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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...

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

Prime Minister to Attend High Level Caribbean Forum in Trinidad

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.

Utility Regulators Urged to Pay Close Attention to Impact of Climate Change

Prime Minister Names Enterprise Team for Solid Waste Management

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (third left), listens as Tourism Specialist at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mrs. Beverly Stewart (left), gives highlights of tourism projects being undertaken by the Fund, during a tour of exhibitions at a launch ceremony for the Fund’s 20th anniversary at Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston on October 25. They are accompanied by JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (right) and Park Ranger from the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Herma Dawes (second left). The 20th anniversary is being observed under the theme ’20 years of investing for community growth and development’.

JSIF Urged to Adopt New Approaches to Social Development

9 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right), addresses a retreat of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation held on Friday (October 21) at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. He is flanked by (from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; President of the Jamaica Free Zone Council, Metry Seaga; and Head of the Logistics Unit in the Ministry, Dr. Eric Deans. Mr. Holness used the retreat to encourage the speed-up of projects for the development of the logistics hub initiative.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Fast-Tracking Reforms to Improve Ease of Doing Business

The Government is fast-tracking business, legal and tax reforms to align with international best practices in order to achieve inclusive and sustained growth. Addressing a Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Retreat on Friday, (October 21), Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness said the administration’s task is to improve the ease and speed of doing business. “I cannot...

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterYouth

Youth Environmental Consultations Underway

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has embarked on a series of regional consultations islandwide under its Youth Environmental Advocacy Programme (YEAP). The forums, which kicked off at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on October 21, aim to increase young people’s knowledge, understanding and appreciation of and for the environment. They are also intended to engage the...

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Juliet Holness Attends Cyber Security Workshop

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Mrs. Juliet Holness is currently attending the Caribbean Regional Workshop for Parliamentarians and Policy Makers on Cyber Security in Washington DC. The Workshop began on the 17th of October and will end on the 20th. The workshop is organized in partnership between the Commonwealth Parliaments Association (CPA) and the Organisation of American...

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Heroes Day Message By Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

My fellow Jamaicans: We celebrate National Heroes Day at a time when its deep meaning and relevance could not be more significant. The life lessons bequeathed to us by our National Heroes, whose voices echo so eloquently across the span of time, prepare us for our present challenges. Now more than ever we need to rediscover the things which bind...

10 years ago Finance & Public ServiceOffice of the Prime Minister

Government and IMF Agree on New Three-Year Programme

The Government has reached a Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a US$1.7 billion three-year successor standby programme. This will replace the existing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) that ends in March 2017, once approved by the IMF’s Executive Board during its meeting, scheduled for November. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and...

Principal of Mona Heights Primary School in St. Andrew, Fabian Mahabeer (right), accepts educational material produced by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) from the agency’s Human Resource Clerk, Camille Hayles (left), during a visit to the school on Tuesday (October 11). Sharing the moment are students of the school. Mona Heights Primary was one of two institutions visited by the agency as it kicked off its Heritage Month school tours.

10 years ago InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

JIS Kicks off Heritage Month School Tour

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Tuesday (October 11) kicked off its annual Heritage Month school tours with stops at Half-Way Tree and Mona Heights Primary schools in the Corporate Area. The institutions were the first of the more than 20 to be presented with heritage packages comprising books and posters produced by the agency. Expressing gratitude for the publications,...