Budget debate reveals consensus that productivity is big problem
Indeed, the cross-party consensus on the need for macroeconomic stability is encouraging and, as Prime Minister Dr Andrew ...
Minimum wage to be increased to $16,000 effective June 1 – Holness
The national minimum wage will be increased by $1,000 to $16,000 per 40-hour work week effective June 1. Prime Minister ...
JLP has presided over the strongest economy since independence, says Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Administration to be presiding over the strongest ...
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Budget Debate - Prime Minister defends economic performance of his administration
The Prime Minister insisted that the government has been prudent in its spending in order to maintain economic progress, ...
50,000 Jamaicans to benefit from $1-billion solidarity programme — Holness
A total of 50,000 vulnerable Jamaicans are to benefit from a new $1-billion ‘Solidarity Programme’ being introduced by the ...
200 young people targeted for cultural apprenticeship programme – Holness
The pilot for a cultural apprenticeship programme is to be undertaken during the upcoming fiscal year, targeting 200 young ...
National rural school bus service coming – Holness
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the phased introduction of the National Rural School Bus ...
Gov’t touts new township for Greater Innswood lands
The National Housing Trust (NHT) has been mandated to spearhead the Greater Innswood Development in St Catherine. It will be ...
North-South toll road to be extended – Holness
Plans are advanced to extend the North-South Toll Road, which will begin with a clover-leaf interchange at Mammee Bay in St Ann, extending westward to Discovery Bay (Phase 1A) and eastward to Prospect ...
Work completed on Parnassus Agro Park in Clarendon
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Work on the Parnassus Agro Park in Clarendon, which falls under the Southern Plains Agricultural ...
‘You’re not the father of fiscal discipline,’ Holness tells PNP
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hit back at claims by the People’s National Party (PNP) that they— and not the governing ...
Holness announces $1 billion ‘Solidarity Programme’ for 50,000 vulnerable Jamaicans
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that 50,000 vulnerable Jamaicans are to benefit from a new $1 billion ‘Solidarity ...