Cabinet has given approval for the award of a contract for the procurement of 16,000 packs of SD Bioline Syphilis Test Kits and 1,000 packs of Oraquick HIV test kits in the amount of US$748,280, excluding General Consumption Tax (GCT), to Recharge Distributors Limited. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a virtual...

Cabinet has given approval for the award of a contract for the supply and delivery of four Flowserve Horizontal Pumping Units for the Gutters and Spur Tree Facilities, under the Greater Mandeville Water Supply Improvement Project, Manchester Phase 1A to 9. The contract has been awarded to Industrial and Municipal Supplies Incorporated in the amount US$2,403,771.60. This was disclosed by...

Cabinet has given approval for the transfer of the management of St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Andrew from the Ministry of Health and Wellness to the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). Currently, the hospital does not operate under the management of a Regional Health Authority, but operates as a public health facility, which only offers private services. This was...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in continuing to ensure that the Government is on strong footing to effectively manage Jamaica’s economic recovery, has recommended to the Governor General that Mr. Leslie Campbell MP, an Attorney at Law, be appointed Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. Mr. Campbell became a lawyer in 1994 having attended St...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the appointment of Hon. Karl Samuda to the post of Minister of Education, Youth and Information and Hon. Lester Mike Henry as Minister of Labour and Social Security effective June 18, 2020. Minister Samuda was previously Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information and Minister Henry was Minister without portfolio in...

All Cabinet members have been tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19), the results of which are negative. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, provided details at a virtual press conference held on Monday (April 20), at Jamaica House. “On Friday (April 17), you may have noticed that we did not have our usual press briefing, that is because we all...

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda is now a Cabinet Minister. He was sworn in at King’s House on Monday (February 17) by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, on the advice of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Senator Samuda will fill the vacancy left in the Cabinet by the resignation of former Minister without portfolio in...