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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (4th left), holds an artist’s impression of the Integrated Technology Park dubbed ‘58HWT’, at the ground-breaking ceremony at 58 Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston on September 28. Others (from left) are Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator, Councillor Delroy Williams; Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman of the Musson Group, Paul Scott; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Motta, Melanie Subratie; and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

Prime Minister Breaks Ground for Technology Park

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness yesterday (September 28), broke ground for a technology park that will have the largest business process outsourcing (BPO) facility in the English-speaking Caribbean, providing 3,300 call-centre seats and more than 5,000 permanent jobs....

The first group of 250 recruits to benefit from military, vocational and life skills training over a one-year period under the National Service Corps (NSC) Programme. (FILE)

250 More Young Persons to be Recruited Under JNSC

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, 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.

PM Says Country Aggressively Expanding Tourism Base

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Jamaica Assists Antigua/Barbuda and Dominica

The Government has committed the equivalent of US$100,000 each to the redevelopment funds for Antigua and Barbuda, and Dominica, which were severely impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, respectively. This has been announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also advised that the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has mobilised its 120-man Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. (FILE)

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Tourism Continues to be Main Growth Engine – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says tourism continues to be the main engine of economic growth, providing indirect employment for one in every four persons in the linked sectors. These include agriculture, the creative and cultural industries, entertainment, manufacturing, transportation, finance and insurance, electricity and water, and construction. “In 2016, the hotels and restaurants sector employed 94,850 persons,...

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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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...

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...

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...