Acting Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Horace Chang is this afternoon extending condolences and support to the families of those killed yesterday (Friday, August 25) in Clarendon. Dr Chang says he is especially troubled by the killing of children which seems to be a growing trend by criminals. "I am deeply troubled by what seems to be a growing trend where these...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (August 10) launched the National Youth Summer Employment Programme under which some 2,300 youths will be employed over a four-week period. The young people, from across the island, will be engaged in the auditing of street lights and identifying vulnerable persons within communities who may require assistance during periods of natural...

Work on the J$564.7-million (US$4.4-million) Barbican Road improvement project in St. Andrew is slated to commence in two weeks. The four-month project, being implemented under the Administration’s Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) with funding support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China, entails significant upgrading of 1.1 kilometres of the 3.75-kilometre Barbican Road. This will involve major improvements...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is reassuring the country that the Government will act in the best interest of the Jamaican people while remaining open to foreign investment in the country. The Prime Minister made the comments as the Government signed a partnership agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) yesterday (August 9) for the Barbican Road Improvement Works project. “The...

Conducting business with the Government of Jamaica has now become easier with the official launch of the GOV.JM online portal. A one-stop shop for government-related information and services, GOV.JM will help to reduce cost, while improving efficiency. It is a project of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme (PTSP), Science, Energy and Technology Ministry and its portfolio agency eGov...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has strongly condemned the killing of 17 -year-old Micholle Moltan. Micholle was killed on Sunday (August 6) in her community in Arnett Gardens. Her 12- year-old sister was also shot and injured in the incident. The prime minister says the incident represents one of the vilest attacks on our young women. “There can be no divide...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is seeking to make special funds available for agricultural entities that manufacture value-added products. “We must support agriculture that is seeking to add value, not just to take in from the soil and sell it. We want to support those businesses in agriculture that are seeking to process and add...