Prime Minister Andrew Holness departed the island this afternoon (Friday, November 1) for an eight day, official working visit to the People's Republic  of China. Prime Minister Holness will have a packed agenda, which will take him to four key cities in China including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Beijing. The official working visit is highlighted by bilateral discussions with President of China,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s human development ranking will be further improved in the coming years through construction of the 220-bed Western Children and Adolescents Hospital. He noted that while the country has a reasonably high ranking on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), at 97 out of 189 countries, there is still room for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on leaders of developed countries to fulfil their commitments for climate financing agreed to at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) in 2015. Developed countries had committed to mobilising US$100 billion per year by 2020 to assist vulnerable countries, such as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to respond to, and tackle the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a percentage of savings from Jamaica’s debt reduction programme will be transferred to the Contingencies Fund, to bolster the country’s response to natural disasters. “In the new era of being fiscally resilient, whatever we save from the reduction in debt repayments, we are putting some aside to deal with catastrophic disasters that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he intends to make Jamaica the most modern country in the Caribbean by the next 20 years. “Jamaica must develop…we have lost 40 years,” the Prime Minister said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fontana Pharmacy Waterloo’s branch, in Kingston, on Thursday (October 17).  “We have a generation or two that has not...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the interests of all stakeholders in the Greater Bernard Lodge Development in St. Catherine will be safeguarded. He assured that under the project’s master plan, all of the issues raised “will be taken into consideration and the appropriate mitigation done.” These matters include environmental sustainability, municipal matters pertaining to roads and...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the current business environment in Jamaica is the best it has been in decades as businesses reported profits that exceeded their expectations in the last quarter. Prime Minister Andrew Holness asserted that business owners should be confident, He says Government policies will be in favour of business development, economic growth, and job creation. "What...