Your Excellencies the Governor General, the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, Leader of the Opposition Dr. Peter Phillips, Mr. Bruce Golding former Prime Minister and Mrs. Golding, my fellow Jamaicans good afternoon. There is no certain of victory, so we must work diligently on the people’s behalf, and place our faith in God, that He would reward...

It is with deep sadness that I inform the nation of the passing of our dear Hon. Shahine Robinson, Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann. Shahine was a patriot, a servant of the people, a much loved political representative adored by her constituents, a humanitarian and great personal friend. In previous...

Progression of the Epidemic It has now been 70 days since our first case of COVID-19 on March 10, 2020. I am pleased to report that we had no new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours and there are 4 additional persons who have recovered and been released. This means that we now have 520 confirmed cases, with 131...

The Government of Jamaica from the outset of the COVID19 Pandemic has been exploring ways to safely return home our Jamaican Nationals stranded in foreign countries or on ships overseas. To achieve this, we established a controlled re-entry process which has to date seen over 350 Jamaicans return home in accordance with our quarantine regulations. We want to get our...

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  ...

To advance further understanding as it relates to the implementation of measures in the public sector to encourage “work from home”, Permanent Secretaries are required to consult with department and agency heads to determine certain functions which could be carried out from home for seven days starting Wednesday, March 18, 2020 to March 25, 2020. The objective is to reduce...

We happily welcome the clear vision of 2020, embracing this New Year for all; the potential and promise it holds and we give God thanks for sparing our lives to see yet another decade. We remember those who left us last year, like our former Prime Minister Edward Seaga and many other of our loved ones, heroes and benefactors. We...

Merry Christmas! To all at home and abroad. As Christians we believe in the Immaculate Conception and birth; the life examples and teachings, and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to be the fundamental pillars of our faith. Christmas is the time reserved in our calendar to celebrate the birth of Christ, which happened during a time of great...