The National Works Agency (NWA) has closed a section of the John Golding Road in St. Andrew to vehicular traffic following the collapse of a pipe culvert. The NWA is moving to secure the break-a-way, which spans both lanes in the vicinity of the Hope Valley Experimental Primary and Infant School. Senior Communications and Customer Services Officer at the NWA,...

PRESS RELEASE - Several roads across the island continue to be impacted by the inclement weather. Teams from the National Works Agency (NWA) have been responding to rain related issues, in the parishes of St. Andrew, St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth, Hanover, Trelawny and Westmoreland. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says that some progress was made...

Recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA), Stanley Roy Archer, lives by the famous quote of former President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. Born in the parish of St. Ann, Mr. Archer grew up in Jeffery Town, St....

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 1938 labour protests and establishment of the Labour Department during Workers’ Week from May 14 to 23. The week, which includes Labour Day activities, was launched at the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday (May 1). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, said that Workers’ Week,...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew - Unemployment at Record Low Prime Minister th Most Hon. Andrew Holness says Jamaica’s unemployment rate has declined to a record low 9.6 per cent, as at the end of January 2018, down from the 10.4 per cent out-turn for the October to December 2017 quarter. The figures, provided by the Statistical Institute of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will not give up its strategic intent to combat crime in the country. His comment follows the Opposition’s position not to support the extension of the St. James State of Public Emergency beyond the current request to be brought to Parliament. “We fell into that trap in 2010 when we...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has no intention to sit idly by and watch the country’s iconic tourism brand get tarnished by criminals. Addressing a function at the Jewel Grande Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, on April 28, the Prime Minister said that on a recent trip overseas, he was frequently asked by journalists,...