Prime Minister Andrew Holness has made adjustments to the Cabinet. During the regular meeting of the Cabinet, this morning (Monday, March 26), Prime Minister Holness informed his Cabinet colleagues of the changes which are as follows: Hon. Dr Horace Chang moves to the Ministry of National Security. He was previously the Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, has launched the National Poverty Reduction Programme (NPRP). The programme, which was launched at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (March 21), aims to significantly reduce and eradicate poverty by 2030 through a framework facilitating efforts to this end. Minister without...

A multisectoral Working Group is to be established to commence development of the accompanying regulations for the National Identification and Registration Act. The regulations are expected to significantly underpin the governance framework for the proposed National Identification System (NIDS). This was disclosed by Chief Technical Director, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight...

Jamaica’s resilience to disaster and climate risk is being strengthened through various activities and initiatives being undertaken as part of the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) from 2016 to 2022, is funded by the Government of Jamaica through a loan agreement with the World Bank valued at...

President of the Mount Salem Community Development Committee, in St. James, Winsome Barnes, has lauded the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and other participating agencies for the effective implementation of social intervention initiatives that are already bearing fruit. “We have been working with JSIF for six months now and it has been good, as several other agencies have come on...

Chief Technical Director for the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, says biometric data compiled under the National Identification System (NIDS) will assist in reducing incidents of identity theft. Biometrics refer to identification based on the analysis of unique physical characteristics. With the increased incidents of identity theft, Mrs. Lynch-Stewart said this information...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there must be a transformed justice system within the framework of the long held proud tradition of judicial independence. The Prime Minister was speaking this morning [Thursday march 1] at the Ceremony at King’s House to confirm the Honourable Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes as Chief justice of Jamaica. Mr. Holness said for effective governance, transformation...