Speeches by the Prime Minister

Statement by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness at the High-Level Segment of the 108th Session (Centenary) of the International Labour Conference 12th June 2019

Posted on June 13, 2019 by OPM Communications

Mr President, Jamaica is honoured to speak at this high-level plenary of the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, to commemorate the Centenary of this most important global institution. Jamaica’s democracy was born out of the struggle of the labour movement. Labour is a respected and deeply integrated partner in the tripartite collaborative culture […]

Remarks by the Most Honourable Andrew Holness at the Official Opening of the S Hotel (Spanish Court) Montego Bay

Posted on February 7, 2019 by OPM Communications

Thank you for your direction of the ceremony so far. Let me assure everyone that my presentation will be brief and therefore I’m expecting to have your full attention. Let me thank Reverend Burchell McPherson for offering the prayers, good to see you again father. Their Excellencies, The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen […]

Remarks By The Most Honourable Andrew Holness at the Official Opening of Montego Bay Free Zone Company Limited Data Entry Building No. 7

Posted on February 7, 2019 by OPM Communications

Madam Director of Protocol and Ceremony, Ms Gloria Henry Reverend Peter Burnett, Thank you for your prayers The Honourable Karl Samuda, the Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Mrs Marlene Malahoo-Forte, Attorney General and Member of Parliament for the constituency in which we are now, Mr Mark Hart, Chairman […]

Remarks by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness at the Official Launch of Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project

Posted on February 7, 2019 by OPM Communications

Thank you very much Dermon and may I offer you congratulations on your new appointment as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. Since I made it the recommendation for the appointment I know that you will do a good job. I want to thank Mrs Myers for her fervent prayers […]

2018 Christmas Message by Prime Minister Andrew Holness

Posted on January 4, 2019 by OPM Communications

What a blessing it is for us to celebrate and commemorate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as we acknowledge that He is the reason for the season. Take a walk with me down memory lane, as we revisit the old time Jamaican Christmas. Children are happy, laughing and playing, families […]

New Year’s Message 2019 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by OPM Communications

This is the new day that the Lord has made and we who have been spared to see it, rejoice and are glad in it for we stand on the threshold of new possibilities and opportunities. As a country, we were able to accomplish much in 2018: Our economy continued its recovery and entered its […]

PM Holness Remarks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Conference of Executive Management and Heads of Mission

Posted on October 9, 2018October 12, 2018 by OPM Communications

The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Conference of Executive Management and Heads of Mission Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Jamaica Pegasus Hotel Salutations: Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator the Honourable Pearnel Charles, Jnr, […]

PM Holness Remarks at Caribbean Water & Waste Water Association 27th Annual Conference

Posted on October 8, 2018October 12, 2018 by OPM Communications

The Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, MP Prime Minister at the Caribbean Water & Waste Water Association Conference On October 8, 2018 Thank you very much madam master of ceremonies Marline Stephenson Let me apologize for my voice, I got wet. Yes, we’re at a water conference so you understand. Mr Alphonsus Daniel, President […]

The Government’s Measures to Regulate Specific Categories of Plastic Packaging Materials

Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 by OPM Communications

Presentation by the Hon. Daryl Vaz, MP on the Government’s measures to regulate specific categories of plastic packaging materials at a Press Conference, Monday, September 17, 2018 in the Banquet Hall at 9 am It is now universally accepted that Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as Jamaica, are particularly vulnerable to global environmental […]

Prime Minister’s GSAT Award Ceremony

Posted on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 by OPM Communications

Thank you very much. It was just the other day that I did my Common Entrance. Firstly , let me congratulate you on your performance on the last sitting of GSAT and you will have the distinction to be the last generation of Jamaicans to sit that notorious examination and I’m seeing the broad smiles […]