Speeches by the Prime Minister

Statement on Hurricane Melissa by Dr. the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica at the  Sitting of the House of Representatives On November 25, 2025 —————————————————————————————-   Mr Speaker, last week, the World Bank released the results of its rapid damage assessment for Hurricane Melissa. The assessment places Jamaica’s physical […]

Address By Dr the Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica At the Special Press Briefing: Hurricane Melissa Recovery On November 6, 2025 ______________________________________________________________   Good morning, Jamaica. We are officially out of the preparation phase. We have done well in the preparation phase, but even the best laid plans would be […]

Statement By Dr. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness Prime Minister  of Jamaica At Session One: Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth Leaving No One Behind: Building Our Economies; The Role of Trade; Financing for Development and the Debt Burden On Saturday, 22nd November 2025, 10:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ___________________________________________________   Jamaica supports the global agenda […]

Address By Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica At the Special Press Briefing: Hurricane Melissa Recovery On November 6, 2025 ______________________________________________________________ Good morning, Jamaica. We are officially out of the preparation phase. We have done well in the preparation phase, but even the best laid plans would be […]

Statement to Parliament By Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica on the Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa On November 4, 2025 __________________________________   Thank you, Members of this Honourable House. On Tuesday, October 28th, Jamaica endured one of the most punishing natural disasters in our modern history. Hurricane Melissa […]

Address By Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica At the Special Press Briefing: Tropical Storm Melissa On October 25, 2025 ________________________________________________________ Good morning, Jamaicans, here and overseas, who may be watching this press briefing. Firstly, a few comments on the system itself. The system is quite an unusual […]

National Address By Dr the Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica At the Special Update: Hurricane Melissa is now Category 5 On October 26, 2025 ______________________________________________________   My fellow Jamaicans, Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 5 hurricane, approximately a hundred miles south of Kingston, heading westward at five miles per […]

Address By Dr the Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica At the Special Press Briefing: Preparedness for Tropical Storm Melissa On October 24, 2025 _____________________________________________________________  Thank you, Minister. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. Someone sent me a message which I thought was interesting enough to share, and the message read, […]

My fellow Jamaicans, on this Heroes’ Day, we stand as one people – proud and free – to celebrate the spirit that built our great nation. Ours is a story written in courage and conviction, a heritage born of struggle, guided by faith, and carried forward by generations of Jamaicans who refused to give up […]