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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), looks at the $40 million genome sequencing machine installed at the National Influenza Centre at the University Hospital of the University of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, during the official handover of the equipment on Friday (October 22). At right is State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), looks at the $40 million genome sequencing machine installed at the National Influenza Centre at the University Hospital of the University of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, during the official handover of the equipment on Friday (October 22). At right is State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn.

Gov’t Equipping Health System for Current and Future Emergencies – PM

By: Garfield L. Angus, October 23, 2021
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is equipping the public health system to manage the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and future emergencies. Delivering the keynote address...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness addresses a group of healthcare professionals at the James Hill health Centre in Clarendon on Thursday (October 21).

PM Praises Healthcare Workers While Encouraging Vaccination

By: GARFIELD L. ANGUS, October 23, 2021
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, signs the condolence book for the late former United States (US) Secretary of State, General Colin L. Powell, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the US Embassy in Kingston on Thursday (October 21). Observing (from left) are Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and Chargé d’ Affaires, US Embassy, John McIntyre. General Colin Powell was appointed Secretary of State by President George W. Bush on January 20, 2001, after being unanimously confirmed by the US Senate. He served for four years, leaving the position on January 26, 2005. He was the first African-American to serve as US Secretary of State. General Powell died on October 18.

PHOTOS: PM Pays Respects to Late Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes his contribution to the debate on the National Identification and Registration Act 2021, in the House of Representatives on October 13.
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House Passes NIDS Bill

Jamaica is one step closer to implementing a new identification system, following the passage of the National Identification and Registration Act, 2021 in the House of Representatives on October 13....
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By: Chris Patterson, October 15, 2021