The Government is updating the National Energy Policy (2009-2030) to ensure that it reflects global and local changes and positions the energy sector to become a more secure, sustainable, clean and reliable sector over the next 30 years. The updated Policy will also provide guidance towards achieving the target of 50 per cent renewables within the electricity sector. This was...

The Ministry of Justice will be focusing on delivering alternative services through the recently established Social Justice Division during the upcoming 2023/24 fiscal year. The Government will also continue to deliver services in the areas of legal aid, expungement of criminal records, minister’s marriage licences, and the processing of applications for persons to be appointed as Justices of the Peace....

The Government is moving forward in transitioning Jamaica to a Republic. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, said that the Constitutional Reform work to facilitate the transition will be assisted by a high-level Constitutional Reform Committee that will play an advisory and oversight role. He was delivering the Throne Speech to open the 2023/24 Parliamentary Year in...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) will introduce a new financing model during the 2023/2024 Financial Year, which will entail partner arrangements with regulated mortgage-lending institutions. This framework is intended to significantly increase the supply of mortgages while at the same time release funds to focus on the development of affordable housing. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen,...

Implementation of the new public-sector compensation system, which commenced in December 2022, will continue until fiscal year 2024/25. The new system aims to reduce and simplify the unwieldly 325 salary scales and 185 allowances and partly represents a continuation of the Government’s public sector transformation programme. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure while delivering...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on young leaders to live by the “I Believe” mantra in putting service above self and making a positive difference in the lives of others. The Governor General, who was addressing the Model United Nation’s Investiture Service at the York Castle High School in Brown’s Town, St. Ann,...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has been presented with the Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fellowship. He was one of three persons bestowed with the prestigious honour during the Rotary Club of Kingston’s luncheon held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (January 26). Two others are Rotarians, Major (Ret’d) Effiom Whyte and...

The nation’s leaders are being encouraged to embody the principles of peace, justice and forgiveness, and set examples for the society to emulate. Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the call while addressing Thursday’s (January 19) 43rd National Leadership Prayer Breakfast at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was held under the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), accepts Letters of Credence from Ambassador-designate of the Federal Republic of Germany, Jan Hendrik van Thiel, during a courtesy call at King’s House on January 13.