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Prime Minister Visits Athletes in Rio

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today left the island for Brazil in support of Jamaica’s athletes participating in the Rio Olympics. The Prime Minister who will be in Rio until August 16, said it is important that he brings the good...

Charge d’affaires at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, Mrs. Marsha Coore Lobban, delivers Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness’ message at the Jamaica Association of Maryland gala, in celebration of Jamaica’s 54th year of Independence, in Baltimore on Saturday, August 6.

PM Calls on Diaspora to Renew Commitment

Reverend Joseph Anderson (right), proudly accepts his award for contribution to community service from Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, at the Independence Day Civic Ceremony held at Sam Sharpe Square on August 6.

St. James Residents turn out for Independence Day Civic Ceremony

Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of Jamaica, in Washington, DC, Mrs. Marsha Coore Lobban (left) along with her husband, Lt. Colonel Dillon Lobban; Minister Counsel at the Embassy, Mrs. Ariel Bowen (third left); and Jamaica’s Alternate Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Mrs. Julia Hyatt, at the service of thanksgiving to mark Jamaica’s 54th year of independence on Sunday, August 7, at the Dunbarton Chapel, Howard University School of Law.

Jamaicans Attend Independence Service in Washington

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right), looks through a copy of the country’s Biennial Update Report (BUR) with Project Director of the BUR, Clifford Mahlung, during a brief handover ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on August 05, 2016.

Jamaica Completes Report for Submission to Secretariat of UNFCCC

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Independence Day Message from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Fellow Jamaicans, It is fortuitous that we are celebrating our independence at the same time that our athletes are in Rio, all set to bring glory again to this small nation, an athletic superpower. Our athletic prowess is one indication of our excellence as a people. It is a metaphor of our distinction. A distinction manifested in our music, with...

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Unity Key in Moving Growth Agenda Forward

Minister without Portfolio in the Economic Growth and Job Creation Ministry, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says unity and collaboration among the more than 60 portfolio areas covered by the Ministry is critical in moving the growth agenda forward. “Let us move forward from today having open honest discourse, towards one objective, which is moving Jamaica from poverty to prosperity,” Mr. Vaz...

Minister without Portfolio, in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), greets Head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean in Jamaica, Vincent Sweeney, following a ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Thursday, August 5, for the presentation of the office keys. The Office is housed at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) building in downtown Kingston.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Welcomes UNEP Caribbean Sub-Regional Office in Jamaica

The Government has welcomed Jamaica’s selection to host the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean. The office, which will provide technical support to the United Nations Environment Assembly, is housed at the International Seabed Authority’s building in downtown Kingston. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the...

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

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Holness Pays Tribute to Visionary, Richard Forbes

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, has described the late television producer and founder of Phase Three Productions, Richard Forbes, as “a man of great vision who transformed film and television production in Jamaica.” According to Prime Minister Holness, “Mr Forbes had a passion and demonstrated commitment to media and the development of Jamaica’s creative industry. He was a...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (right) addresses a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday (August 1). Others (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; and Director of the Meteorological Services Division, Evan Thompson.

10 years ago CommunityLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Jamaicans More Responsive to Disaster Warnings

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, says that Jamaicans have made strides in terms of their responsiveness to the threat of natural disasters. Speaking in an interview with JIS News at the National Emergency Operations Centre on Tuesday (August 2), Major Davis said that evidence of this was seen in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t Looks to Improve Business Processes Within Growth Ministry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be issuing a directive for an assessment of business procedures within the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and for the re-engineering of processes where necessary in order to enhance efficiencies. Mr. Holness, who was addressing the opening of a two-day strategic planning retreat for directors and heads of...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addressing a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston on August 3. Looking on is Director of the Meteorological Service Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Evan Thompson.

10 years ago EnvironmentLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Closes Emergency Centres

The Government has deactivated the National and Parish Emergency Operation Centres and closed all shelters that were opened in light of the inclement weather associated with Tropical Storm Earl. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston today (August 3). “Based...