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...

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...

The Prime Minister has assigned persons on the back benches of Parliament various tasks in support of the development of broad policy. These assignments are not part of the formal parliamentary process. For example, the Prime Minister assigned Senator Matthew Samuda the task of studying the impact of plastics on the environment and ways in which its effects can be...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness and the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, yesterday afternoon (January 2, 2019), held private discussions at Vale Royal. Both Leaders held full, frank and confidential discussions on security and crime management in Jamaica. They agreed that a meeting of teams from the Government and Opposition will take place next Monday, January...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is reassuring the Jamaican public that Plan Secure Jamaica is in full effect. The Prime Minister has declared that the plans to reclaim control of Jamaica’s security and safety followed a series of intense consultations with Security experts and stakeholders. Prime Minister Holness underscored that two critical issues; Plan Secure Jamaica and the continuation of the...

The Government is currently engaged in an intense planning process to maintain the security gains and the safety of the citizens of Jamaica. Given the negative response of the Leader of the Opposition to the invitation of the Prime Minister to meet and reconsider the extensions of the States of Public Emergency, the Government has been focused on fine-tuning its...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has donated $1 million to the Mustard Seed Communities, which will go towards supporting the organisation’s various programmes. The Funds are from the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation and were handed over to the Founder of the Mustard Seed Communities, Father Gregory Ramkissoon while on a tour of the charity’s acre-and-a half property...