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Hundreds of unattached youth attend the HOPE programme orientation and registration at Jamaica College yesterday (June 20).

1500 Unattached Youth Attend HOPE Orientation

By: Office of the Prime Minister , June 21, 2017

Approximately fifteen hundred young persons yesterday (June 20) attended the orientation and registration for the first phase of the HOPE programme. The HOPE programme is the Government’s flagship training and...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) is in discussion with former Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards recipient, Jerome Cowans, at a press conference to announce the return of the awards at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston on June 19

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education to Dr. Gilzene Fearon, during the awards ceremony at Jamaica House last year. (File)

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd right), and Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí (3rd left), participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Directorate of Training and Doctrine at Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Wednesday, June 14. Others (from left) are the JDF's Commanding Officer-designate, Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams; Director General, International Security Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada, Major General Derek Joyce; Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí; Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; and Jamaica's Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade.

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PM Opens JDF Directorate of Training and Doctrine

The Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) training capabilities have been boosted with the establishment of its Directorate of Training and Doctrine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, formally opened the...

By: Douglas McIntosh , June 16, 2017

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is in discussion with (from left), former New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner, Raymond Kelly; Security and International Cooperation Advisor for Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Head Chief General of the Colombian National Police, General Rosso José Serrano; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. Occasion was the opening ceremony for a two-day Multilateral Crime Summit at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 15.

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Increased Focus on Intelligence in Addressing Crime – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the police force will be making greater use of intelligence in addressing crime, moving away from the over-reliance on hard policing. As...

By: Alecia Smith , June 16, 2017

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), participates in the breaking of ground for the construction of ‘The Hampshire’ apartment complex by the Guardian Group, at the project site at 9 Musgrave Avenue in St. Andrew on Wednesday (June 14). Others (from left) are Estate Officer, Guardian Life Limited, and Project Manager for The Hampshire, Rachel Harrisingh; Architect, Michael Lake; Senior Manager, Corporation Services, Guardian Life, Olive Bernard; President, Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Ltd, Karen Bhoorasingh; President of Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; Director, Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL), Patrick Hylton; Member of Parliament for South Eastern St. Andrew, Julian Robinson; Vice-President, Corporate Resources, Guardian Life, Audrey Basanta-Henry; and Insurance Advisor, Premier 5, Guardian Life, Simone Henry.

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Investors Urged to Develop Underutilised Assets

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging private investors to develop underutilised assets around the country. Such investment, he said, would contribute to economic growth by boosting the...

By: Alecia Smith , June 15, 2017

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable, Andrew Holness. (File)

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Establishment of National Identification System a Priority – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is making the establishment of the National Identification System (NIDS) a priority. He said the system will have a “positive...

By: Latonya Linton, June 14, 2017

“As a former Minister of Education, I must especially salute Lady Cooke. Her contribution to the sector cannot be overstated."

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House Pays Tribute to Lady Cooke

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 13) paid tribute to Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Ivy Cooke, who died on June 5. Lady Cooke, who was the widow...

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Contribution to the Debate on the National Registration and Identification Bill, 2017 – PM Holness

Mr. Speaker, it is indeed my honour to submit for the consideration of this Honourable House today, the National Identification and Registration Bill, 2017, which was tabled in this Honourable...

By: Office of the Prime Minister , June 14, 2017

Father Dan Leary (third right) of St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, accepts a citation from Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, at the Embassy on June 7. The citation was presented on behalf of Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Also sharing in the occasion are members of the St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church.

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Citation Presented to Father Dan Leary

Father Dan Leary of St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, is the latest recipient of a citation from Prime Minister, the Most Andrew Holness, for his contribution...

By: Derrick Scott, June 13, 2017

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), greets Executive Director of the e-Governance Academy in Estonia, Dr. Arvo Ott (left), while Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Representative for Jamaica and Caribbean Country Department General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones, makes the introduction. Occasion was the IDB’s seventh annual Caribbean Civil Society Meeting at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, June 8, where Senator Reid delivered an address on behalf of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The meeting was held under the theme ‘Delivery Revolution: Governments – Civil Society: A Partnership for Delivering’.

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Gov’t Committed to Partnering with Civil Society – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is committed to partnering with civil society in the delivery of high-quality services to citizens. He noted that persons are...

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 12, 2017

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