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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), tours the Lennox Bigwood community in Westmoreland on Wednesday (February 23), to assess the state of roads in the area.

Gov’t Addressing Road, Water And Housing Needs In Westmoreland

The Government will be undertaking repairs to road and water systems and providing indigent housing in several communities in Westmoreland. During a tour of the parish on Wednesday (February 23), Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie,...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw.

New Areas In Mining Sector To Be Targeted

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness Condemns Invasion of Ukraine

Teams compete in a cricket match at Chedwin Park, St. Catherine, during the 2021 staging of the Social Development (SDC) National Community Cricket Competition held in partnership with title sponsors, J Wray and Nephew. Applications for the 2022 staging close on March 4.

Applications For SDC Cricket Competition Close March 4

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Robert Morgan, fields questions from media personnel during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, on Wednesday (February 23).

Cabinet Approves Several Multimillion-Dollar Contracts

Acting Senior Director of the Environment and Risk Management Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Nicole O’Reggio, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 21.

4 years ago Climate Change

Updated Climate Change Policy To Be Aligned With New Realities

Updates to the Climate Change Policy Framework will bring the document into “alignment with new realities” says Acting Senior Director of the Environment and Risk Management Branch, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Nicole O’Reggio. The Ministry crafted Jamaica’s Climate Change Policy Framework in 2015, which prioritised the establishment of a sustainable institutional mechanism to coordinate climate action in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the ground breaking ceremony for the new Stony Hill Police Station in St. Andrew on Thursday (February 24).

4 years ago Foreign AffairsPrime Minister

Gov’t Working To Evacuate Students In Ukraine

The Government is pursuing all avenues to safely evacuate Jamaican students residing in Ukraine, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. This follows Russia’s military invasion into the neighbouring country on Thursday. “In my latest information, there are 27 students remaining in Ukraine; 25 are in a city called Kharkiv and one is in Kyiv. Fifteen have [already] left...

4 years ago Foreign Affairs

Government Of Jamaica Provides Update On Students In Ukraine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says that the Government of Jamaica continues to assist Jamaican students and their families where possible during this difficult period. We can report on the following information: • 15 students have left Ukraine • 26 students remain in Ukraine o 25 students are located in Kharkiv o 1 student is located L’viv...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left) and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips (second left), walk along the newly rehabilitated Mount Prospect farm road, after the official opening of the roadway on Wednesday (February 23). They are joined by farmers and residents of the area.

4 years ago AgricultureFisheries

Mount Prospect Farm Road Rehabilitated

Approximately 100 registered farmers in Mount Prospect, Manchester, are now better able to transport their produce to market, following the rehabilitation of a 300-metre stretch of roadway in the community. The farm road, which was officially opened on Wednesday (February 23) by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is one of many others in the Manchester North...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (February 23).

4 years ago Climate Change

Comments Invited On Emissions And Climate Change Policies

Members of the public are being encouraged to continue contributing to the discourse on the Government’s Emissions Policy Framework and the updated Climate Change Policy Framework by submitting written comments and suggestions. Comments can be sent to policycomments@megjc.gov.jm no later than March 31, 2022. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a social housing unit in Flagaman, St. Elizabeth, after a ceremony held on Wednesday (February 23). Sharing the occasion are (from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Southwestern, Hon. Floyd Green; Councillor for the Pedro Plains Division, Jeremy Palmer; recipient of the housing unit , Shelly-Ann Russell, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Robert Montague.

4 years ago HousingPrime Minister

Two Social Housing Units Handed Over To Residents In St. Elizabeth

Two housing units, built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), were handed over in the Barbary Hall and Flagaman communities in St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday (February 23), by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The three-bedroom units were handed over to Doreen Simms in Barbary Hall and Shelly-Ann Russell in Flagaman. In his address, the Prime Minister emphasised...

4 years ago Finance & Public Service

Do Tax Business this Saturday

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding the public that select Tax Offices will once again be open for business this month-end Saturday, February 26, 2022, as it has been doing every last Saturday since the start of the 2021/22 financial year. A growing number of customers doing walk-in business have been opting to avoid the usual busy month-end weekday period,...