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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), looks over documents just before the start of a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (June 16), to announce road improvement projects to be undertaken by the Government. Looking on is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (File Photo)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), looks over documents just before the start of a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (June 16), to announce road improvement projects to be undertaken by the Government. Looking on is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (File Photo)

New Oversight Committee for Standby Arrangement with IMF

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that a new Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) has been formed to oversee the implementation of the Government’s new standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The renewed EPOC will...
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Government Establishes Tripartite Monitoring Framework for IMF Precautionary Stand-By Agreement
Principal Director, Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Albert Daley (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Oral Khan (left) peruse a document at the opening of a three-day Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop for government entities at the Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on June 20. Looking on is climate finance expert, Dr. Jason Yapp. (File photo)
Principal Director, Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Albert Daley (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Lt. Colonel (Ret’d) Oral Khan (left) peruse a document at the opening of a three-day Climate Finance Readiness Training workshop for government entities at the Hotel Four Seasons in St. Andrew on June 20. Looking on is climate finance expert, Dr. Jason Yapp. (File photo)

IPCC Reps to Take Part in Climate Change Awareness Week
Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (left), and University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor and Mona Campus Principal, Professor Archibald McDonald (3rd left), listen as Geoinformatics Specialist, GeoTech Vision, Sheree Cameron (right), explains the features of the ebee sensefly survey grade mapping drone during the 14th National GIS Day Exposition at the UWI in St. Andrew, today (November 16). Others sharing in the moment (from 2nd left) are Grade 13 students of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew: Damoi Escoffery, George-Ann Prendergast, and Selena Salmon.
Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (left), and University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor and Mona Campus Principal, Professor Archibald McDonald (3rd left), listen as Geoinformatics Specialist, GeoTech Vision, Sheree Cameron (right), explains the features of the ebee sensefly survey grade mapping drone during the 14th National GIS Day Exposition at the UWI in St. Andrew, today (November 16). Others sharing in the moment (from 2nd left) are Grade 13 students of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew: Damoi Escoffery, George-Ann Prendergast, and Selena Salmon.

GIS Technology Deemed a Pivotal Environmental Tool
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and former Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson, exchange words as they focus on activities during a closing ceremony for Phase II of Exercise Tradewinds 2016, at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) polo field at Up Park Camp on June 28. (File Photo)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and former Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson, exchange words as they focus on activities during a closing ceremony for Phase II of Exercise Tradewinds 2016, at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) polo field at Up Park Camp on June 28. (File Photo)

Major General Anderson to be Appointed Jamaica’s First National Security Advisor Effective December 1, 2016

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Special Focus On Climate Change Nov. 29 to Dec. 3

Climate-change adaptation and mitigation and the overall impact on the region will be the focus for the inaugural observance of Climate Change Awareness Week (CCAW), slated for November 29 to December 3. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the week’s activities will include meetings, workshops, a symposium, an expo and a walk. In an interview with...
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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness Congratulates United States of America President-Elect

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended congratulations on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica, to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald J. Trump. The Prime Minister communicated the great value placed by Jamaica on the longstanding friendship and cooperation, which has shaped our bilateral relationship with the United States for more than 50 years....
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PM Meets Jamaican Diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago

Over 150 members of the Jamaican diaspora turned out on Tuesday evening, 2nd November to meet Prime Minister Andrew Holness at the Jamaican High Commission in Port of Spain. Prime Minster Holness was on a one-day visit to Trinidad and Tobago for the IMF’s 2016 High-Level Caribbean Forum. Declaring that the diaspora, including the Caribbean diaspora, were part of Jamaica’s “commonwealth” Prime...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
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OPM to Take Lead on Public-Sector Reform

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) will be leading by example in the push for public-sector reform. He said he has already given directive for the OPM to identify ways it can restructure its operations. Mr. Holness indicated that he has also...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the 14th Annual Conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) at the Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, on October 28.
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Utility Regulators Urged to Pay Close Attention to Impact of Climate Change

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is urging utility regulators to pay close attention to the effects of climate change on the Caribbean region, as they seek to draft regulations to mitigate its impact. Speaking at the 14th annual conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) at the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
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Prime Minister Names Enterprise Team for Solid Waste Management

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning (Monday, October 31) announced the formation of a nine member Enterprise Team to manage the process of the government’s waste to energy programme as well as contracting out solid waste management and collection. The team will also manage the divestment of the Riverton City landfill. The members of the Enterprise team are: Mr. Lyttleton...
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