Prime Minister Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to buy shares in public companies. Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Regional Investments & Capital Markets Conference last night (Tuesday, January 22) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, the Prime Minister said the average Jamaican should own shares in public companies. Alluding to energy company Wigton Wind Farms, Prime Minister...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has initiated an internal review into the events of October 23, 2018 and November 12, 2018, which led to the flooding of parts of Marcus Garvey Drive and Mandela Highway. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 8) The flooding...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is well advanced in executing Plan Secure Jamaica, which will target a reduction in murders below the regional average of 16 per 100,000 (under 500) within the next decade. “This will take time, and the development of unity of purpose within the Parliament, the whole of the Government and the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (January 8), took time out to visit a five-year-old child, Makai McLawrence, who sent him a letter during the festive season with a request for him to visit his school, Small Treasures Child Care in St. Andrew. The Prime Minister posted a copy of the letter on his social media pages, which...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon (January 7, 2019) met with and received a full briefing from the Boards of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the St. Ann Development Company (SADCO) on the audit report into the operations of the Dunns River Falls attraction in St. Ann. Prime Minister Holness said the Boards should move with speed and alacrity...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has enabled businesses to take resolute long-term steps with greater certainty towards actualising investment decisions. Speaking at the ceremony to break ground for the new Stewart’s Automotive Group showroom on Arthur Wint Drive in St. Andrew, on January 3, the Prime Minister said this has been achieved through macroeconomic decisions...

Some twenty-seven (27) young people have returned to the country to contribute to nation building following intensive high-tech training in advanced engineering in China. The young Jamaicans who returned to the island on Monday, December 24, now qualify for immediate employment at the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)-operated Alpart bauxite/alumina plant in Nain, St Elizabeth. In March 2018, fifty-two...