My Fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora:  A New Year is upon us, and we are all breathing a collective sigh of relief that 2020, the year that re-shaped our lives in so many ways, is behind us. As 2021 dawns, we are stepping into the unknown with some trepidation, with as the COVID-19 pandemic continuing unabated. Having...

We welcome 2021 with hope and optimism, giving thanks to God for sparing our lives to see this day. I am privileged and grateful to lead this great nation, small in size but large in stature, with endless potential. As difficult and challenging as it was, 2020 demonstrated that our greatest problems can only be solved when we cooperate and...

New Year’s Greeting Happy New Year! As we close out 2020 and embark on 2021, the New Year brings with it a renewed sense of possibility and a time for reflection. The past year has been a particularly challenging one for Jamaica and the whole World, as we have lived through the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic and have endured...

My Fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora. Thank you for allowing us into your homes to greet you again this Christmas. We have come through a turbulent year that started with great hope and promises.  We anticipated that 2020 would be a Year of Transformation in our homes, personal lives, communities, and our nation. Unfortunately, that was not...

As a child, I so look forward to Christmas and I am certain that many Jamaican children are looking forward to Christmas, to grand market, to the toys, and the gifts that they will get. To see their relatives, their grandparents, to the family gatherings, but this Christmas season we will not be able to celebrate as we usually do...

My fellow Jamaicans, I wish you a Merry Christmas, from my family to all Jamaicans, at home and abroad, and a happy and safe holiday season. I do so for the first time as Leader of the Opposition, an office to which I have ascended with a sense of humility and honour. Christmas, rooted in the birth of Christ, is...

Madam Speaker, based on the information received from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I wish to report that Jamaica has now recorded 11,875 cases of COVID-19. Of this number, 3,234 are active cases. This means that these are persons who contracted the virus and who are still able to transmit it to others. Information provided by the Ministry also...