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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

Diaspora A Reservoir of Capital, Skills and Expertise – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Jamaican diaspora represents a powerful reservoir of capital, relationships, skills and expertise that can be harnessed to assist in driving the country’s development. He was speaking at Tuesday’s (April 4) launch...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd right), and Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (3rd left), share a photo opportunity with representatives of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference’s Legacy Partners, during the launch of this year’s seventh staging of the biennial event at Jamaica House on Tuesday, April 4. From left are Jamaica National Group Deputy General Manager, Leon Mitchell; GraceKennedy Chief Executive Officer, Senator Don Wehby; Victoria Mutual Building Society President and Chief Executive Officer, Courtney Campbell; and J. Wray and Nephew Limited Production Director, Dwight Dalley. The event will be held at the Jamaica Conference, downtown Kingston, from July 23 to 26, under the theme ‘Partnering for Growth’.

PM Launches 7th Biennial Diaspora Conference

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness delivers statement in the House of Representatives on April 4.

Government Apologises to Victims of Coral Gardens

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Centre) receives the CARICOM Review Commission Report from former Prime Minister Hon Bruce Golding (Right). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith witnessed the hand-over.

PM Holness Receives Final Report from CARICOM Review Commission

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

PM Holness Leaves for Two-day Visit to Grenada

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PM Announces New Entity to Strengthen Relations With Diaspora

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that a new entity, Global Connect Jamaica (GloJam), is being established to strengthen the country’s engagements with members of the diaspora. Mr. Holness said GloJam, which will result from a reshaping of the Jamaica Diaspora Foundation and Jamaica Diaspora Institute, is geared towards encouraging more persons to invest in the country...

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Public Order Issues Hindering Growth in Tourism Sector says, PM Holness

Public order issues hindering growth in tourism sector says, PM Holness Prime Minister Andrew Holness says public order issues among other things are hampering the growth of tourism in Falmouth. “It (Falmouth)has so much history, the architecture is there, the people are there who are friendly and welcoming, but, public order issues, cleanliness issues, organisational issues of the town and...

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Identification System (NIDS) Project on Target

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the National Identification System (NIDS) project is on track for implementation in the 2017/2018 financial year. A Bill to establish a body to be called the National Identification and Registration Authority for the promotion, establishment and regulation of a national identification system for the registration, verification and authentication of the identity of citizens and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), receives the Elsa Leo-Rhynie Towers Hall Award from Student Services and Development Manager, Elsa Leo-Rhynie Hall, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Bertram Anderson. Occasion was the Hall’s annual banquet at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on March 23. The award is presented annually to a distinguished past student of UWI.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Urges UWI to Develop University Township

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to look at developing its real estate as part of a university township programme that could accommodate business process outsourcing (BPO) operations. With the projected continued growth in the industry, which also offers knowledge and information technology outsourcing, Mr. Holness said the development...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness. (FILE)

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Zones of Special Operations to be Established as Part of Crime Initiatives to Secure Jamaica

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today (March 21), announced the establishment of the Zones of Special Operations as part of the Government’s plan to secure Jamaica. Making his contribution to the 2017/2018 Budget Debate in Parliament, the Prime Minister said the legislation has been brought to the Houses of Parliament to ensure the special measures can take effect. The Bill entitled,...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Assures of Local Input in Plans for New Parliamentary Complex

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the plans for a new Parliamentary complex will borrow on the expertise of all relevant local skillsets. In a statement today, the prime minister said purposeful efforts will be made to include Jamaicans in the design and execution of the project. He said this was always the intention of the Government. "We are at a...

In this file photo, Accountant General, Mrs. Carlene Murdoch (right), assists pensioners at her office in downtown Kingston. The Accountant General’s Department serves over 40,000 Government pensioners.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Pensioners to Benefit from Increase

Government Pensioners including widows/widowers and dependants will receive an increase in their pensions next month (April 2017). Cabinet gave approval on March 2, for the increase with effect from July 1, 2016. Increases are applicable to pensioners who: • Retired not later than January 1, 2014; • Were not less than fifty- five (55) years of age at June 30,...