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Western Bureau: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has flatly rejected an assertion by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis who, in a report tabled in Parliament this week, outlined concerns that the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) is...

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OPPOSITION Leader Dr Peter Phillips on Sunday chided Prime Minister Andrew Holness for suggesting that the country's crime problem has evolved beyond the capacity to contain

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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol

THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health

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Holness administration declined UK prison offer, Phillips asserts

Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillip, says he strongly rejects claims from Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the United Kingdom prison offer to Jamaica was implicitly refused by the People’s National Party

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‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists

The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency

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Holness under tourism pressure

DAYS AFTER tourism advocates called for the Holness administration to declare a timeline for the resumption of incoming air and sea travel, Jamaica’s most powerful private-sctor lobby has added pressure for a clear road map towards a “date for a safe and sustainable

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BPO sector rebounds to pre-COVID-19 level – Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica's business process outsourcing (BPO) sector has rebound to its pre-COVID-19 level, amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking today at the virtual opening session of the third staging of Outsourcing 2...

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Holness: BPOs crucial to the digital economy

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), the umbrella organisation for the business process outsourcing sector, is expected to play a critical role in building out the country’s digital...

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Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth

The first batch of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers who returned to the island on Tuesday afternoon has departed for government quarantine centres in St Ann after being processed at the Falmouth cruise ship pier in

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PM: PNP killed UK prison offer

In a new revelation, the Holness administration is claiming that the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) offer to help build a prison here was “rejected” by the Portia Simpson Miller-led government in 2016 and not the now-ruling Jamaica Labour Party

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Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted

THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the

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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated

CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has

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Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out appointing resigned Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to a future

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PM says new vaccination policies coming soon

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that new vaccination policies are to be implemented after the Government completes its public education campaign. Holness noted that in the interim, all sections of the population must be exposed to...

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‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco

Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard

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Johnson Smith says PM gave 'honest' response to prison rejection issue

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison

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Walk good, Shahine

THE woman who changed the tide of losses for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with an upset in a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold in St Ann North Eastern in 2001, Shahine Robinson, died at her family home in Claremont, St Ann, around midday yesterday, after a long battle with lung

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Chakwera asks leaders to stop dividing Malawians Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi

President Lazarus Chakwera has underscored the need for leaders in the country to pursue peace instead of promoting division, resentment and disrespect among Malawians. Chakwera said this during the 2023 Umodzi Day celebrations which took place at Chilimampunga ground in Lilongwe. He added that

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2,300 Jamaicans return under re-entry programme

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says, to date, 2,300 Jamaicans have entered the island under the Government’s re-entry programme at a cost of

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Holness pledges $750,000 to support NCU students affected by COVID-19

Prime Minister Andrew has pledged three quarters of $1 million from his Positive Jamaica Foundation to the Northern Caribbean University's Alumni to fund scholarships and grants for students affected by

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New COVID pre-testing requirement for some US visitors

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new COVID pre-testing requirements for visitors to Jamaica from high-risk US

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ZOSO imposed in Greenwich Town

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, St

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'Enough is enough' - Holness condemns killing of St James primary schoolboys

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has condemned the killing three persons, including two primary schoolboys in St James last evening, saying when children are attacked, all of society "must stand up and say, 'enough is enough'".

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TEF to play greater role in provision of public parks

Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be playing a greater role in the provision of public parks across Jamaica. Holness pointed out that a large part of the development of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego...

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Ministry of Education: Tech/voc training standardised across institutions

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The Education Ministry said the five major existing technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions will now be offering courses only in their specifically assigned sector or sub sector for sustainable

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Shahine was like my sister and friend, says PM

The House of Representatives yesterday paid tribute to two former ministers, two ex-councillors, and a former permanent secretary, but it was Shahine Robinson who was the centre of tearful tributes by parliamentarians mourning her

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