The smiles of New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiaries, Jennifer Finnegan and Sophia Campbell, lit up their Cave Valley, St. Ann community, as Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presented them with the keys to their new houses on August 19. Ms. Finnegan lost her house to a fire, while the area in which Ms. Campbell lived was constantly...

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has partnered with the National Works Agency (NWA) to install fibre cables at eight courts in the Corporate Area. This has enabled the courts to share large volumes of information securely, as well as leverage other required services over the connection. As outlined in the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2021, the Office of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to finding a balance in how housing solutions are distributed to needy Jamaicans. Mr. Holness, who was speaking to reporters in Retirement, St. Ann on August 19, following the handing over of keys to two beneficiaries of the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), said the commitment includes facilitating...

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The country has recorded broad, notable gains across the four goals underpinning the long-term National Development Plan – Vision 2030 Jamaica. Being spearheaded by the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, the Plan seeks to position the island to achieve developed country status and make it the “place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business.” The national goals are...

Fifteen Justices of the Peace (JPs) from across Jamaica have been honoured for exemplary service by the Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica (LMAJ). At the entity’s 27th Golden Scale Awards Banquet held at Hotel Grand A View in Montego Bay on Saturday (August 20), the men and women were hailed for sterling contribution to nation-building and to the delivery of...