Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the police will continue to do the meticulous investigative work necessary to dismantle all the gangs in the country. Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18, Mr. Holness noted that over the last three years, 167 gangsters have been arrested and 130 placed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the use of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) has worked to reduce murders and shootings wherever they have been deployed. “I remain proud of the fact that this Administration was able to deploy and implement a framework to enable our security forces to use extraordinary powers and enhanced measures without doing violence...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund will provide $50 million, through a partnership with the National Education Trust (NET), towards the procurement and distribution of tablets to more than 2,000 students in infant schools islandwide. In his 2021/22 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 18),...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will continue work under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) as the main capital road project for the 2021/22 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 18). He said that during...

Applications for the renewal of environmental permits must be delivered to the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), says Applications Secretariat Branch Manager, Miguel Nelson. While the Jamaica Development Application Portal (JDAP) utilised by the agency allows for online application submissions, Mr. Nelson explained that the configuration for the submission of renewals is being developed. Copies of applications for permit...

The Government will be promulgating a new Protected Areas Act to enable the creation and regulation of a National Protected Areas System (NPAS) that is representative of Jamaica’s biological and cultural heritage. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18. He said...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says significant progress was made during 2020/2021 to replace aged water and sewage pipelines in the Corporate Area. Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 18, he said that more than 40 kilometres of aged water and sewage pipelines were replaced along Constant Spring Road...