While not ruling out a possible return to competitive politics, Caswell Pinnock said he recently resigned as Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Clarendon Northern because he already expended the funds set aside for his political pursuits. “I am really not a rich man, and so I invested all I…
Amid allegations of wrongdoing at his ministry, Ruel Reid has adhered with the prime ministerā€™s request for him to resign as Minister of Education, Youth and Information. He also relinquished his seat in the Senate. Reid, who is pictured above, is also the caretaker/candidate for the governing Jamaica Labour Party…
1,287 is not just another number. It represents people who could be alive today, had criminals not cut them down across Jamaica last year. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in parliament yesterday, revealed: “The murder rate for last year stood at 1,287 persons. “This is a 21.9 percent decline compared with…
Jamaica Information Service - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that the Alternative Development Programme (ADP), which will provide an avenue for small ganja farmers to benefit from the ganja industry, will start by March 2019. The programme aims to prevent and eliminate the illicit cultivation of ganja and channel the…
The parliamentary opposition headed by Dr Peter Phillips has voted against further extension of the three States Of Public Emergency (SOPE), paving the way for them to end in January 2019. The government, in a bid to curb crime, had imposed the SOPEs in the St Catherine North Police Division,…
While he commissioned two surveillance helicopters and a surveillance aircraft into service yesterday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the gesture is tangible proof that his government is investing in border protection. The Beechcraft King Air 350ER Maritime Patrol aircraft, along with two Bell 429 helicopters, was acquired for the Jamaica Defence…
Jamaica Information Service - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Administration stands to save as much as $2.4 billion in annual office rental costs from development of the proposed Government Circle project in and around National Heroes Park in Kingston. Additionally, he envisages that the project will serve as a…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday promised to ensure that festivities and commerce associated with the Christmas season are not impeded by the special security operations in sections of the island. Some persons have complained that entertainment and commerce are being affected by the States of Public Emergency (SOE) in St James,…
While making it clear that his government is not contemplating an island-wide state of public emergency, Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared that all communities known to be under the control of dons will be ‘addressedā€™ - including some in the parishes of Clarendon and Westmoreland. “The government believes that there…
People in and around the islandā€™s capital woke up Sunday morning (September 23) to a state of public emergency, which already sparked a notice for businesses to close early, and resulted in the seizure of three guns. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, during a press briefing at his offices Sunday, declared…