Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reassured the Canadian Diaspora that the country’s debt to GDP ratio will fall below one hundred per cent by the end of the financial year. “This is not a political achievement, it is a national achievement. But it is forcing us now to pay for our development with our own taxes and by growing our...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been specially invited to attend the G7 Summit set for June 8 and 9 in La Malbaie, in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Prime Minister Holness was invited by the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Holness has also been asked to make a special presentation to the global leaders at the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon expressed his congratulations to Mia Mottley on an impressive landslide victory in the Barbados general elections held on Thursday (May 24). Ms. Mottley is the first female to be elected Prime Minister in Barbados’ history and Prime Minister Holness said this is proof that more women can ascend to the pinnacle of political leadership....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says volunteerism is an important part of national development. Speaking at the Kiwanis Eastern Canada and Caribbean District Convention in Montego Bay recently, the Prime Minister stressed that a stronger partnership between the Government and the private sector including service groups, is needed across the region to improve the quality of life of citizens. “Government must...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has used the occasion of Labour Day to encourage all Jamaicans to commit to doing work and seeking employment over crime. “I want every single able bodied Jamaican to commit to doing work and to commit to seeking employment over idleness or crime. We are providing you with the jobs, we are growing the economy and...

The foundation of the modern Jamaican Nation is built on struggles of the Jamaican worker. Indeed, the labour movement which evolved out of the 1938 labour riots, also created the first viable platform on which ambitions for nationhood and later Independence could be launched. It was the issues affecting labour and the working class, that galvanized the masses and out...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to working with the voluntary sector in shaping the future of the country. He said that Jamaica is at a critical juncture in its history where “all hands are needed” to take the country to “where we know we can go”. He noted that strong partnerships involving Governments,...