Prime Minister Holness Announces Stimulus Measures to the Housing Sector and Benefits to NHT Contributors Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a raft of measures aimed at stimulating the housing sector in the wake of the global pandemic COVID19 which is also affecting Jamaica. The announcements came yesterday (March 19) as the Prime Minister made his contribution to the 2020/2021...

The second cohort of awardees under the Jamaica House Fellowship Programme will be selected and placed within the public sector by May. The initiative, launched by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness in 2016, is geared at recruiting and exposing bright, young talent to public administration, in the hope that they will make public service their first career choice....

The Government will be allocating $126 million from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to Members of Parliament (MP) for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)-related interventions. Each MP will receive $2 million. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during his 2020/21 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 19), under the theme ‘Towards a Decade...

Government has approved a contract for US$2.2 million for the provision of protective gear and equipment to help in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We hope to get this equipment into Jamaica, specifically 400,000 N5 masks, by sometime next week,” Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said at a press briefing on March 16, at Jamaica House, in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (March 17), tabled the Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) Order, 2020 in the House of Representatives. The Order outlines the measures set out for removing or otherwise guarding against or mitigating the threats or effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the possible consequences thereof. The measures go into effect on Wednesday...

The Government is planning to have discussions with Cuba to get more information about its antiviral drug, Interferon Alpha 2B, which is among medications being tried in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica House on Tuesday (March 17), Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the discussion would focus...

The Government has put a restriction on the number of persons visiting patients at hospitals, limiting one person per day, in an effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gave details during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 16). He said this forms part of new protocols for...