Members of the Cabinet were engaged in intensive planning and review of the programmes for the 2017/2018 financial year on the final day of their two-day retreat. A number of strategic priorities were identified for the next financial year with focus on economic growth and job creation. Equally, the Ministers and the technical experts from the Ministry of Finance and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s stock market represents an area of strategic investment capable of facilitating equitable wealth distribution across the society. Addressing the opening of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 24, the Prime Minister said that inequity has...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to divesting more State assets, in order to facilitate increased investments that yield greater levels of economic growth. The Prime Minister was delivering the keynote address at the opening of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has welcomed investment of US $50 million in the development of a hotel and state-of-the art automotive showroom in St. Andrew. The partnership involving Sandals Resorts International (SRI), ATL Autobahn and Marriott International, Inc. will see the construction of a new AC Marriott Hotel and a BMW and MINI showroom on lands at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed J. Wray & Nephew, and parent company Gruppo Campari, on the total investment of US$6 million in the development of a state-of-the-art waste-water treatment facility as well as recycling and solar-energy systems. Mr. Holness, in remarks following a tour of the company’s Spanish Town Road location on Wednesday (January 18), said...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says uniformity in pay scales across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will be a key feature of a transformed public sector. He points out that 100 pay grades and scales currently being used in the sector create confusion, inequity and opportunities for arbitrage. The Prime Minister was giving a policy statement on the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says implementation of the public-sector transformation programme will serve to reduce corruption across the Government ministries, departments and agencies. Delivering a policy statement on the programme at the Office of the Prime Minister on January 5, he said that improvements in the efficiency of the public sector will lead to a decrease in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has delivered a strong charge for citizens to reject the phenomena of dons and area leaders in their communities. “The only protector of the community must be the Government of Jamaica, the police force and Jesus Christ, the Almighty Saviour. We don’t need any dons and criminals to protect us,” he emphasised. The...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his vision for Christmas in Jamaica is one where persons exemplify the ethic of love for neighbor and peace and goodwill toward everyone that Jesus Christ displayed. “I have a vision of a Christmas with peaceful Jamaican communities, where people look out for one another’s interests and are actively engaged in spreading the Christmas spirit...