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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) and Managing Director of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Martin Miller (3rd right), share a photo opportunity with some of the NHT’s long-service awardees, prior to the start of the awards function on April 5 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Mr. Miller, who has served the entity for 30 years, was among the honourees.

PM Commends NHT on Measures to Improve Service

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed the NHT for measures put in place to improve services to customers and reduce costs. “This includes utilising technology, which increases efficiency; reducing turnaround time and cost for services, for example,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes his contribution to the debate on the Pensions (Public Service) Act 2016 in the House of Representatives on March 28.

Gov’t to Introduce Voluntary Retirement Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the National Housing Trust (NHT) housing project in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, on March 24. Chairman of the NHT, Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke (left), and Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, also participated in the groundbreaking.

1,200-Unit Housing Project for Negril

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in conversation with Deputy Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa, at the annual banquet for the UWI’s Elsa Leo-Rhynie Hall, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on March 23.

Government to Create Environment to Deter Migration of Skilled Labour Force

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left); Deputy Chair of the Economic Growth Council, Ambassador Nigel Clarke ( left); and Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Jacqueline Lynch Stewart (right), share a photo opportunity with Jamaica House Fellows, during the official launch and pinning ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, March 8. The Fellows (from second left) are Mark Tracey, Andrae Shawn Silburn, Aubrey Stewart, Sherona Forrester, Karelle Samuda, Christopher Graham and Lavois Cruikshank. Missing is the eighth awardee, Jerome Cowans. The Fellows will serve in Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the public sector for two years.

Jamaica House Fellows Welcome Opportunity to Serve

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Pernell Charles (right), and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton (left), share in light conversation with student of the St. Andrew’s High School for Girls, Ashleigh Onfroy (2nd right); and Javon Downie from St. Andrew Technical High School. They were at a Youth for Peace Rally staged by the Houses of Parliament at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (March 13). The youth for peace rally was held as part of activities marking Commonwealth Day under the theme ‘A Peace-building Commonwealth’.

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Gov’t Committed to Building a Peaceful Society – Holness

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to the building of a peaceful society in keeping with Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This, he noted, is aligned with Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan, goal two of which aims to ensure a secure, cohesive and just society. “(It) reflects the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), gives remarks at the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the crafting of technical plans for the development of a centre of Government at National Heroes Park, at Jamaica House on Thursday, March 9. Also pictured (from left) are China’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Niu Qingbao; President of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), Xuexuan Zheng; President of China Construction America (CCA), South America, Tiger Wu; and Senior Vice President of CCA, Daniel Liu. Signatories to the MOU are CCA, a subsidiary of CSCEC, the Government of Jamaica and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC).

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Plans Advanced for Gov’t Campus at National Heroes Park

The Government of Jamaica has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Construction America (CCA) for the crafting of technical plans for the development of a ‘Centre of Government’ at National Heroes Park. The MOU will see the establishment of a model for a purpose-built space to house the Jamaican Parliament, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, possibly a Jamaican museum,...

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Eight Jamaica House Fellows Selected

Eight persons have been selected as Jamaica House Fellows and were officially pinned by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, yesterday (March 8). They are Jerome Cowans, Lavois Cruikshank, Christopher Graham, Karelle Samuda, Andrae Shawn Silburn, Aubrey Stewart, Mark Tracey and Sherona Forrester. Prime Minister Holness hailed the awardees, who were selected following a rigorous process that started in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), addresses press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on March 3, to close out the visit of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission team to review Jamaica’s performance under the Precautionary Stand-by Arrangement for the period ending December 31, 2016. He is joined by (from left) Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter; IMF Mission Chief, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan; and Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.

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Prime Minister says Reform of Pension Scheme is an Imperative

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says reform of the pension scheme system is an imperative as the Government pursues fiscal sustainability. He notes that the reform will be done in a cooperative and inclusive way as the Government will be intensifying its outreach, dialogue and cooperation with its partners and union stakeholders. The Prime Minister was addressing a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre) is in discussion with Chairman of the National Housing Trust, Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke (right) at the ground breaking ceremony for the Marys Field Housing Development in Kitson Town, St. Catherine on February 28. At left, is Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine and Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

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Squatting Cannot be Used to Secure Land Tenure- PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says informal settlements or squatting cannot be used as a means for securing land tenure in Jamaica. Mr. Holness informed that it is the orderly settlement of land which is led by the Government that will ensure Jamaicans own land. “Every single Jamaican, no matter what their status in life is, can afford...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses ground-breaking ceremony for the building of 1,500 housing units in St. James, on February 24.

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Prime Minister Says Culture of Disorder Must be Changed

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains unrelenting in its push to change the culture of disorder in the country. “There is a culture of disorder and there is a culture of making excuse for disorder, and we must stand against this,” Mr. Holness emphasised as he broke ground for the building of 1,500 housing units...

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Partnership for a Prosperous Jamaica

The Partners of the Partnership for a Prosperous Jamaica (PFPJ) are the State, represented by the Government and the Opposition; the Private Sector; the Trade Unions and Civil Society (herein referred to as “the Partners”) The Partners recognise the need to build upon: decades of effort to forge a social partnership in Jamaica; the 2011 Partnership Code of Conduct; and...