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Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick.
Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick.

More Low-Income NHT Contributors to Access Grant

Effective July 1, low-income contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) will have a greater opportunity to access financial assistance, through the organisation’s expanded Home Grant facility. The Grant, which provides up to $3.5 million, was previously limited to contributors...
National Housing Trust (NHT) Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (June 24).
National Housing Trust (NHT) Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (June 24).

NHT Encourages Contributors to Take Advantage of Newly Implemented Housing Benefits
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) shares in conversation with (from left) Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman (left); Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; and Acting President of the Caribbean Military Academy, Lieutenant Colonel Nadine Notice. Occasion was the closing out ceremony for the first group of participants in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Skills Track for Workforce Development at the JDF Headquarters, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Friday (June 20).
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) shares in conversation with (from left) Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman (left); Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; and Acting President of the Caribbean Military Academy, Lieutenant Colonel Nadine Notice. Occasion was the closing out ceremony for the first group of participants in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Skills Track for Workforce Development at the JDF Headquarters, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Friday (June 20).

First Cohort of Young People Trained Under JNSC Skills Track
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front row, centre), shares a photo opportunity with graduates of the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Skills Training Programme during the closing out ceremony, held at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Headquarters, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Friday (June 20). Also pictured (from left, front row) are Acting Commanding Officer, Tenth Battalion JNSC, Major Jennifer McKenzie; Force Executive Officer, JDF, Brigadier Markland Lloyd; Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman; Deputy Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin; and Acting President, Caribbean Military Academy (CMA), Lieutenant Colonel Nadine Notice.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front row, centre), shares a photo opportunity with graduates of the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Skills Training Programme during the closing out ceremony, held at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Headquarters, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Friday (June 20). Also pictured (from left, front row) are Acting Commanding Officer, Tenth Battalion JNSC, Major Jennifer McKenzie; Force Executive Officer, JDF, Brigadier Markland Lloyd; Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton; Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman; Deputy Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin; and Acting President, Caribbean Military Academy (CMA), Lieutenant Colonel Nadine Notice.

HEART/NSTA Enrols 52,000 Students During First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025/26
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, delivers the main address during the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) 40th Annual Awards Banquet at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 12.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, delivers the main address during the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) 40th Annual Awards Banquet at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 12.

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Prime Minister Outlines the Evolving Role of HEART NSTA in Building a Workforce for Jamaica’s Future

“HEART is transitioning from being primarily a skills development and training institution to being the facilitator of preparing a workforce that is aligned to industry needs.” - Prime Minister Holness. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has outlined the transformation of the HEART/NSTA Trust into a key driver of workforce development and economic alignment in Jamaica. Speaking on Friday (June 20,...
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Prime Minister Holness Breaks Ground for More Than Two Thousand Houses to be Built on Landmark Longville Meadows Housing Development in Clarendon

“Every home we build takes a family out of uncertainty and into stability. Every home we build moves a family from poverty to prosperity,” Prime Minster Holness Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, who also serves as Minister of Housing, continues to advance low-income housing development with the groundbreaking of the Longville Meadows Housing Development in Clarendon. It marks the start...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre, front row), shares a photo opportunity with members of staff during a special Father’s Day function on Wednesday (June 11), The function was held at the Office of the Prime Minister. Fathers who are staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica House and the Office of the Cabinet were honoured during the event. Father’s Day 2025 will be observed on Sunday, June 15.
Gender AffairsOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Holness Applauds Fathers Committed to Strengthening Families

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended fathers who are committed to playing pivotal roles in strengthening families and, by extension, the nation. Describing fatherhood as one of life’s most sacred callings, Dr. Holness acknowledged fathers who embrace their responsibilities and make sacrifices for their children. He pointed out that, “across Jamaica… we honour the fathers… who...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over the Myton Gully Drainage Improvement Project in a ceremony on Tuesday (June 10), in Old Harbour, St. Catherine. Also participating are (from left) Project Manager for the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), Dane McLean; Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Western, Everald Warmington; Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank Group, Kirk Brown; Custos Rotulorum for St. Catherine, Hon. Icilyn Golding; and General Manager of Finance, Procurement and Standard at JSIF, Orville Hill.
EnvironmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Says as Communities Undergo Development the Environment Must Be Protected

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has underscored the importance of environmental stewardship as communities undergo development. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Myton Gully Drainage Improvement Project in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Tuesday (June 10), Dr. Holness maintained that as communities continue to develop, the environment must be protected for present and future generations. “We...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks (second left), accepts a token from Assistant Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, University of the West Indies, Mona, St. Andrew, Renee Gordon, during Thursday’s (June 5) inaugural Mona Engineering Project Expo. The event was held at the UWI. Sharing in the presentation are (from left) Faculty Dean, Dr. Adrian Lawrence; and Head, Biomedical Engineering, Sasha-Gay Wright.
Office of the Prime Minister

Engineering Key to Jamaica’s Digital Transformation and Bureaucratic Efficiency – Minister Marks

Engineering is pivotal to transforming Jamaica into a truly digital society and streamlining its bureaucratic systems, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks. “Bureaucratic reform is an engineering challenge, just as much as a political one; and right here at UWI...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, delivers remarks at the opening of the first European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Digital Alliance High Level Policy Dialogue, on Thursday (June 5). The event will be held at the S Hotel in Kingston from June 5 to 6.
Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime MinisterTechnology

EU and Caribbean Partners Discuss Digital Cooperation

Partners from the European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to hold talks on digital cooperation. The talks are being facilitated under the first EU-LAC Digital Alliance High Level Policy Dialogue. The high-level meeting, which is being co-chaired by Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, is being held at the S Hotel in Kingston,...
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