOJ auditorium in downtown Kingston on Monday (December 22), Governor, Richard Byles, said the decision to maintain the policy rate at this time is based on four main factors. He outlined that annual headline inflation is projected to rise sharply in the coming months –...
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Debt Recovery Manager at the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Owin Watson, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
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SLB Introduces Streamlined Online Process to Access Debt Reset Programme

By: Lisa Rowe, December 23, 2025
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a tourism partners’ meeting at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James on December 13.
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Minister Bartlett Commends United Response Behind Swift Post-Hurricane Repatriation of 25,000 Tourists

By: Okoye Henry, December 23, 2025
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ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, smile as New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) recipient Angella Boothe raises the key to her new two-bedroom house in Mocho, Clarendon. The unit was handed over by the Prime Minister on Friday (December 19).
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, smile as New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) recipient Angella Boothe raises the key to her new two-bedroom house in Mocho, Clarendon. The unit was handed over by the Prime Minister on Friday (December 19).

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right); and his wife and Speaker of the House, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right), take part in the service of celebration for the life of the late Hon. James “Jimmy Cliff” Chambers, OM, inside the National Indoor Sports Centre in Independence Park, on Wednesday (December 17). Also participating are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; and Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding.
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness interacts with a young child at a Christmas kiddies treat at the Middle Quarters Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, on December 13.
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Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (second left), shares a photo opportunity with (from left) Custos of St. Andrew, Ian Forbes; Miss Kingston & St Andrew 2025 Festival Queen first runner-up, Johnique Francis; Little Miss Kingston & St. Andrew, Adaya Hudson; and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips, representing Opposition Leader, Mark Golding. Occasion was the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony, held on Wednesday (December 9) at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston.
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