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Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness (second right), listens as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of World Homes Jamaica Limited, William Lai (right), speaks about the types of amenities being provided through a new housing development being undertaken by his company, as is demonstrated by a model home. The Prime Minister broke ground for the construction of 230 housing units as part of the Foreshore Estate development in Delacree Pen in South West St. Andrew during a ceremony today (April 24). Also pictured (from left) are Councillor for the Greenwich Town Division, Karl Blake; and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke. In the background is Senior Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Donald Moore. World Homes Jamaica is undertaking the new low-income housing development in partnership with the NHT.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness (second right), listens as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of World Homes Jamaica Limited, William Lai (right), speaks about the types of amenities being provided through a new housing development being undertaken by his company, as is demonstrated by a model home. The Prime Minister broke ground for the construction of 230 housing units as part of the Foreshore Estate development in Delacree Pen in South West St. Andrew during a ceremony today (April 24). Also pictured (from left) are Councillor for the Greenwich Town Division, Karl Blake; and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke. In the background is Senior Manager, National Housing Trust (NHT), Donald Moore. World Homes Jamaica is undertaking the new low-income housing development in partnership with the NHT.

PM Holness Calls for Political Unity in Reducing Bureaucratic Culture

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says removing the existing bureaucratic culture will help to fast track several projects and grow the economy. Speaking yesterday (April 24) at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of 230 housing units as part of...
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left); and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, observing art pieces created in memory of the late Kimberly Risden by girls at Summerfield Child Care Facility in Clarendon, on Tuesday, April 24.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left); and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, observing art pieces created in memory of the late Kimberly Risden by girls at Summerfield Child Care Facility in Clarendon, on Tuesday, April 24.

Youth State Minister Extends Condolence to Family of Kimberly Risden
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), in discussion with Managing Director of Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, during the opening ceremony for the ninth annual Make Your Mark Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (April 24).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), in discussion with Managing Director of Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, during the opening ceremony for the ninth annual Make Your Mark Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (April 24).

State Minister Urges Increased Investments in Human Capital Development
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), examines a kite made by boys at St. Augustine Place of Safety in Clarendon along with Manager of the facility, Michael Coward (centre); and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey, following Tuesday’s (April 20) official opening of a new $16-million multipurpose building at the institution.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), examines a kite made by boys at St. Augustine Place of Safety in Clarendon along with Manager of the facility, Michael Coward (centre); and Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey, following Tuesday’s (April 20) official opening of a new $16-million multipurpose building at the institution.

New $16M Multipurpose Building Opened at St. Augustine Place of Safety
Prime Minster the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
Prime Minster the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

Prime Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Report Criminals

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), examines an ‘USAVER’ power bank lamp built from plastic bottles by a group of Career Advancement Programme (CAP) students who won an international award of US$7,500, at the recent Youth Entrepreneurship Summit held at the University of Delaware in the United States. The PM met with the students at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in St. Andrew today (April 24). Also pictured are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (fifth left); Permanent Secretary at the OPM, Audrey Sewell (seventh left); Technical Development Officer with the CAP programme, Avril Campbell-Brown (left), and the students.
Prime MinisterYouth

Prime Minister Implores Young People to Get Trained

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring young people to get involved in training programmes, so that their ideas can be transformed into tangible innovations. Mr. Holness was addressing a group of Career Advancement Programme (CAP) students who were awarded an international award of US$7,500 at the recent Youth Entrepreneurship Summit held at the University of Delaware in...
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Transport

Statement to Parliament on Implications of Sanctions on UC RUSAL By the U.S.- Hon Montague

Mr. Speaker, the Members of this Honourable House are aware that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added, amongst others, seven Russian oligarchs and twelve companies they own or control, to its Designated Nationals List (the OFAC Sanctions). Mr. Oleg Deripaska, the single largest shareholder in UC RUSAL, which is the parent company of...
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Founder and Chief Organizer of the MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera (centre), outlining details of the May 6 fundraising event during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay on April 20. Listening (from left) are MoBay City Run Logistics Coordinator, Emerson Whittley; Acting Director for the University of the West Indies Western Campus, Patrick Prendergast; Manager for the Montego Bay Branch of platinum sponsor, Courts, Glendon Lowe; and Administrator, University of Technology, Antoinette Smith.

Courts Endorses Mobay City Run as Platinum Sponsor

Manager for the Montego Bay branch of furniture and appliance retailer, Courts, the platinum sponsor for this year’s MoBay City Run, Glendon Lowe, says glowing testimonials from beneficiaries of the annual charity event are among the primary reasons for his organisation’s decision to support the initiative. The event’s organisers target financial support for early-childhood and tertiary students and institutions from...
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MoBay City Run Logistics Coordinator, Emerson Whittley (left), and Founder and Chief Organiser, Janet Silvera (centre), interact with (from second left) Acting Director, University of the West Indies Western Campus, Patrick Prendergast; Montego Bay Branch Manager for the charity event’s platinum sponsor, Unicomer Jamaica (Courts), Glendon Lowe; and Administrator, University of Technology, Antoinette Smith, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office on April 20.
EducationHealth & Wellness

Mobay City Run Beneficiaries Laud Charity Event’s Organisers

Beneficiaries of scholarships and other forms of academic support funded from the proceeds of the annual MoBay City Run are lauding the organisers’ gesture as a blessing for education in western Jamaica. Financial assistance totalling approximately $15 million has been extended to students enrolled at the western campuses of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and University of Technology...
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Local Government

Drop-In Centre for the Homeless to be opened in Ocho Rios

A drop-in centre for homeless persons in the parish of St. Ann is to be opened in Ocho Rios in May. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is expected to open the centre, after participating in the regular monthly sitting of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation. Speaking with JIS News, Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal...
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