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JISTV | Sitting of the House of the Senate – February 20, 2026

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JISTV | PM Keynote Address at the ONSA 4th Annual Security Seminar

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JISTV | MOHW Handover of the Asthma Micro Plan

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
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Senate Approves Legislation Upholding Fiscal Governance

By: Chris Patterson, February 21, 2026
Two pieces of legislation underscoring the Government’s commitment to sound fiscal governance and responsibility were passed by the Senate on Friday (February 20). They are the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2026, which was approved with two amendments, and the Asset Tax (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Act, 2026, which was approved without amendment. In piloting the legislation, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, noted that as Jamaica continues to confront the budgetary and fiscal realities of recovery and rebuilding stronger...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, tables the 2026/27 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 12.
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Gov’t Allocates $500M for Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion In 2026/27

By: Vanessa James, February 21, 2026
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams.
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Southern Plains Agricultural Development Project Gets $776M Boost

By: Vanessa James, February 21, 2026
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Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dana DeCardova-Denton, and Councillor for the Chapelton Division in Clarendon North Central, Hershell Brown, are pictured with seven of the 10 outstanding students from the constituency who excelled in the 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The students were presented with tablet computers under the USF’s Connect-A-Child Programme during a recent handover ceremony at the Chapelton Public Library in Clarendon.
Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dana DeCardova-Denton, and Councillor for the Chapelton Division in Clarendon North Central, Hershell Brown, are pictured with seven of the 10 outstanding students from the constituency who excelled in the 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The students were presented with tablet computers under the USF’s Connect-A-Child Programme during a recent handover ceremony at the Chapelton Public Library in Clarendon.

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The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) executive management team, led by Acting Chief Executive Officer, Celia Lindsay (centre); Director of Corporate Services, Errol Gardner (left); Director, Research, Print and Production, Andrine Davidson (second left), and Director, Human Resource Management and Development, Dr. David Knight (right), share a photo opportunity with winners of the JIS 2025 Heritage Competition, during the awards ceremony on Tuesday (February 17) at Summit Kingston. The winners are (from second left) Shante Sinclair; Danash Brown; Alayna Elliott; Brian Levy and Bryce Wilson.
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left) along with wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right), participate in the 28th staging of the Sagicor Sigma Run in Kington on Sunday (February 15).
February 16, 2026
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right, front row); Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (second left, front row); State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right, front row) and Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Sheila Sealy Monteith (left, front row), share in a group photo with Jamaica’s heads of mission at the Ministry in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (February 11).
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Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks.

JCPD Partners With International Organisations for Disability Rights Post-hurricane Melissa

By: LATONYA LINTON February 18, 2026

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