| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag
Advertisement
Hurricane Melissa

Latest

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during his address in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during his address in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).

St. Catherine State of Emergency Extended for Another Three Months

The House of Representatives has extended the State of Public Emergency in the St. Catherine North Police Division for another three months. This follows approval of the Emergency Powers (No. 2) (Continuance) (No.3) Resolution, 2018, during Wednesday’s (September 19) sitting...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), tries out a hydraulic training device in a laboratory at the Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre located at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston. The occasion was a tour of the facility following its official opening on Wednesday (September 19). Looking on are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right); and FACT-certified trainer, Ricardo Hopwood.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), tries out a hydraulic training device in a laboratory at the Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre located at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston. The occasion was a tour of the facility following its official opening on Wednesday (September 19). Looking on are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right); and FACT-certified trainer, Ricardo Hopwood.

PM Opens Festo Training Centre at CMU
Easton Douglas.
Easton Douglas.

PM Holness to Attend Official Funeral for the late Easton Douglas
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during his address in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during his address in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 18).

Denham Town Zone of Special Operations Extended
Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Chairman, Senator Ransford Braham (second left), is given a demonstration of equipment by General Manager, Delta Supply Company Limited, Jonathan Swire (right), during a tour of booths, following the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) Engineers’ Week 2018 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Monday (September 17). Senator Braham represented Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Also looking on (from left) are Chairman, Professional Engineers Registration Board, Omar Sweeney; and JIE President, Dwight Ricketts. Engineers’ Week 2018 is being observed from September 16 to 22 under the theme ‘Engineering our Future through Celebrating our Heritage’.
Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Chairman, Senator Ransford Braham (second left), is given a demonstration of equipment by General Manager, Delta Supply Company Limited, Jonathan Swire (right), during a tour of booths, following the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) Engineers’ Week 2018 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Monday (September 17). Senator Braham represented Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Also looking on (from left) are Chairman, Professional Engineers Registration Board, Omar Sweeney; and JIE President, Dwight Ricketts. Engineers’ Week 2018 is being observed from September 16 to 22 under the theme ‘Engineering our Future through Celebrating our Heritage’.

PM Hails Contribution of Engineers to Nation-Building

More

Prime Minister

PM Holness Congratulates The Honourable Jean-Henry Céant Prime Minister of Haiti

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon expressed his congratulations to the Honourable Jean-Henry Céant on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti. In his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Holness, in an official letter expressed CARICOM’s commitment to continued partnership with Haiti. The Prime Minister also underscored that Jamaica remains committed to robust...
Read more
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, left), and Project Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), Xiangang Liu (seated, second right), affix their signatures to a contract that will see CHEC constructing a new US$1-million road to bypass the Three Miles area. Also participating (seated, from second left) are Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell; and Vice-President, CHEC, Dr. Zhimin Hu. Overseeing the process (standing, from left) are Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Hon. Everald Warmington; and Manager, Communication and Customer Service, National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw. The signing took place during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Monday (September 17).
Prime MinisterWorks / Construction

New Bypass at Three Miles by End of October

A new US$1-million road will be constructed to bypass the Three Miles area in Kingston, which has been closed to vehicular traffic to facilitate continued road-improvement works. To be completed by the end of October, the road, which will link Chesterfield Drive to Marcus Garvey Drive, will be built by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC). Prime Minister, the Most...
Read more
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), greets former United Nations World Tourism Organization Secretary General, Dr. Taleb Rifai, on arrival at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, St. Andrew, on Thursday (September 13), for the inaugural Tourism Summit of the Americas. Mr. Holness was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony. Looking on (from left) are: UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal (partly hidden); Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; and UWI Mona Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber.
Prime MinisterTourism

Development of Global Tourism Resilience Centre Imperative – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says development of the proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management in Jamaica is imperative in light of the sector’s vulnerability to man-made and natural disasters and exogenous shocks. These, he said, include climate change, epidemics, pandemics, cybercrime, political instability and terrorism. “The ultimate goal of the resilience and crisis management...
Read more
Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaking at the Global Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas on Thursday, September 13 at the University of the West Indies, Mona
Prime Minister

Global Resilience & Crisis Manage Centre, A Strategic Implementation for Change – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called on leaders in the tourism sector to embrace the move toward disaster resilience management. Speaking at the Global Tourism Resilience Summit of the Americas this morning (Thursday, September 13) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Prime Minister Holness noted that building resilience in the tourism sector is crucial to sustainable development....
Read more
CARICOMPrime Minister

PM Heads to Barbados for CARICOM Sub-Committee on CSME

Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this afternoon (September 4) for the Ninth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Bridgetown Barbados. Under his Chairmanship, at the the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, held in Jamaica in July, it was agreed that the CSME...
Read more
Prime Minister

Prime Minister Supports Family of Yetanya Francis

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday (August 27) met with the family of 14-year-old Yetanya Francis, who was the victim of a gruesome murder last week. Deeply moved by the inhumane act, the Prime Minister and his wife, Juliet Holness assured the family during a private meeting that the police will do all possible, to ensure there is justice for Yetanya....
Read more