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Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, addresses the recent Data Privacy Conference in Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Exercise Personal Digital Safeguards

By: Rocheda Bartley, February 28, 2025

Jamaicans are being encouraged to take control of their personal data and defend their digital rights as the country navigates an increasingly data-driven landscape. Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, made the...

Members of the audience watch the television series, Lime Tree Lane at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica, (PBCJ) WATCH-PARTY, held on Saturday (February 22) at its offices at 5 - 9 South Odeon Avenue in Kingston.

PHOTOS: The Inaugural Staging of the PBCJ WATCH-PARTY

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (seated, centre); General Manager, Finance, Standards, Procurement, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Orville Hill (seated right), and Director, SM Quality Construction Limited, Patrick Peterkin (seated left), affix their signatures to documents for expansion and rehabilitation works at the Pisgah Primary and Infant school in St. Elizabeth, during a contract-signing ceremony at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston.

$822.2M Earmarked to Continue JSIF-Led School Development Projects

By: Chris Patterson, February 20, 2025

Office of the Prime Minister 9 months ago 275 NHT Smart Energy Loan Applications Approved
By: Chris Patterson, February 20, 2025
Office of the Prime Minister 9 months ago Prime Minister Holness Announces Changes to the Senate
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, announcing the new Speed Task Force to reduce bureaucracy and enhance efficiency in doing business. He was delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Stock Exchange Investments & Capital Markets Conference held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 21).

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PM Announces Task Force To Improve Speed of Doing Business

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced the establishment of a Speed Task Force that will work to reduce bureaucracy and red tape in the public sector....

By: Andrew Laidley, January 22, 2025

Assistant General Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (January 16).

10 months ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

NHT Accepting 2017 Contribution Refund Applications Via Website and Online Platforms

National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors who are eligible for 2017 contribution refunds are encouraged to submit their applications through the NHT’s website or online platform. This, as the organisation’s mobile...

By: Rocheda Bartley, January 16, 2025

Television Production Assistant, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Aleisha Miller (back row, right), shares a photo opportunity with students and staff of the HEART/NSTA Trust Newport Campus in Manchester, during a tour of the JIS Television offices in Kingston on Tuesday (January 14). In back row (from left) are HEART/NSTA Trust Multimedia Production Instructor, André Adams; and students Genel Parker, Giovanni Roye, Matthew Simpson, and Jordan Whitely. In from row (from left) are Kaylia Rose, Rahiene Thompson, Asha Wisdom, and Tajay Stewart. The students also visited the JIS headquarters on Half-Way Tree Road on the day.

10 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

PHOTOS: HEART/NSTA Trust’s Newport Campus Students Tour

Television Production Assistant, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Aleisha Miller (back row, right), shares a photo opportunity with students and staff of the HEART/NSTA Trust Newport Campus in Manchester, during a...

National Housing Trust (NHT) Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick.

10 months ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

NHT to Begin Accepting Refund Applications for Contributions Paid Up to 2017 on Jan. 1

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is set to begin accepting applications, come January 1, 2025, for the refund of contributions paid up to 2017. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communication...

By: Rocheda Bartley, December 31, 2024

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), shares a hug with Dorothy Scott, one of the new homeowners in the St. Paul’s Lane housing development in Tower Hill, St. Andrew. Occasion was the hand over of keys to 36 housing units in the development on Wednesday (December 11). Sharing the moment is Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Linval Freeman.

11 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Hands Over Keys to 36 Housing Units in St. Paul’s Lane

Thirty-six families at St. Paul’s Lane in Tower Hill, St. Andrew, whose houses were destroyed by fire years ago are the proud beneficiaries of new homes, just in time for...

By: Andrew Laidley, December 13, 2024

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (seated, second left), affixes his signature, as a witness, to the signing of four contract packages with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to undertake works under the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The contract signing ceremony was held at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday (December 5). Other signatories (seated from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams; CHEC's Country Manager, Dangran Bi, and representative from CHEC, Gui Hongsheng (witness). Looking on (standing from left) are Ministers without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda and Hon. Robert Morgan; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness; and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips.

11 months ago Office of the Prime MinisterWorks / Construction

Contracts Signed for the Start of Work Under SPARK Programme

Work is expected to begin this month on the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The Government, on Thursday (December 5) signed four contracts valued...

By: Latonya Linton, December 5, 2024

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), symbolically breaks ground for the construction of the approximately $127-million Olympic Way Cultural Community Centre at 119B Olympic Way, St. Andrew West Central, during the site handover and official groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday (December 4). He is joined by (from left) Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; Executive Director, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Leslie Harrow; Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund Chairman, Omar Frith; Chief Executive Officer, Wilford “Billy” Heaven, and Director, Nicole McLaren Campbell.

11 months ago Office of the Prime Minister

Ground Broken for Multimillion-Dollar Olympic Way Cultural Community Centre

Residents of Olympic Gardens in St. Andrew West Central are set to benefit from a new state-of-the-art community cultural centre, to be constructed at a cost of approximately $127 million....

By: Chris Patterson, December 5, 2024

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, addresses the recent World Town Planning Day (WTPD) forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

12 months ago DevelopmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Gov’t Committed to Sustainable Urban Planning

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, says the Government remains committed to sustainable urban planning to safeguard communities and protect the natural...

By: Okoye Henry, November 15, 2024

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PM Announces Task Force To Improve Speed of Doing Business

NHT Accepting 2017 Contribution Refund Applications Via Website and Online Platforms

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