Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, places a basket of flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, during Monday’s (October 16) ‘Salute to the National Heroes’ ceremony. The event was held at National Heroes Park in Kingston.

The public is being advised that the Town Hall scheduled for Thursday, October 12 at the Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Manchester has been rescheduled for a later date. The forum, which was to be held under the theme ‘Building Jamaica: Better Water Supply’, forms part of a series being hosted by the Government to engage the public...

A complementary dengue mitigation programme targeted at schools, households and communities across the island has been announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. This will add to the $331 million announced by the Ministry of Health and Wellness last week for various mitigation activities. While making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 10), the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has charged the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) to continue to be the source of factual information that is in the public interest. He said the agency must ensure that, where there is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public by spreading false information, the facts are presented. The Prime Minister was addressing the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended five students of B.B. Coke High School for their heroic actions in seeking medical attention for their severely injured schoolmate, enlisting them as ‘Ambassadors for Good’. The youngsters – Leon Barnes, Khari Green, Garry Bartley, Daejuan Gordon and Dejaun Powell – were each presented with a laptop and a certificate of...

A total of 77 housing solutions were handed over by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at the Windsor Hills housing development in Trelawny on Wednesday (September 27). The National Housing Trust (NHT) solutions, which form phase one of the project, comprise 42 serviced lots and 35 one-bedroom units. Nine of the housing solutions went to public-sector workers and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), stamps the social contract for the two-bedroom house handed over to New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiary Marlene Bennett (second right), at 63 Tower Street in Kingston, recently. Looking on (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; Chairperson for the Oversight Committee...