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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on June 6.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes a statement to the House of Representatives on June 6.

Joint Select Committee of Parliament to Review Job Descriptions and Code of Conduct

A Joint Select Committee of Parliament is to be established to review the job descriptions and code of conduct for Ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during a statement to...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.

PHOTOS: Accessible Digital Textbook Project Presented to PM
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PM Says There Is No Attempt to Remove Cash from System
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (second left) speaks with student and vice-president of the Catholic Club, Jessie Ripoll Primary School, Ariella Morrison (second right), at the 2023 Pentecost Assembly, hosted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, at the National Arena in Kingston on Sunday (May 28). Others (from left) are Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding and Archbishop of Kingston, Roman Catholic Church, Kenneth Richards.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (second left) speaks with student and vice-president of the Catholic Club, Jessie Ripoll Primary School, Ariella Morrison (second right), at the 2023 Pentecost Assembly, hosted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, at the National Arena in Kingston on Sunday (May 28). Others (from left) are Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding and Archbishop of Kingston, Roman Catholic Church, Kenneth Richards.

Gov’t Looking to Expand Partnership with the Church
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Barbara Osbourne (second left) with the keys to her new two-bedroom house in Sligoville, St. Catherine, recently. The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita-Garvey and Councillor for the Sligoville Division, Dwight Burke.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Barbara Osbourne (second left) with the keys to her new two-bedroom house in Sligoville, St. Catherine, recently. The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita-Garvey and Councillor for the Sligoville Division, Dwight Burke.

PHOTOS: PM Hands Over Housing Units in St. Catherine

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening of the Sandals Dunn’s River Hotel in Mammee Bay, St. Ann, on May 19.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServicePrime Minister

PM Credits Prudent Fiscal Management for Economic Recovery

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has credited the economy’s quick recovery and return to pre-COVID-19 growth levels to the Government’s prudent fiscal management. He noted that unemployment has dropped to six per cent, the lowest ever in Jamaica’s history, to the point where the country is practically approaching full employment. “The fiscal management has been such that the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a press conference held today (May 22) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
CabinetOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Makes Changes to Cabinet

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced a reshuffle of Cabinet and merging of some portfolios to create two new Ministries. The two Ministries are Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, headed by Hon. Floyd Green, with Minister of State, Hon. Franklin Witter; and the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, led by Hon. Daryl Vaz, with Minister of...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a press conference held today (May 22) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Finance & Public ServiceOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Declines Salary Increase

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, has declined his salary increase under the new public-sector-compensation regime. His salary will remain at its current level of $9.16 million. “I have directed the Transformation Implementation Unit to remove the Prime Minister's compensation from the new salary scale. The Prime Minister's compensation will, therefore, remain at its previous levels,” Prime Minister Holness...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during a press conference held today (May 22) at the Office of the Prime Minister.
Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Announces Accountability Measures

The Government is to implement several accountability measures for the political directorate. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement during a press conference held on Monday (May 22), informed that written job descriptions for Members of Parliament (MPs) and Ministers are already in place and will be tabled in Parliament shortly. “Those were done in 2021…...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), enjoys a light moment during the ceremony for the opening of the Sandals Dunn’s River Hotel in Mammee Bay, St. Ann on May 19. Sharing the moment are Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves (left) and Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart.
Prime MinisterTourism

Sandals Dunn’s River A Tribute to Butch Stewart – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Sandals Dunn’s River property in St. Ann is a fitting tribute to the late former chairman and founder of Sandals, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, whom he hailed  as a dreamer and doer. Mr. Holness, who was  delivering the main address at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the 260-room hotel in Mammee Bay...
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