A complementary dengue mitigation programme targeted at schools, households and communities across the island has been announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. This will add to the $331 million announced by the Ministry of Health and Wellness last week for various mitigation activities. While making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 10), the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has charged the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) to continue to be the source of factual information that is in the public interest. He said the agency must ensure that, where there is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public by spreading false information, the facts are presented. The Prime Minister was addressing the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended five students of B.B. Coke High School for their heroic actions in seeking medical attention for their severely injured schoolmate, enlisting them as ‘Ambassadors for Good’. The youngsters – Leon Barnes, Khari Green, Garry Bartley, Daejuan Gordon and Dejaun Powell – were each presented with a laptop and a certificate of...

A total of 77 housing solutions were handed over by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the Windsor Hills housing development in Trelawny on Wednesday (September 27). The National Housing Trust (NHT) solutions, which form phase one of the project, comprise 42 serviced lots and 35 one-bedroom units. Nine of the housing solutions went to public-sector workers and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), stamps the social contract for the two-bedroom house handed over to New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiary Marlene Bennett (second right), at 63 Tower Street in Kingston, recently. Looking on (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Chairperson for the Oversight Committee...

The Government will continue investing in and supporting crime prevention and social intervention strategies that focus on reducing violence, as a feature of the society, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has said. “The next phase of the Government’s crime fighting strategy is to treat with the centre of the problem… and the centre of the problem is the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica is poised for sustainable growth and even lower unemployment in the times ahead. Addressing residents, business interests and other stakeholders at a Town Hall meeting at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 31, the Prime Minister said it is against this background that he is calling...

There has been a 54 percent reduction in the backlog of solid waste disposal complaints since the Government’s acquisition of 50 garbage trucks, which were deployed across the island last year. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement while addressing a Town Hall on Housing and Land at Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James, on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says one of the most gratifying and fulfilling aspects of his job is being able to handover houses to Jamaicans, particularly those in dire need of this vital provision. He made the remarks during a ceremony on Friday (July 14) to handover the keys to a home, built under the New Social Housing...