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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (File)

Infrastructure Upgrading Continues in Mount Salem

Work continues in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in St. James to improve community infrastructure and the physical environment. A Ministry Paper tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,...

Programme Director of the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

Financial Institutions Look Forward To Implementation of NIDS

Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Nicolette Williams (3rd left); President of the Jamaican Association of Maryland (JAM), Rick Nugent (left); and and Maryland State Senator, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (right), share a moment with JAM awardees at the organisation's Independence gala held on August 4, in Baltimore, Maryland. The JAM awardees (from 2nd left) are: Ezra Sterling, Dermoth Brown, and Cecil Clarke.

Jamaicans Urged to Count Blessings

Custos Rotulorum of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (left), engages with President of the Association of Past Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Benevolent Society, Clarence Taylor (centre), and Chapter Two President, Louis Chambers. Occasion was the 24th annual general meeting of the association held at the Vereny House Resort in St. James on August 9.

Retired Cops Urged to Engage Youth

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right),listens attentively to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter, at a ceremony to confer Jamaican citizenship on 32 persons, held on August 9 at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew.

Stringent Vetting Process for Jamaican Citizenship – PICA

7 years ago CARICOM

Jamaica Hosts Three-Day RBM System Seminar

A three-day sensitisation seminar on the CARICOM Results Based Management (RBM) System will be held in Jamaica from August 14 to 16. The seminar opens at 9:00 a.m. at the Office of the Prime Minister, 1 Devon Road, Kingston 10, where a discussion will be held with Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Cabinet Secretary, Office of...

7 years ago National Security

Projects Ongoing in Denham Town ZOSO

Several projects are currently in progress or scheduled for action in the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), in Kingston. This is according to a Ministry Paper tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. To this end, the Zinc Fence Substitution and Integrated Infrastructure Project is targeting the substitution of over...

7 years ago Local Government

NWC Undertakes Emergency Pipeline Works

Several sections of the Corporate Area will experience a disruption in water supply today and tomorrow (Saturday, August 11), from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This is due to emergency pipeline works being carried out by the National Water Commission (NWC). The works being carried out form part of the NWC’s ongoing Non-Revenue Water Reduction Programme, and involve the installation...

7 years ago Local GovernmentYouth

Local Government Ministry Takes 3,500 Youth for Summer Employment Programme

More than 3,500 youth from all parishes will participate in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). The programme, which starts officially on Monday, August 13, will now last for six weeks, having been extended for an additional two weeks over last year. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, provided...

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Holness Suspends No-Sleeveless Policy

As promised, the Government has reviewed the longstanding practice of prohibiting women wearing sleeveless attire, from entry into government buildings. Prime Minister Andrew Holness has formally given instructions for the suspension of the no-sleeveless policy and instructed a full review of government dress code practices. It has been found, that while the practice exists to prohibit persons who wear sleeveless...

7 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

No Trade Off Between Speed and Process – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stressed that there must be a speedier process of bureaucracy in Jamaica in keeping with Government policies and procedures. Speaking at the official opening of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Head office in Jamaica yesterday (August 9), Prime Minister Holness said while the country grapples with the notion that the process of service must take...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (second left), observe as a workman mixes cement during a tour of the Court of Appeal building on King Street, downtown Kingston, which is being expanded to house more courtrooms. The tour was conducted on August 9.

7 years ago Justice

Expansion of Court Of Appeal Building to be Completed by September

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says expansion of the Court of Appeal building on King Street in downtown Kingston is progressing smoothly and is on track for completion before the start of the new court term, which begins in September. “I think we are still on target. The major deliverables to come would be the elevators and they should...