Members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness will today (January 17) begin three days of intense consultations and planning sessions. The consultations come as the end of the Parliamentary year approaches. The Cabinet will review the country’s performance over the past year in several sectors while looking to finalise the priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. It...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon (January 7, 2019) met with and received a full briefing from the Boards of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the St. Ann Development Company (SADCO) on the audit report into the operations of the Dunns River Falls attraction in St. Ann. Prime Minister Holness said the Boards should move with speed and alacrity...

The Prime Minister has assigned persons on the back benches of Parliament various tasks in support of the development of broad policy. These assignments are not part of the formal parliamentary process. For example, the Prime Minister assigned Senator Matthew Samuda the task of studying the impact of plastics on the environment and ways in which its effects can be...

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...

Phase one of the Vernamfield Development Project in Clarendon commenced on October 29 with the bushing of the aerodrome, and is scheduled to be completed by this week. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, during a Statement to the House of Representatives on December 4. By way of Cabinet...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is this morning (December 1) expressing sadness at the passing of the 41st President of the United States of America, George HW Bush. The Prime Minister recognized the 41st President as a man of strength and believer in the building of democratic institutions. “He oversaw the ending of the Cold War which was an extremely significant...