Prime Minister Andrew Holness has wrapped up his ten-day working visit to three major international Summits where he delivered key presentations. During his official working visit, the Prime Minister signed a major agreement and made several important announcements. In the US capital, Washington DC, the Prime Minister gave a keynote address at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Conference on Building...

Since the 39th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Montego Bay last July, we have continued on the path towards making the CSME more effective and more responsive to the needs of Community nationals. We have just concluded two days of intense, frank and decisive discussions on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during which we...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin today signed an Energy Framework to foster cooperation on energy and infrastructure investment in Jamaica. Prime Minister Holness and Secretary Mnuchin signed the Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Investment and Energy Cooperation at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Framework is part of a U.S. initiative called...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, says protection of Jamaica’s music and creative works is critical to national development. “We must protect our music, which is being marketed to the world, more so now than we have done in the past. The Government has moved to increase protection in revising the Copyright Act,...

Fifty-seven of the nation’s youth, who have made invaluable contributions in various areas of national life, were presented with the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence during a ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House on Saturday (Nov. 24). The award recipients, which include 2017 Miss Jamaica Universe, Davina Bennett; Olympic Gold Medalist, Omar McLeod; and Reggae Girl, Kadijah...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness departed the island this afternoon (Sunday, November 25) for official working visits to three major international Summits where he will deliver key presentations. The Prime Minister will travel to the capital of the United States of America, Washington D.C.  He will then travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina and finally wrap up his official working trip in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to providing more affordable housing solutions for residents of St. James as part of a strategy to tackle squatting in the parish. “The National Housing Trust (NHT) has been building solutions. The Estuary, phases one and two, is a major development and there are others as well –...