Speeches by the Prime Minister

The president of the Inter- American Development Bank Group and Therese Turner-Jones my other good friend, the General Manager for the Caribbean Country Department of the IDB Dr The Honourable Ambassador Nigel Clarke, MP, Minister of Finance and the Public Service and also my good friend My other good friend The Right Reverend Howard Gregory […]

My Jamaican family! Today our great nation celebrates 56th years of political independence. It is indeed a time to celebrate all that we have achieved with our freedom and independence: We boast a stable democracy with over 74 years of elections and undisrupted change of administrations. We rank 6th in the World for Freedom of […]

My fellow Jamaicans, Each year, the Emancipation celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on the struggle of our ancestors for freedom, against a system that denied them their dignity and humanity, often through brutally oppressive and violent means. It must have been a euphoric day, today the first of August, 180 years ago, when […]

REMARKS PREPARED FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, THE MOST HONOURABLE ANDREW HOLNESS, MP ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL LUNCHEON HELD IN HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR.  MIGUEL DIAZ CANEL-BERMUDEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILS OF STATE AND MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON THE MARGINS OF THE […]

REMARKS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, THE MOST HONOURABLE ANDREW HOLNESS, O.N, M.P FOR SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE ADRIAN DUDLEY SAUNDERS AS PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE  KINGSTON WEDNESDAY 4TH JULY 2018   Your Excellencies, the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, Governor-General and the Most Honourable […]

OPENING STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE ANDREW HOLNESS ON, MP PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) DELIVERED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA 4TH JULY 2018     Your Excellencies  the  Most  Honourable  Sir […]

I have the distinct honour of saying welcome to Jamaica for all our first-time investors and visitors. Your presence at this forum signals that we are strengthening confidence in Jamaica’s business environment. The Jamaica Investment Forum represents one of Jamaica’s key initiatives designed to secure new investors and cement the decisions of investors who have […]

Thank you for that introduction Mr Casserly and Simon it’s not too late to share the platform you wished to share with me but I think that the platform you’re on now is still a very good platform. The Kiwanis Club, the Kiwanis organization is an organization that I wanted to join but just was […]

Thank you, Heather, Deputy General Manager of the UDC Senator Ransford Braham, Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation Colleague Members of Cabinet Senator the Honourable Tom Tavares-Finson, President of the Senate and other members of the senate who are present The Honourable Pearnel Charles, Speaker of the House of Representatives and other members of the […]

 Honourable Dr Horace Chang, Minister of National Security Mrs Marlene Malahoo-Forte, Attorney-General of Jamaica Mrs Dian McIntosh, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Mrs Audrey Sewell, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and in the Office of the Prime Minister I am extending apologies for Mr Fitz Jackson […]