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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, announcing the new Speed Task Force to reduce bureaucracy and enhance efficiency in doing business. He was delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Stock Exchange Investments & Capital Markets Conference held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).

PM Announces Task Force To Improve Speed of Doing Business

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced the establishment of a Speed Task Force that will work to reduce bureaucracy and red tape in the public sector. The initiative is part of the Government's broader strategy to...

Assistant General Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (January 16).

NHT Accepting 2017 Contribution Refund Applications Via Website and Online Platforms

Television Production Assistant, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Aleisha Miller (back row, right), shares a photo opportunity with students and staff of the HEART/NSTA Trust Newport Campus in Manchester, during a tour of the JIS Television offices in Kingston on Tuesday (January 14). In back row (from left) are HEART/NSTA Trust Multimedia Production Instructor, André Adams; and students Genel Parker, Giovanni Roye, Matthew Simpson, and Jordan Whitely. In from row (from left) are Kaylia Rose, Rahiene Thompson, Asha Wisdom, and Tajay Stewart. The students also visited the JIS headquarters on Half-Way Tree Road on the day.

PHOTOS: HEART/NSTA Trust’s Newport Campus Students Tour

National Housing Trust (NHT) Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick.

NHT to Begin Accepting Refund Applications for Contributions Paid Up to 2017 on Jan. 1

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), shares a hug with Dorothy Scott, one of the new homeowners in the St. Paul’s Lane housing development in Tower Hill, St. Andrew. Occasion was the hand over of keys to 36 housing units in the development on Wednesday (December 11). Sharing the moment is Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Linval Freeman.

PM Hands Over Keys to 36 Housing Units in St. Paul’s Lane

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, second left), affixes his signature, as a witness, to the signing of four contract packages with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to undertake works under the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The contract signing ceremony was held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday (December 5). Other signatories (seated from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; CHEC

1 year ago Office of the Prime MinisterWorks / Construction

Contracts Signed for the Start of Work Under SPARK Programme

Work is expected to begin this month on the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The Government, on Thursday (December 5) signed four contracts valued at $36.04 billion, with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to undertake works under the project. Work will commence in St. Andrew Western, which is represented by Member of Parliament, Anthony...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), symbolically breaks ground for the construction of the approximately $127-million Olympic Way Cultural Community Centre at 119B Olympic Way, St. Andrew West Central, during the site handover and official groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday (December 4). He is joined by (from left) Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; Executive Director, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Leslie Harrow; Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund Chairman, Omar Frith; Chief Executive Officer, Wilford “Billy” Heaven, and Director, Nicole McLaren Campbell.

1 year ago Office of the Prime Minister

Ground Broken for Multimillion-Dollar Olympic Way Cultural Community Centre

Residents of Olympic Gardens in St. Andrew West Central are set to benefit from a new state-of-the-art community cultural centre, to be constructed at a cost of approximately $127 million. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (December 4), broke ground for the Olympic Way Cultural Community Centre, which is slated to be built over nine months...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, addresses the recent World Town Planning Day (WTPD) forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

1 year ago DevelopmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Committed to Sustainable Urban Planning

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, says the Government remains committed to sustainable urban planning to safeguard communities and protect the natural environment. “It calls on us to be guardians of our communities’ future, to shape spaces that nurture well-being, environmental sustainability and economic vibrancy,” he said. Mr. Davis was addressing the...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) makes a point during a tour of the Troy Bridge construction site in Trelawny on Friday (November 8). Others (from second left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Member of Parliament for Northwest Manchester Mikael Phillips; former Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert; and Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan.

1 year ago Office of the Prime Minister

PHOTOS: PM Visits Troy Bridge Construction Site in Trelawny

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) makes a point during a tour of the Troy Bridge construction site in Trelawny on Friday (November 8). Others (from second left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Member of Parliament for Northwest Manchester Mikael Phillips; former Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny,...

1 year ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Visits Troy Bridge Construction Site in Trelawny (Photos Only)

Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

1 year ago Office of the Prime MinisterSkillsYouth

Recruitment for Year Two of LIFT Programme Underway

Recruitment for cohort two of the Government’s $2 billion Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme has commenced. Launched in 2023, the programme aims to bolster the social mobility of 2,500 Jamaicans, 17 years and older, over the next five years. Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, said 506 participants were enrolled in the first year and 500 are...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

1 year ago EducationInformationOffice of the Prime MinisterSkillsYouth

First Year of LIFT Programme a Resounding Success

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has declared the first year of the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme a resounding success, noting that “it has delivered on its core objectives.” LIFT is a $2 billion Government of Jamaica programme, aimed at bolstering the social mobility of 2,500 youth over a...