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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Stiffer Penalties Coming for Improper Waste Disposal

The Government is putting legislative measures in place to clampdown on improper waste disposal across the country. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his 2023 New Year’s Day address to the nation, pointed out that the ultimate transformation...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.

Jamaica to See A Sustained Reduction in Violent Crimes in 2023
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), engages with beneficiary under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Marsha Brown (left), during a recent handover ceremony in Stony Hill, St. Andrew. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second right).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), engages with beneficiary under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Marsha Brown (left), during a recent handover ceremony in Stony Hill, St. Andrew. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second right).

Social Housing Programme Beneficiaries Urged to Become Model Citizens
Claude “Big Stone” Sinclair (left), places a Jamaican flag on the grave of the late Amy Euphema Jacques Garvey, following a memorial service held at the St. Andrew Parish Church in Half-Way Tree on December 31. Looking on is Rev Fr Bertram Gayle.
Claude “Big Stone” Sinclair (left), places a Jamaican flag on the grave of the late Amy Euphema Jacques Garvey, following a memorial service held at the St. Andrew Parish Church in Half-Way Tree on December 31. Looking on is Rev Fr Bertram Gayle.

PHOTOS: Memorial Service for the late Amy Euphema Jacques Garvey
Former head of the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) Dr. Ernestine Watson.
Former head of the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) Dr. Ernestine Watson.

Former PSJ Head Warns Against Hoarding Prescription Drugs

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Tourism

Resurgence in Tourism Spurs Economic Growth in Jamaica

Jamaica’s resurgent tourism industry continues to largely spearhead the country’s gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic economic fallout. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) reports that the ‘Hotels and Restaurants’ category dominated the sector outturns fuelling third quarter 2022 calendar year growth of 5.9 per cent, between July and September. A STATIN communiqué on Friday (December 30) indicated that this...
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Newly appointed Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St. James take the Oath of Allegiance during their commissioning ceremony, which was held at the Holiday Inn Resort in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday (December 29).
JusticeNational Security

JPs Urged to Work with Police to Fight Crime

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is urging Justices of the Peace (JPs) to work more closely with the police to help curb crime and violence in the society. He noted that the “rights and freedoms of many of our citizens in many communities are being pushed over… by violence producers, who believe that because they have guns they can...
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Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Wayne Robertson.
Legal and Constitutional AffairsTechnology

Work Advanced on Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Website Development

Jamaicans will soon be able to access information on the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs website, development of which is far advanced. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Wayne Robertson, said internal reviews are under way. “The website looks good. We haven’t gone live yet but we intend to do so. Minor comments were made on the draft agreement...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister recently to announce states of public emergency (SOEs) in several parishes islandwide.
National SecurityPrime Minister

Vale Royal Talks to Resume in January

The Vale Royal Talks are expected to resume in January 2023 as part of efforts to build consensus on issues of national importance between the Government and Opposition. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure while addressing a recent press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister where he declared states of public emergency (SOE) in...
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Office of the Prime Minister

Enthrose Campbell Appointed to Lead JIS

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, has announced the appointment of Enthrose Campbell as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Minister Morgan hailed the appointment of the former Deputy CEO as a forward step in the evolution of JIS. “I feel excited...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister recently to announce states of public emergency in several parishes islandwide.
National Security

US Agencies Get List of Persons Overseas Supporting Criminals in Jamaica

The Government has provided United States (US) law-enforcement agencies with a list of names of persons overseas supporting criminal activities in the country. “I think it is important for criminals to understand that Jamaica does have very strong respected political and diplomatic links, and we have legal treaties and frameworks in which we can interdict and prosecute them in foreign...
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