Speeches by the Prime Minister

22nd Session of the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


  JAMAICA’S NATIONAL STATEMENT TO THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE TWENTY SECOND SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 15TH NOVEMBER 2016   Salutations Mr. President, Please accept Jamaica’s heartiest congratulations and best wishes on your chairmanship of this Conference. I also express […]

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Joint GOJ/IMF Press Conference – October 13, 2016


Address by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness Prime Minister Joint GOJ/IMF Press Conference October 13, 2016                    OPM Lobby ______________________________________________________________________________ Thank you very much Ambassador Clarke. I want to associate myself with the salutations you gave earlier and get straight down to business. I’m very pleased to announce that we have reached a staff level agreement […]

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Opening Ceremony of 14th annual Organisation Of Caribbean Utility Regulators


Address by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica at the Opening ceremony of 14th annual OOCUR @ 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Secrets Hotel and Spa Montego Bay “Regulation: Creating a Spectrum of Opportunities for the Caribbean” Salutations   The Most Reverend Kenneth D.O Richards – Roman Catholic […]

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5th Annual Anti-Money Laundering/ Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference


Address by The Most Honourable Andrew Holness 5th Annual Anti-Money Laundering/ Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference October 10, 2016              Jamaica Pegasus Hotel We’re very grateful that we’ve been spared the hurricane. I had conversations with the President of Haiti and the devastation there is just simply phenomenal; it’s really sad that they have been hit twice […]

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PM’s Statement Delivered at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly


STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE ANDREW HOLNESS, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA DELIVERED AT THE 71st SESSION OF THE (UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY) 23RD SEPTEMBER 2016   Introduction & Context   Mr. President, I am honoured to join fellow leaders at this 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, which affords us an opportunity to undertake […]

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Official Opening of ‘Empowerment Park’ Established by Juici Patties


Address by Prime Minister Andrew Holness Official Opening of ‘Empowerment Park’ Established by Juici Patties at Clarendon Park in celebration of the Company’s 35th anniversary July 10, 2016 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When the representative from the National Council on Drug Abuse came up and he was diverting into discussing marijuana, I was thinking is he going to […]

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