Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been specially invited to attend and participate in the 10th BRICS Summit set for July 25 to 28, at the Sandton International Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The historic invitation makes Prime Minister Holness the first ever Head of Government in Jamaica and the Caribbean to take part in the BRICS Summit. BRICS is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is recommending that community members be trained as disaster first responders. Addressing the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development governance conference in Montego Bay on July 17, Mr. Holness also challenged the island’s municipal corporations to train their staff in disaster management. “If the corporations require assistance, they should collaborate with existing...

There is consensus among several business leaders that road improvements, completed or being carried out across sections of Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and other areas, will serve to boost workforce productivity by significantly reducing travel time. Their views are consistent with those expressed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a recent tour of several legacy road...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will be examining the procedure for the granting of building approvals by the local government authorities in order to speed up the process. He argued that “territorial behaviour” by the municipal bodies in the issuance of such permits often results in delays, negatively impacting the country’s building approval rating and hindering...

The National Library of Jamaica’s (NLJ) ‘All Flowers are Roses’ summer programme returns this year, with scores of girls from communities in Kingston to benefit from sessions in poetry and martial arts. The free five-week programme was conceptualised by the NLJ’s Poet Laureate, Lorna Goodison, who has opted to focus on working with children during her tenure from 2017 to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the State of Public Emergency in St. James is not only reducing crime in the parish but has resulted in an obvious downward trend in the national daily murder rate. “If you look, you will see that at the point of the declaration of the state of emergency, the average daily...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says any State agency in charge of administering public resources must meet the highest standard of accountability and responsiveness. Mr. Holness, who was speaking at the inaugural Local Governance Conference at the Jewel Grande Resort and Spa in Rose Hall, St. James, on July 17, said the conference’s theme, ‘Strengthening Responsiveness and Accountability...