News from the OPM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, along with the Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, met with senior officials of the United States Justice Department, which hosted a high-level meeting of law enforcement and security agencies to discuss the growing threat of transnational criminal gangs, organized criminal violence and the trafficking of illegal guns into Jamaica. […]

“The threat is even more urgent to small developing states, where gangs have greater capacity to capture the state” – Prime Minister Holness   Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday (December 7, 2022) used the Congressional/Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum in Washington D.C, convened by Congressman Robert Pittenger, to draw greater attention to the growing threat of […]

People who complain about SOEs are not the people who benefit from them – Prime Minister Holness   Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the States of Public Emergency (SOE) have been reimplemented in Clarendon, St Catherine, St James, Westmoreland, Hanover and sections of Kingston and St Andrew.  St Ann has also been put […]

The Andrew Holness-led Administration is committed to changing Jamaica’s healthcare sector by increasing investments in critical infrastructure and encouraging citizens to take personal responsibility for their health Residents of Chapelton, Clarendon and neighbouring communities will no longer have to travel to the May Pen Hospital to receive health care as the Chapelton Community Hospital is […]

The objective of the Government is to convert these great assets that we have into prosperity – Prime Minister Holness Prime Minister Andrew Holness says a strong Government and good governance have been the catalysts for improvement and recovery in the economy post-pandemic. Speaking yesterday, (November 29, 2022) at the Invest Jamaica Conference in Montego […]

THE EMERGENCY POWERS (PARISHES OF ST. JAMES, WESTMORELAND AND HANOVER) REGULATIONS, 2022   Gazette – The Emergency Powers (Parishes of St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover) Regulations, 2022 TO BE CIRCULATED

THE EMERGENCY POWERS (PARISHES OF CLARENDON AND ST. CATHERINE AND SPECIFIED AREAS IN THE PARISHES OF KINGSTON AND ST. ANDREW) REGULATIONS, 2022   Gazette – Emergency Powers (Parishes of Clarendon and St. Catherine and Specified Areas in the Parishes of KSA) Regulations, 2022 (1)

Gazetted Proclamation State of Public Emergency Parishes of Westmorelnd, Hanover and St James November 15, 2022

Cabinet notes protest action taken by some transport operators today in sections of the island and empathizes deeply with each and every Jamaican, including school children whose lives have been disrupted by this action. The Cabinet expresses appreciation to employers, school administrators, and other stakeholders in nation-building, who have shown understanding for their staff and […]