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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), with (from left) Chair of the Public Sector Transformation Oversight Committee, Danny Roberts; Vice Chair of the Economic Growth Council, Ambassador Nigel Clarke; Executive Director of the Public Sector Transformation Implementation Team, Maria Thompson Walters; and state ministers in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams and Hon. Rudyard Spencer, following a meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister on January 5, in which the Prime Minister delivered a policy statement on the public-sector transformation process.

Priorities Being Implemented to Transform Public Sector

The Government has already started the implementation of priorities in its strategic push towards transforming the public sector for increased efficiency. This is according to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who said his Government is committed to providing...

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

2017 New Year’s Message from Prime Minister, Most Hon. Andrew Holness

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

Prime Minister Sends Condolences to Family of Soldier

Prime Minister Appeals for a Loving and Peaceful Christmas

Christmas Message 2016 from Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness

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Prime Minister Says Public Sector Transformation Will Reduce Corruption

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says implementation of the public-sector transformation programme will serve to reduce corruption across the Government ministries, departments and agencies. Delivering a policy statement on the programme at the Office of the Prime Minister on January 5, he said that improvements in the efficiency of the public sector will lead to a decrease in...

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

FCJ Announces New Managing Director

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Mr. Lyttleton ‘Tanny’ Shirley, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Donald Farquharson as the new Managing Director of the organization as of December 1, 2016. Dr. Farquharson has served in positions at the highest level of the public and private sectors for over twenty...

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Government to Provide Training For The BPO Sector

The Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr. Horace Chang says Jamaica’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector will be improved through specialized training. The government is targeting the BPO sector for significant growth which will positively impact the administration’s 5:4 target to grow the economy. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of some of the island’s...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (2nd right), participates in the handing over of a mixing board to the Pembroke Hall High School in Kingston on December 13. The mixing board is one of several pieces of musical equipment valued at $800,000 donated to the school by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of CHASE, W. ‘Billy’ Heaven; Member of the Board of Directors for the CHASE Fund, Novlette Howell; 2nd Band Master at Pembroke Hall High, Dean Mitchell; Band Master, Audley Searchwell; and Acting Principal of the school, Sharon Foster.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

CHASE Donates Music Equipment to Pembroke Hall High School

The Culture Health Arts Science and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated musical equipment valued at $800,000 to the Pembroke Hall High School. The equipment, which was handed over during a ceremony held on Tuesday (December 13) on the school grounds in Kingston, will go towards the development of the institution’s music programme. Included are a mixing board, speaker boxes, monitors...

Government and Opposition members at a meeting on Tuesday.

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Holds Productive Meeting with Opposition

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon (Tuesday, December 13) met with members of the Opposition led by Opposition leader Portia Simpson Miller at the Office of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister extended the invitation to discuss several matters. Prime Minister Holness explained the elements of the $548 Million Islandwide Mitigation Programme. He informed the Opposition of changes to the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, giving the keynote address at the Edu-TVET Conference at the Holiday Inn Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on December 8.

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Prime Minister Says BPO Sector Critical for Growth and Job Creation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is critical in the plan for inclusive economic growth and job creation, and that by next year, at least seven additional companies are expected to come on stream. Addressing the Edu-Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference on December 8 at the Holiday Inn Resort...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the Edu-Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on December 8

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Jamaica has Tools to Succeed – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says his Administration has no intention to forever rely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be the inspiration for change, noting that the country has the required tools to succeed. Mr. Holness, who was giving the keynote address at the Edu-Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference at the Holiday Inn...