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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.
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.

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,...
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, exchanges pleasantries with Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, as she arrives for talks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday (September 25).
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, exchanges pleasantries with Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, as she arrives for talks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday (September 25).

PHOTOS:Prime Minister Holness Meets with Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left) greets Denmark’s Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, prior to the leaders holding bilateral talks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday (September 25).
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left) greets Denmark’s Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, prior to the leaders holding bilateral talks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday (September 25).

PHOTOS: Prime Minister Holness Holds Bilateral Talks with Prime Minister of Denmark
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses members of the Jamaican Diaspora in New York at the Jamaican Consulate on Tuesday (Sept. 25). Seated (from left) are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith; and Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses members of the Jamaican Diaspora in New York at the Jamaican Consulate on Tuesday (Sept. 25). Seated (from left) are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith; and Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans.

Gov’t Working to Ensure Safety and Security of Jamaicans – PM
President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA), Karen Bisnott, addressing leaders and educators of independent and private institutions during a recent sensitisation session at Jamaica College on Old Hope Road in Kingston. The session covered topics under the National Standards Curriculum (NSC) and the Primary Exit Profile (PEP).
President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA), Karen Bisnott, addressing leaders and educators of independent and private institutions during a recent sensitisation session at Jamaica College on Old Hope Road in Kingston. The session covered topics under the National Standards Curriculum (NSC) and the Primary Exit Profile (PEP).

Independent and Private Schools Encouraged to Register with JISA

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Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, on September 26.
Justice

More Cases Being Completed in the Courts

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is reporting improvement in the completion of cases brought before the nation’s courts since the start of this year. He said statistics indicate that for the first six months of 2018, an average of 90 of every 100 cases that came in during the period were completed. This is an improvement from data over...
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Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), receives a guide to gender aware analysis of media content from Women’s Media Watch (WMW) Jamaica Coordinator, Michelle Golding Hylton (second left), at a Caribbean Media and Gender Forum, held at the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, on September 26. Others (from left) are Director of WMW Jamaica, Judith Wedderburn; and Executive Director of WMW Jamaica, Patricia Donald Phillips.
Gender Affairs

Sexual Harassment Bill to be Tabled by Year End

The Government is moving with alacrity to have the Sexual Harassment Bill tabled in Parliament and has given assurance that it will be done by year end. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Bill, “with all the revisions that were recommended by Cabinet, is ready to be signed off on”. The Minister was speaking at...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a teacher sensitisation and consultation session at the West Jamaica Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (September 25).
EducationInformation

Teachers Must Customise Lessons to Meet Needs of Students – Senator Reid

Teachers must customise lessons to meet the individual needs and learning styles of students, says Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. “Our children have different learning styles. Not all our children will achieve the same level of performance at the same time… so within our classes, we must have diversity,” he noted. “As that master...
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Chairman of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Dr. Nsombi Jaja addresses the JaCSA leadership breakfast forum held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on September 26.
Commerce

Jamaicans Urged to Share Positive Customer Service Experiences

Chairman of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA), Dr. Nsombi Jaja, is encouraging Jamaicans to recognise and celebrate service providers who, despite constraints, continue to deliver excellent customer service. “The lens that we look through will determine what we see, and if you are looking for negative customer service, you will get plenty of it. If we want to see...
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Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Ambassador MalgorzataWasilewska, speaks at the launch of the ‘Win- Win: Gender Equality means Good Business’ initiative on September 25 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Gender Affairs

Gender Focal Points Established in MDAs

Gender focal points have been established in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in all policies, programmes and projects, in keeping with the National Policy for Gender Equality (NPGE). Approximately 106 senior policymakers have been trained to date in keeping with their appointment as gender focal points. In addition,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (at podium), responding to questions posed by journalists during today’s (September 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Foreign Affairs

Cabinet Approves Amendment to Visa Requirements with Russian Federation

Cabinet has given approval for an amendment to the agreement between the Government and the Russian Federation for the waiver of visa requirements for periods not exceeding 90 days per annum. Speaking at today’s (September 26), post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, pointed out that the initial agreements of...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses yesterday
EducationInformation

Minister Says School-Feeding Programme Progressing Well

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the national school feeding programme is progressing satisfactorily. Speaking at today’s (September 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, the Minister informed that the Government has provided a substantial amount of resources to the programme. “When the Government came into power (in 2016), one of the first things...
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