News from the OPM

The Governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) led by their respective leaders, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Mark Golding, MP, met on Sunday, (February 27, 2022) for discussions under the Vale Royal Talks framework. The three and a half-hour dialogue was hosted by the University of the West Indies around an […]

Jamaica Customs Agency to be formally brought into the Get Every Illegal Gun Campaign Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that following a meeting of the National Security Council, the Jamaica Customs Agency will be formally brought into the Get Every Illegal Gun Campaign. The Prime Minister said the inclusion of the Jamaica Customs Agency under […]

Says Every Avenue is being Pursued to Ensure the Safe Return of Jamaican Students in Ukraine Prime Minister Andrew Holness has condemned the invasion of Ukraine and says every avenue is being pursued to ensure the safe return of Jamaican students in Ukraine. The Prime Minister said his latest update is that there are currently […]

Entity to provide the first provisioning of the “Get Every Illegal Gun” Fund of 25 million dollars. Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the National Security Council (NSC) today had important discussions with a view to making adjustments to the operations of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). The discussions included: The process of application for […]

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that, effective Friday, February 25, 2022, the curfew hours will be from midnight (nightly) to 5:00 am the following morning, until 5:00 am on March 18, 2022. Noting that the country was seeing the end of the 4th wave of infections with the test positivity rate and the rate of […]

Encourages Them to Be Exemplars of the Behaviours They Want to Promote in the Wider Society Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Parliamentarians to be mindful of their conduct in Parliament and to be exemplars of the behaviours they want to promote in the wider society. Prime Minister Holness underscored that the work of the […]

Greater Focus on Ensuring No Delays to the Start of Parliament Prime Minister Holness says the Government will break ground for the new Parliament building this year. He says this will increase the capability and the capacity of the Parliament to properly administer, oversee and interrogate public affairs. The Prime Minister noted that the work […]

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that effective Friday, February 11, 2022, the curfew hours will be from 11:00 pm nightly to 5:00 am the following morning, until  5:00 am on February 25, 2022. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement while speaking in Parliament today, (Thursday, February 10, 2022). The Prime Minister said all […]

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reported that in the 2021/2022 parliamentary year, the Government passed more legislation and held more committee meetings than the previous year, thus significantly increasing overall productivity. Speaking this afternoon (February 10, 2022) at the Parliamentarians Luncheon at Jamaica House, the Prime Minister said; “I am pleased to report that despite […]

Talks to be hosted by various institutions including the Universities and the Church Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the two-party dialogue between the Government and Opposition, the Vale Royal talks, will resume before the end of this month, (February 2022). The Vale Royal Talks are a mechanism for members of the two major political parties […]