A sum of $300 million has been budgeted to continue implementation of the Improvement of the Emergency Communication System in Jamaica Project in fiscal year 2022/23. Details are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The project, being spearheaded by...

The Government remains resolute to increase the number of units available to Jamaicans through the New Social Housing Programme. Speaking at the official handover ceremony for a three-bedroom unit in Donmair Close in St. Andrew North Central on February 16, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the programme will be expanded to provide more houses to Jamaicans in...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), plays drums with percussionist Bongo Herman (centre), while Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), plays the shaker. Occasion was the recent Rita Marley: Mystic of a Queen Exhibition, held at the Bob Marley Museum in St. Andrew.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has welcomed the donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at more than US$800,000, by United States (US)-based healthcare provider, Northwell Health. The over one million items, which include respirator masks, N95 masks, oxygen concentrators, nasal oxygen, safety eyewear, and protective gowns, were handed over during a ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says students will return to full face-to-face classes following the mid-term break in March. He was speaking in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 10), where he announced further revisions to the coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. The measures, which include a reduction in the nightly curfew hours, take effect on February 11...

The Government is proposing to spend a total of $912 billion for the 2022/23 fiscal year. This is comprised of non-debt recurrent expenditure of $539.5 billion; capital expenditure of $65.1 billion; and debt servicing of $307.5 billion. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure as he tabled the Estimates of Expenditure in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced further revisions of the coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), effective Friday (February 11). The revised measures, which include relaxation of the nightly curfew hours, are based on declines in the COVID-19 indicators, particularly infections and hospitalisations. In a statement to the House of Representatives on...