TOWARDS A DECADE OF GROWTH TO ANCHOR OUR PEACE, PROSPERITY AND RESILIENCE   Acknowledgements: 3 Our Response to COVID-19  5 Financial Resilience - COVID Economic Stimulus Plan  14 Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) 16 Constituency Development Fund COVID-19 Support 18 Trucking of Water 18 Our Fiscal Stability  20 Our Security Infrastructure   24 Objective 1 - Strengthening the National Security Architecture  ...

The unprecedented spread of Covid-19 has created a global health crisis. Each day brings new developments as countries around the world seek to “flatten the curve” and achieve “social distance” which is significantly, sharply and suddenly curtailing economic activity around the world. The Jamaican government, led by the Most Hon. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has taken strong action to protect...

Mr. Speaker, I am here today to update the House on critical security issues. The ABC partners (United States, Canada and the United Kingdom) have been critical longstanding bilateral partners in security operations in the Caribbean. These security relations are underpinned by several longstanding treaties, protocols and Agreements. Among these, was a Memorandum of Understanding which allowed for the use...

Mr. Speaker, The members of the House may recall that during my sectoral close a few months ago, I called the country’s attention to the extensive work that is being undertaken to undermine, interrupt and dismantle criminal gangs. On that occasion I highlighted the systematic, well financed, and structurally complex nature of the gangs of today. I would have also...

Mr. Speaker, I tabled the Human Employment and Resource Training (Amendment) Act, 2019, in the context of my budget presentation (on 19 March 2019) on “Building a new Jamaica” and addressed the critical element of human capital development in that new Jamaica. Mr. Speaker, former Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Edward Seaga had a passionate mission to provide a meaningful...

IN PARTNERSHIP TOWARDS THE NEW PROSPEROUS JAMAICA We gather here today, at the start of the new Parliamentary year, fully conscious of the fact that our individual and collective efforts play a crucial role in charting a course for a new Jamaica. Over the past three years, there has been great hope across the country and action towards prosperity. This...

Mr. Speaker: By virtue of the votes taken on December 11, 2018, where the Opposition voted against extension of the States of Public Emergency, these enhanced security measures will lapse: ·St. Catherine North – January 2, 2019 ·Specified areas of Kingston - January 7, 2019 ·St. James - January 31, 2019 Mr. Speaker in terms of statistics for the record,...

Mr. Speaker, on January 3 (2019), the Ministry of Health confirmed that Jamaica had surpassed the epidemic threshold for dengue, based on the number of reported cases in December. In line with the section 16 (1) of the Public Health Act, a press conference was called and the nation immediately notified, based on available and verified data. In line with...