Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has concluded a review of the National Housing Trust (NHT) aimed at determining reforms deemed “necessary” for implementation at the agency regarding its mandate. Speaking at Wednesday’s (July 7) official unveiling of a multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan for the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, Mr. Holness indicated that a report...

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 41 50,497 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 28 28,248 Males 13 22,246 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 year to 83 years 1 day to 108 years         PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 1 2,732 Hanover 0 1,376 Kingston & St. Andrew 10 13,937 Manchester...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 7), broke ground for the construction of a multipurpose building at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St. Andrew to house a paediatric cardiac ward and overnight parent suite. The two-storey facility, to be built over the next two years at a cost of approximately $120 million, will be developed...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica and the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been closely monitoring developments in Haiti. “Jamaica has expressed our willingness to participate in a mission [and] to use our good offices. We have engaged, through the Organization of American States (OAS), and otherwise, in an effort to...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the investments made by Chukka Caribbean Adventures to upgrade and reopen facilities in Jamaica, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is a further indication of investor confidence in the strengthening of the local tourism sector. Chukka spent US$2 million on a new nature adventure park, which opened in Sandy Bay, Hanover last December, and...

It is with regret that the Government and people of Jamaica have learned the shocking and tragic news of the assassination of the President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moïse at his home in Port-au-Prince on 7th July 2021. We express our deepest condolences to the family of President Moïse.  Jamaica condemns this unspeakable occurrence and stands in...

Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Southern, Mark Golding (second right), receives the first four of 200 drums that will be distributed in the communities of Allman Town and Jones Town in Kingston, at the Jones Town Primary School, on July 6. The initiative is to encourage citizens to properly dispose of their waste to...