Jamaica is targeting the planting of three million timber and ornamental trees over the next three years under a National Tree Planting Programme launched by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 4). The initiative, which is being managed by the Forestry Department, will see the foresting of 3,000 hectares of land with two million timber seedlings,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has given an undertaking to have programmed renovations at Penwood High School in West Central St. Andrew completed in short order. Among the upgrades being targeted are improvements to the auditorium, staff room and general administrative facilities as well as the construction of additional classrooms. Speaking at the official opening of Penwood High...

Following, Jamaica‘s participation in the United Nations General Assembly last week and leading role at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York, Prime Minister Holness was invited to meet with Vice President Pence in Washington. The meeting took place, earlier this week, on Monday, September 30, 2019 at the White House. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Honourable...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is fully committed to investing in cleaner energy sources as a way of protecting the environment while making the economy more competitive. Mr. Holness, who was giving the keynote address at the inauguration of Paradise Park Solar Farm in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on October 2, said it is against this background...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the National Water Commission (NWC) will be relaxing water restrictions, following the increase in capacity at the Mona Reservoir and Hermitage Dam in St. Andrew. The recent period of heavy rainfall has raised water levels at Mona and Hermitage to 54 per cent and 72 per cent, respectively. Mr. Holness said the...

 

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 17), approved a one month extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parishes of Clarendon and St. Catherine, until October 19. In his address, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, noted that over the period January 1 to September 16, 2019, some 948 murders and 908 incidents of shootings...