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PROFILE OF THE HON. ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS, M.P., PRIME MINISTER Andrew Michael Holness, Minister of Education from September 2007 to October 2011, was the Minister with responsibility for Electoral Matters and the Leader of Government Business in the House of Parliament since 2008. Mr. Holness was first elected to represent the constituency of West Central St. Andrew in 1997 at...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon Pearnel Charles, says that the Jamaica Liaison Service (JLS) in Toronto has been instructed to provide necessary legal support for the investigations into the deaths of two Jamaican farm workers in the Canadian city on Friday. "We are awaiting a report from the Canadian authorities, including the police, as well as the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the road works being undertaken under the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) cannot address all roads at once. He was addressing the St Ann launch of the project in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on September 10. He directly addressed concerns about the selection of road projects and said that all...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says the people of Treasure Beach, in St. Elizabeth, through their community consciousness, have made the area a major tourist destination. "The growth of this community, the extent to which its name has gone abroad and has become such a unique attraction for visitors to Jamaica, is partly due to ownership that the people...

The 15th Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) ended Friday (September 10) amidst claims of great achievements and concrete plans for the future. Director PANCAP Coordinating Unit, Carl Browne, gave an overview of the main issues discussed and decisions taken during the meeting at a Press Conference at the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be discussing a number of critical national issues in a one-hour interview titled 'A conversation with the Prime Minister' to be carried on mainstream radio and television stations, this Sunday, September 12. The interview will be conducted by veteran journalist, Ian Boyne. The programme will hear frank and detailed comments from the Prime Minister on...

New Scheme football team emerged winners of the Daryl Vaz West Portland Football Corner League competition, at the finals at Lynch Park, Buff Bay, Portland, Wednesday (September 8). The competition, which is in its third year, aims to foster community development and social interaction among residents, as well as showcasing the talents of the youths. Speaking at the presentation ceremony,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) will have a positive spin-off by stimulating the economy. Mr. Golding was speaking at the Manchester launch of the JDIP in Christiana on September 9. The JDIP is a five-year public works programme, funded by a loan of $36 billion secured by the Road Maintenance Fund from...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, is scheduled to meet with heads of private sector organisations at Jamaica House on Thursday morning (September 2), to discuss a number of national issues of concern. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on September 1....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, launched the St. Elizabeth leg of the Government's massive Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), estimated to cost some $36 billion, at the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (August 31). The full programme includes significant upgrading and repairs to roads and bridges across the island over the next five years. The St....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said that Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has assured him that the inflation rate for this fiscal year would finish lower than what was projected. He was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Infrastructure Development Programme (JIDP) in Lewisville, St. Elizabeth on August 31. Mr. Golding, who repeated...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council Monday (August 30) held a workshop for members of its disaster management operation, representing some 30 persons drawn from various agencies, at the Port of Call Hotel. Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, told JIS News that the training was an opportunity to refresh members of the Parish's Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) of their...