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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

Forty-eight young people have been equipped with the technical skills and professional discipline to enhance their employability, having successfully completed the Jamaica National Service Corps’ (JNSC) Skills Track for Workforce Development. They are the first cohort to be trained under...

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.

Private Sector Urged to Champion Productivity

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.

PM Holness Applauds Fathers Committed to Strengthening Families

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.

PM Says as Communities Undergo Development the Environment Must Be Protected

7 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

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...

7 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Commends JNSC Youth Training Programmes for Assisting to Drive Down Unemployment

“Once you fix the attitude, your aptitude becomes boundless. That is why we have devised these programmes to focus on dealing with that element that we are placing in the labour force. If you come to the world of work with the right attitude, you will go further than the most brilliant and qualified and certified person.” - Prime Minister...

8 months ago 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...

8 months ago 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,...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing Wednesday’s (May 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

8 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Implementing Policies to End Absolute Poverty

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will continue to implement policies that will directly impact the lives of Jamaicans and contribute to ending absolute poverty in the country. Jamaica’s poverty prevalence for 2023 was estimated at 8.2 per cent, a decline from 16.7 per cent in 2021, which represents the lowest figure ever recorded since...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, shares a photo opportunity with members of staff during a special Mother’s Day function on Thursday (May 8). The event was held at the Office of the Prime Minister. The function honoured mothers who are staff members of the Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica House, and the Office of the Cabinet. Mother’s Day 2025 was observed on Sunday, May 11.

9 months ago Gender AffairsOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Holness Hails Mothers as Pillars of Jamaica’s Future

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expressing gratitude to mothers across Jamaica for their strength and the pivotal role they play in instilling values and attitudes in their children, shaping both their character and the nation’s future. “Mothers are our first teachers, shaping the moral compass of our children and, by extension, the soul of the society....

Senior Archivist, Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD), Alecia Litchmore.

9 months ago InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

JARD Urges MDAs to Strengthen Electronic Records Management

The Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) is reminding all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the critical need to manage and protect electronic records with the same level of diligence as traditional manual files. Senior Archivist at JARD, Alecia Litchmore, urges all institutions to bridge the gap between manual and electronic systems by adopting a hybrid approach. “The same...