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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the 19th staging of the Forum on Markets Innovation and Capital (FOROMIC), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James, on October 24.

PM Lauds IDB for Helping to Create Investor-Friendly Business Environment

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has played an integral role in helping Jamaica to create a business environment that is investor-friendly. Addressing the opening of the 19th Forum for Markets Innovation and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a meeting at the Wisynco Group’s White Marl Complex in St. Catherine, on October 19, following a tour of the factory.

Government Targets Manufacturing Sector in Push for Growth

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Prime Minister Hails Brian George

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, look at memorabilia on display at the opening of a museum honouring the life and work of late reggae icon Peter Tosh at the Pulse Centre, Trafalgar Road on October 19.

PM Says Institutions Must be in Place to Preserve Nation’s History

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens as Director of Manufacturing at Wisynco Group Ltd., Mr. Devon Reynolds, describes operations at the company’s White Marl complex in St. Catherine, during a tour of the factory yesterday (October 19). Looking on (at right) is Chairman of the Wisynco Group, Mr. William Mahfood. The Prime Minister toured the company’s styrofoam manufacturing line, as well as its bottling facility.

PM Urges Wisynco to Consider Alternatives to Styrofoam

In this file photo, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), presents an award to World and Olympic sprint champion, Usain Bolt (left), at a ceremony to honour the 2016 Rio Olympic athletes, at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, on October 15, 2016. Sharing in the moment at (right) is Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange.

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Prime Minister Thanks Athletes

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has expressed profound gratitude to the 2016 Rio Olympic athletes on behalf of the nation, for their stellar performances that strengthened brand Jamaica. Speaking at a function to honour the Rio sporting ambassadors at the National Indoor Sports Centre on October 15, Mr. Holness said the athletes enabled Jamaica to secure its place...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), listens to a comment from Chairman of the Victoria Mutual Building Society, Michael McMorris, at the Realtors Association of Jamaica

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Gov’t Looking at Measures to Make Home Ownership Easier

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking at a raft of measures to improve the real estate market and make home ownership easier for Jamaicans. These include introducing more liquidity into the market to further reduce credit rates, and growing the secondary and reverse mortgage markets. Mr. Holness, who was addressing a Realtors Association of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gives the keynote address at the fifth annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on October 10. The two-day conference is being held by the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA), in collaboration with the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS) under the theme ‘Understanding Our Obligation… Safeguarding Our Future’.

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Proceeds of Crime Act to be Reviewed

The Government is conducting a review of the Proceeds of Crime Act, which should serve to resolve issues relating to the sale of seized property as well as to strengthen enforcement through a system of financial penalties. This is according to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who was giving the keynote address at an Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism...

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National Identification System to Roll out January 2018

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the National Identification System (NIDS) is set to roll out in January 2018. He said NIDS is expected to have a transformative effect on Jamaica, providing a comprehensive and secure structure to capture and store personal identity information for citizens and persons resident in the island. The Prime Minister, who was addressing...

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Prime Minister Urges Financial Sector to Remove Profit from Criminal Activity

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on the financial sector to ensure a regulatory environment that removes profitability from criminal activity. “We must take the profit out of crime. Criminals must have no access to the financial system; and where they operate in the informal economy and the backwaters of our country, we must find them and...

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PM Urges DBJ to Fast Track Harmony Cove Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness is urging the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to fast track the Harmony Cove project, which will see the development of a casino resort in Trelawny. Addressing the DBJ’s Strategic Planning Retreat for Boards of Directors at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Friday, (October 7), Mr. Holness said the development has...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), explains the importance of trees to students of the Seaward Primary and Junior High School during a National Tree Planting Day exercise at the school on Olympic Way, St. Andrew today (October 7).

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PM Urges Jamaicans to Plant Trees

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging citizens to plant a tree in order to preserve the environment and mitigate the effects of climate change. “We live in an island state that is susceptible to the effects of climate change, not just from hurricanes but other events such as the rising sea level. It is in our interest...