The Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 21, on the Lawns of Jamaica House. Forty outstanding educators who have contributed 1,428 years of service collectively to education will receive the PMMA. The recipients were nominated by their peers, community members and elected representatives. The recipients include Arnoldo Allen, New...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is challenging researchers at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) to undertake more agricultural based studies and innovations which would redound to the benefit of the country. “If we manage to infuse technology and good management into our agricultural practises, we could increase our agricultural output tenfold and where you are in the centre...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be undertaking a review of tertiary education funding. He said the objective is to ensure that more students will have access to higher learning. “A part of the transformation in the way in which we fund tertiary education is to fund the students rather than the institutions. I think...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) commitment to fostering training through its long-standing partnership with the education sector. He notes that, through this collaboration, the JDF has sought to enhance the opportunities for training and certification for its personnel by means of its various programmes, to ensure they attain and operate at...

The Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) training capabilities have been boosted with the establishment of its Directorate of Training and Doctrine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, formally opened the facility located at the JDF headquarters at Up Park Camp, Kingston, on June 14. Developed with support from the Government of Canada’s Military Training and Cooperation Programme (MTCP), the facility,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the police force will be making greater use of intelligence in addressing crime, moving away from the over-reliance on hard policing. As such, he said, increased focus will be placed on information gathering, data analysis and strategic planning, “to give them a more targeted approach to separate the criminals from the law-abiding...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging private investors to develop underutilised assets around the country. Such investment, he said, would contribute to economic growth by boosting the productivity of underused land and infrastructure. Mr. Holness noted that in the Corporate Area there are pieces of property that have depreciated in value and need to be developed. “The...