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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), emphasises a point while providing an update of the Government’s relief assistance support to Eastern Caribbean islands affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, during Tuesday’s (September 26) sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House. Listening keenly are Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left, front row), and (back row, from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), emphasises a point while providing an update of the Government’s relief assistance support to Eastern Caribbean islands affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, during Tuesday’s (September 26) sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House. Listening keenly are Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left, front row), and (back row, from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson; and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

All Jamaicans who Requested Evacuation Help are Home

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says all Jamaicans who requested evacuation assistance from hurricane-ravaged Eastern Caribbean islands have returned home. He told the House of Representatives on September 26 that 200 Jamaicans were airlifted home from the affected...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday's (September 26) sitting of the House of Representatives.

Gov’t and Opposition Support Disaster Continuity Planning
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in discussion with Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte and Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis, at the opening of Breathless Montego Bay Resort and Spa in Freeport, St. James, on September 25.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in discussion with Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte and Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis, at the opening of Breathless Montego Bay Resort and Spa in Freeport, St. James, on September 25.

PM Says Country Aggressively Expanding Tourism Base
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses Tuesday's (September 26) sitting of the House of Representatives.

Jamaica Assists Antigua/Barbuda and Dominica
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

Tourism Continues to be Main Growth Engine – PM

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), converses with Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) and President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson at the 27th Annual Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on September 24.
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Prime Minister Highlights Impact of Climate Change

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says climate change is real and presents a clear and present danger to countries across the world. “We must mention our sister islands that were devastated by hurricanes. In some cases, tourism was the single industry and in many cases the major industry in those islands, and they must and will rebuild,” Mr....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)
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Gov’t to Partner with Church on Social Intervention Programmes

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be partnering with faith-based organisations to undertake social-intervention initiatives in communities that are impacted by crime. Mr. Holness, who was speaking to Seventh-day Adventist leaders at the Western Jamaica Conference Centre in Montego Bay on September 24, commended the Church for the work that it is doing at the...
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Prime Minister Lauds JDF for Role in Advancing HOPE Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has lauded the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for its role in advancing the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme. This, he said, through the JDF’s new Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) recruitment and training modality, which he noted represents an alternative in the selection process for future soldiers as well as...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the National Housing Trust’s $4.1-billion Ruthven Towers housing development on Ruthven Road in St. Andrew, on Friday, September 22. Others (from left) are Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller; NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; NHT Chairman, Dr. Nigel Clarke; Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, where the project is located, Julian Robinson; and Custos Rotulorum for St Andrew, Hon. Patricia Dunwell.
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PM Breaks Ground for Ruthven Towers Apartment Complex

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (September 22) broke ground for the $4.1-billion Ruthven Towers apartment complex being developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT) on Ruthven Road, St. Andrew. The project is being developed on land formerly owned by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), and will see 238 strata units being built over two phases. Phase...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Prime Minister’s quarterly press briefing at his Devon Road offices in Kingston on September 21.
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Gov’t Looking At Public-Private Partnership to Expand CCTV Coverage

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking to partner with the private sector to expand closed-circuit television (CCTV) coverage across the island. “We are hoping to work with businesses that already have cameras...we are developing a protocol in which we can use privately owned cameras to point in the public’s direction and have the Internet...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), at a town hall meeting in Barbican Square, St. Andrew, on September 21. At left is Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, who is also Member of Parliament for North East St. Andrew.
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NHT Requested to Address Housing in Barbican, St. Andrew

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has instructed the National Housing Trust (NHT), to give attention to housing in communities around Barbican in St. Andrew. He said with the US$4.4-million road improvement project now under way in the area, the housing needs of the residents must be advanced, stressing that Barbican has potential for “significant economic expansion”, but it...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)
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Action Taken to Reduce Non-Revenue Water

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says advances are being made on the Kingston and St. Andrew Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Co-Management Project. “This project is supposed to last for five years. We’re making steady progress in mapping meters and finding leaks, so we will be able to reduce non-revenue water,” he said. The Prime Minister was speaking at his...
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