Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the benefits to be derived from the ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene foam will materialise over the medium to long-term. He noted that as the society adjusts to the measure “you are going to see less plastics [and polystyrene] littering our communities and roads”. Additionally, he said “it is going to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to maintaining the social partnership arrangement in order to combat potential threats to Jamaica's economy. These relate to crime, climate change, environmental sustainability, energy security, pandemics, among others. Mr. Holness said that while significant gains have been recorded under the Economic Reform Programme (ERP), the country remains vulnerable...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Saturday (Jan. 25), joined residents of Grants Pen in St. Andrew in searching for and destroying mosquito breeding sites in their community, under the national dengue clean-up campaign. The three-day exercise, which began on Friday (Jan. 24), is being undertaken in an effort to control the spread of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito,...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has hailed volunteers across the island who are participating in the three-day national dengue clean up activity. Minister Grange was speaking at the New Day Primary and Junior High School in St Andrew where the Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, officially launched the clean up campaign...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expected to make a full statement outlining the Government’s strategy in relation to the future direction of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), in a matter of days. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, during a meeting with the CMU’s...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Government is considering performance-based pay for ministers as part of measures to transform the public sector. The Prime Minister made the disclosure while addressing the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation’s general staff meeting on Thursday (January 23) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. He commended the country’s permanent secretaries...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has donated $400,000 through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, towards the six organisations that have, to date, been approved for funding support under the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). The JSSE, an initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), facilitates financing, through public donations, for approved organisations involved in the implementation of social programmes...