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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

Winnie Was a Champion of Freedom – HPM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning paid respects to the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and hailed her as a champion of freedom. The anti-apartheid freedom campaigner died today (April 2) in her homeland South Africa. She was 81 years old. Prime...

Former National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (2nd left), looks on as Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (2nd right), unveils a plaque marking the official opening of the Caribbean Special Tactics Centre (CSTC) at the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) training camp in Moneague, St. Ann, on Monday (March 26). Others (from left) are: Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade; and Commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, Major General M.N. Rouleau.

Canadian High Commissioner Praises Jamaica Defence Force

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe (left), greets Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández, when the Ambassador called on her at the agency, on March 13.

Cuban Ambassador Calls on JIS CEO

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Government Monitoring Tariff on Aluminium in Us

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Foreign Secretary of Mexico, His Excellency Dr. Luis Videgaray Caso, shake hands following a joint press conference hosted by Minister Johnson Smith at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 6). Secretary Videgaray is in the island for a working visit from March 5 to 6.

Mexican Experts to Train Persons in Petroleum Industry

8 years ago Foreign AffairsNational Security and PeacePrime MinisterSenate

Senate Approves Motions to Extend State of Public Emergency in North St. Catherine

The Senate, on Thursday (March 29), unanimously approved two motions to extend the State of Public Emergency in the St. Catherine North Police Division until July 3, 2018, during its sitting at Gordon House. They are the Emergency Powers (No. 2) (Continuance) Resolution, 2018, and the Emergency Powers (No. 2) Regulations (Continuance) Resolution, 2018. All 16 members of the Senate...

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Jamaica Not Directly Impacted By US Tariffs on Aluminium and Steel

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica does not currently produce or export either aluminium or steel and would, therefore, not be directly impacted by the new United States (US) tariffs on imports of these products. Delivering a Statement in the Senate on Friday (March 16), at Gordon House, Senator Johnson Smith,...

8 years ago Foreign AffairsSenate

Senate Approves Bill to Protect True Origin of Products

The Senate on Friday (March 9) approved the Protection of Geographical Indications Bill, with three amendments. The Bill seeks to provide a stronger level of protection on geographical indications (GIs) of goods, thereby preventing a designation of a product as being made other than in the true place of origin. GIs are defined as indications that identify a good as...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left); and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez (second left), look on as juvenile offenders at the South Camp Correctional Facility in Kingston demonstrate their yoga skills during a tour of the facility on Monday (March 5). Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Hunter (third right); and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Andrew Colburn (right), also observe the yoga demonstration.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

OAS Impressed With ‘A New Path’ in Jamaica

Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez, has hailed implementation of the organisation’s ‘A New Path’ project in Jamaica, noting that it is positively changing the lives of the beneficiaries and guiding them along a path of economic independence. He was speaking during a site visit to the all-female South Camp Correctional Facility in...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), listens to a point being made by the Organization of American States (OAS) Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel (right), at the opening ceremony of the organisation’s 70th anniversary celebrations, at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, on March 5. At centre is Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, Ambassador Marcia Gilbert Roberts.

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Minister Hails OAS

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has hailed the Organization of American States (OAS) for its role in aiding Jamaica’s social development and that of other nations in the Caribbean region. Speaking at the opening of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the OAS, at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of The University...

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Foreign Affairs

Gov’t to Spend $12 Billion on Road Infrastructure Works

The Government will be spending $12 billion to improve road infrastructure across the island in the upcoming fiscal year under the Major Infrastructure for Development Programme (MIDP). The funds have been provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Among the projects is the widening of Hagley Park Road in Kingston to four lanes. Improvements...

8 years ago Foreign Affairs

PM Holness Attends CARICOM Inter-sessional in Haiti

Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this morning to attend the 29th Inter-sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Prime Minister Holness will lead Jamaica’s position on several matters key to regional integration including the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Disaster Management, Climate Change...