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Illegal Firearms Trafficking A Threat To CARICOM – Chang

Chairman of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) and Jamaica’s National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang, says the illicit trafficking of illegal firearms is a significant challenge for the region. Addressing Thursday’s Committee meeting on Hemispheric...

The country’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-Mckenzie, addresses the weekly COVID Conversations press briefing from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ New Kingston offices on Thursday (August 13).

Jamaica Calls on Commonwealth Countries to Continue to Advance Collaboration

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing Friday's (April 23) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Jamaica Provides Humanitarian Assistance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, listen to the input of participants in the 12th Special Emergency Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which was held virtually, on Friday (September 11).

PHOTOS: PM Holness at virtual CARICOM meeting

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts (centre), and Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández (left), view the exhibit highlighting diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Cuba over the years, which opened on Monday (December 9) in the Ministry's main lobby, 21 Dominica Drive, New Kingston. Providing details about the display at right is Foreign Service Officer for the Caribbean and Americas, Cleopatra Parkins.

Foreign Affairs Ministry Mounts Exhibit on Cuba-CARICOM Relations

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

7 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

End of Year Message by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community The Most Honourable Andrew Holness

I bring season’s greetings to the people of our Caribbean Community on behalf of all Heads of Government at this joyous time of year. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has had an eventful year both regionally and internationally. We have seen advances in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, (CSME), the signing of the New Multi-Lateral Air Services Agreement and we...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton arriving at the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD

8 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

CARICOM Must Remain Committed to Fighting NCDs – PM Holness

Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of CARICOM, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness has called on Heads of Government in the Caribbean region to remain steadfast and committed to the fight against Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The Prime Minister says the region must renew its commitment, which was made more than ten years ago, to tackle NCDs. “Recognizing that NCDs...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness at a High-Level Meeting of twenty Heads of Government yesterday (Wednesday, September 26) where he was designated Co-Chair of the UN Climate Change Initiative.

8 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness Chair, Conference Heads of Government, CARICOM

I wish to add my own words of welcome to this event, as we critically discuss the health and wellbeing of our region’s most valuable resource, our people. The Caribbean has the highest mortality and obesity rates in the Americas, with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) accounting for 3 out of every 4 deaths. Sadly, a significant amount occurs during our most...

8 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

PM Heads to Barbados for CARICOM Sub-Committee on CSME

Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this afternoon (September 4) for the Ninth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Bridgetown Barbados. Under his Chairmanship, at the the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, held in Jamaica in July, it was agreed that the CSME...

8 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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness (right), responds to questions from journalists during a press conference on Friday (July 6), following the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from July 4 to 6. Also pictured is Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia Mottley.

8 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

Measures to Fast-Track Full Implementation of CSME

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have put measures in place to fast-track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Among the strategies is a special meeting of CARICOM Heads to focus solely on the CSME. It is to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in November this year. This was disclosed by Prime...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, highlights a point while addressing a press conference on Friday (July 6) at the closing of the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from July 4 to 6. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Holness.

8 years ago CARICOMPrime Minister

All CARICOM States to Have Refusal Procedures in Place By August 1

By August 1, 2018, all member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are to have in place procedures on the refusal of entry of CARICOM nationals travelling across the region. The procedures, which will be applied at the border of each country, were adopted by CARICOM leaders during the just-concluded 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government...