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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness ( left) makes a point as he addresses members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 12). Listening on from right is Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith.

Social Intervention Begins In Mount Salem

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is reporting that the Social Intervention Committee has started working in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), in St. James. Providing an update in the House of Representatives yesterday (September 12),...

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Government Assessing Irma Damage- Checking on Jamaicans

All Jamaicans Urged to Get ID

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), converses with a resident of Mount Salem, St. James, during a tour of the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in that community on Sunday, September 3. Mr. Holness visited to get an update from the joint police/military command on activities in the ZOSO, which was declared on Friday, September l.

PM Says Security Forces Will Be In Mount Salem for Full 60 Days

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is briefed on activities within the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations in St. James by Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Major Godfrey Sterling (right), during a tour of the community on Sunday, September 3. Major Sterling is jointly in charge of operations in the Zone with Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Superintendent, Kirk Ricketts. Accompanying the Prime Minister (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade; Attorney-General and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James where Mount Salem is located, Hon. Marlene Malahoo-Forte; National Security Advisor, Major General Antony Anderson; and National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague.

Careful Intelligence and Planning will Determine Next Zone – Prime Minister

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets a resident of Mount Salem in St. James during a tour of the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in that community on Sunday, September 3. Prime Minister Holness visited Mount Salem to get an update on activities in the ZOSO, which was declared on Friday, September 1.

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Prime Minister Says Identities will be Protected in Reporting Gun Locations

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says persons should not be afraid to call in on the Government’s $100-million islandwide cash for guns reward programme, noting that all identities will be protected. Mr. Holness, who was speaking at a press conference on September 3 at the Montego Bay Regional Office of the Office of the Prime Minister, said the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts the Distinguished Leadership Award from Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans (left) and Janice Savin-Williams at the Jamaica Independence Foundation’s Grand Gala on August 26 at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, New York.

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Prime Minister Receives Leadership Award

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, was presented with the ‘Distinguished Leadership Award’ by the New York-based Jamaica Independence Foundation on Saturday, August 26. Also honoured by the Foundation were former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, who received the ‘Nation Builder Award’; and Jamaican-born basketball legend, Patrick Ewing, who was given the ‘Son of the Soil Legacy...

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

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Government Committed to Peaceful and Orderly Society – Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to transforming the nation into a peaceful and orderly society, with access to world-class education and training, and high-quality healthcare. He also emphasised that this would include sustained and inclusive economic growth, job and wealth creation, and an end to poverty, particularly inter-generational poverty. Addressing a Jamaica 55...

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Women Urged to Dispel Misconceptions that Hold them Back

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is imploring women to dispel misconceptions that prevent them from realising their true potential. This, she said, includes believing that they cannot attain certain positions because of their gender. “I think we need to change that script that says that we are low-status women and we are low-status girls. We...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), participates in the ground-breaking ceremony for the CB Group facility dubbed ‘The Nest’ in Fellowship, St. Catherine, on August 18. Others participating in the event are (from left) CB Group Chief Executive Officer, Mark Haskins; CB Group Managing Director, Lori-Ann Lyn; Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda; and CB Group Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Lyn.

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Transformation to Result in More Efficient Service to Private Sector

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is ensuring transformation of the public sector, with a view to making it more efficient in its service to the private sector. Mr. Holness said this is necessary in order to reduce costs and improve support for the private sector, “so that permits needed are (issued) quickly”. The Prime Minister...

Montego Bay businessman, Winston Dear, will receive the Order of Distinction (OD) in the rank of Commander (CD) for contribution to business and community development.

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Winston Dear – Passionate About Jamaica’s Development

On National Heroes Day, October 16, Montego Bay businessman, Herrick Winston Russell Dear, will be among the approximately 170 Jamaicans conferred with national honours and awards for outstanding service to country. He will receive the Order of Distinction (OD) in the rank of Commander (CD) for contribution to business and community development. It is the second national award for the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2 nd left), responds to a question during
the second ‘HOPE for Jamaica’ town hall meeting, organised by the Ministry of
Economic Growth and Job Creation, at the old Goodyear factory complex in Morant Bay,
St. Thomas, on July 13. Others (from left) are: Local Government and Community
Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of
Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and State Minister in the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.

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No Toll on Upgraded Road to St. Thomas and Portland

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has emphasised that motorists will not be charged a toll to use the 110-kilometre roadway between Harbour View, Kingston, and Port Antonio, Portland, that is slated for rehabilitation under the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). “Absolutely not. There is no plan whatsoever for a toll road here...it was never contemplated. This is...