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Controversial member of Parliament Everald Warmington has declared that he withdrew his resignation as a member of the party’s leadership to block the People’s ... Show more
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HEART/NSTA Trust level 4 graduates to benefit from monetary grants – Holness: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Effective April 1, 2024, every successful graduate of a level 4 ...
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HEART/NSTA Trust level 4 graduates to benefit from monetary grants – ...
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‘I’m the best baby father for ideas’ says PM Holness: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared himself to be the “best baby father for ...
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‘I’m the best baby father for ideas’ says PM Holness
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Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s criticism of the appointment of Juliet Holness, who is the prime minister’s wife, as Speaker of the House of Representatives ... Show more
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Clarke says Opposition Leader disrespectful for referring to House Speaker Juliet Holness ‘as the wife’
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Clarke says Opposition Leader disrespectful for referring to House Speaker ...
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My wife is a self-made woman, says Holness: Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday described his wife, House Speaker Juliet Holness ...
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My wife is a self-made woman, says Holness
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PM outlines plans for Lucea-Hopewell Bypass: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has outlined plans for a Lucea-Hopewell Bypass to assist in ...
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PM outlines plans for Lucea-Hopewell Bypass
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‘Tattoo’ shot and killed in Westmoreland: WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A man was shot and killed at Amity Cross Road in Westmoreland on Friday night ...
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‘Tattoo’ shot and killed in Westmoreland
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Opposition People’s National Party has no plan for Jamaica and is seeking to distract Jamaicans by “playing upon ... Show more
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As the Government moves to implement the next phase of the public-sector compensation review, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated the call for ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the national minimum wage is to be increased from $13,000 to 15,000 for a 40-hour work week ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the pressures that existed in 2002 when then finance minister Dr Omar Davies made his now infamous statement of “run ... Show more
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Gov’t to establish trust fund for poor children born on or after August 6, 2022 – Holness
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Gov’t to establish trust fund for poor children born on or after August 6 ...
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness begins his contribution to the 2024/25 budget debate by thanking his wife, Juliet, whom he describes as a “self-made ... Show more
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PJ Patterson, Hugh Small say Vybz Kartel trial judge made ‘fatal error’: Former Prime Minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson has weighed in on the brouhaha surrounding ...
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PJ Patterson, Hugh Small say Vybz Kartel trial judge made ‘fatal error’
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Following Tuesday’s parliamentary debacle, occasioned by a government walkout led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, one political analyst is suggesting that ... Show more
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Section of South Coast Highway to be named in honour of national hero Paul Bogle, says Holness
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Section of South Coast Highway to be named in honour of national hero Paul ...
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President of the Senate Tom Tavares-Finson has accused Opposition Leader Mark Golding of seeking to undermine the integrity of House Speaker Juliet Holness ... Show more
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The Opposition People's National Party says the "unilateral decision" by the Government to raise the minimum wage is deeply concerning. On Thursday ... Show more
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$2.5-b for cleaning gullies, drains and roadways: KINGSTON, Jamaica - A sum of $2.5 billion has been earmarked for the cleaning of major gullies ...
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$2.5-b for cleaning gullies, drains and roadways
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NHT policy change to benefit contributors under 35, says Holness: The National Housing Trust (NHT) will be reserving up to 10 per cent of the housing solutions ...
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NHT policy change to benefit contributors under 35, says Holness
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that Jamaica will enter the next phase of the plastic ban on June 1. This phase will include a ban on the ... Show more
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Work on replacing the Troy bridge, which collapsed just over two years ago creating great inconvenience to thousands of Jamaicans from communities in ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrives at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston for the CARICOM High-Level Meeting on Haiti ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the idea behind the Jamaica 60 HOPE For Children Trust Fund is to provide children with a start in life ... Show more
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NHT to build one-bedroom apartments as starter homes with ‘buy-back’ clause: KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the National ...
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NHT to build one-bedroom apartments as starter homes with ‘buy-back’ ...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a contract has been awarded for the reconstruction of the Troy bridge in Trelawny ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Toll-free access to the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 is being extended until July 1, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says ... Show more
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Opposition Leader Mark Golding's Budget debate contribution was derailed today after Prime Minister Andrew Holness led a walkout of Government MPs over ... Show more
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Survey shows 99% of population have access to improved source of drinking water: KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022: ...
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Survey shows 99% of population have access to improved source of drinking ...
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President of Realtors Association of Jamaica Newton Johnson has reacted to Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s budget presentation on housing solutions ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the highway between Harbour View, St Andrew, and Morant Bay in St Thomas is to be named the Right Excellent Paul ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken take photos ahead of bilateral talks at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is procuring an additional 280 cameras to be installed in downtown Kingston under the Jamaica Eye ... Show more
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With a youth (14-24 years) unemployment rate of 12.6 per cent or 26,200, the Government is introducing the Community Action for Rewarding Engagement (CARE) ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has underscored the seriousness of the situation in Haiti, noting the number of heads of government expected to participate in ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness announces that the Fantasy Beach Park in Priory, St Ann will be developed into a Parish Beach Park ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says $15 billion will be earmarked over the next three years to enhance communities with limited infrastructure ... Show more
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The Office of Utilities Regulation says it will be closely monitoring the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant project in Content, St Catherine ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instructed the National Environment and Planning Agency to develop a policy to ban the discharge of waste into the Rio ... Show more
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The HEART/NSTA Trust will introduce the Community Action for Rewarding Engagement (CARE) Initiative to train young people who are not working and are not ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : The National Housing Trust (NHT) is to develop one-bedroom apartment complexes, particularly within or near urban centers, as starter homes ... Show more
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US Secretary of State, PM Holness hold bilateral talks in Kingston: KINGSTON, Jamaica — In brief remarks made at the bilateral talks on the margins of the ...
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US Secretary of State, PM Holness hold bilateral talks in Kingston
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The Government is taking steps to ban the discharge of effluent into the Rio Cobre with the development of legislation to tackle the vexed issue ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Among the 15,009 housing solutions to be undertaken by the National Housing Trust in the upcoming fiscal year is Ruthven 2. In 2022 ... Show more
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🟠 "It is clear that Haiti is now at a tipping point." Jamaican PM Andrew Holness, who hosted the crisis talks that secured Ariel Henry’s resignation ... Show more
Quick Glance: Understanding Haiti’s Armed Gangs: Origins and Demands
  • Armed groups have long rocked daily life and politics in Haiti.

  • The rivalry between the two major gang coalitions - G9 and GPep - dominates Port-au-Prince.

  • The origins of the gangs are closely associated with political parties and elites in Haiti.

  • The armed groups have become autonomous entities and seek political power.
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a Centralised National Road Registry is to be created, which will contain data to help with decisions ... Show more
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This week in #JamaicaNow : Prime Minister Andrew Holness leads walkout of Government members from the Parliament … Holness praises his wife and House Speaker after ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a $200 million tuition support for at least 1,000 students who are in good academic standing with the tertiary ... Show more
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#BudgetDebate : Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the $50,000 ceiling for fines under the NRCA ACT and the $1.5 million ceiling under the Wild Life Protection Act are ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has told CARICOM leaders and their international partners they “will do an injustice to the people of Haiti” if they are unable ... Show more
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Convicted of rape, ex-Brazil star Dani Alves freed on bail for 1 mn euros: court: BARCELONA, Spain (AFP)— Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves is to ...
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Convicted of rape, ex-Brazil star Dani Alves freed on bail for 1 mn euros: ...
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President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Metry Seaga says the increase in the national minimum wage from $13,000 to $15 ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the tabling of Jamaica’s Omnibus Protected Areas Policy Green Paper in the coming fiscal year ... Show more
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The United States Government is to sharply increase its financial support to the multinational security support mission to be deployed in Haiti in an effort to ... Show more
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Caricom remains ‘optimistic’ on Haitian-led solution - nationnews.com: KINGSTON – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday said it remained “optimistic” that a ...
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Caricom remains ‘optimistic’ on Haitian-led solution - nationnews.com
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Minister with responsibility for works Everald Warmington has resigned from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Andrew Holness. "I received his resignation.. ... Show more
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Political commentator Lloyd B. Smith, asserting that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) showing in the recent local government elections has created a ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness and wife, Juliet Holness, cast their vote at the Mona Division polling station in St Andrew Eastern earlier this morning ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says feedback he has received from residents, during his recent travels across the country, shows that proper roads and a good ... Show more
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While beaming at the Jamaica Labour Party’s 7-5 win over the People’s National Party in last Monday’s local government elections ... Show more
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#LGE2024 : Jamaica Labour Party Leader Andrew Holness had to change his shirt before being allowed to vote this morning after he turned up at a polling station at ... Show more
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#LGE2024 : Jamaica Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his party has won the local government elections by taking seven of 13 municipal ... Show more
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Prime Minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness, in his final campaign stop ahead of Monday’s local government election ... Show more
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Mark Golding clearly exaggerated in declaring his People’s National Party victorious in Monday’s municipal elections. Mr Golding, however ... Show more
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With two polls indicating that the Jamaica Labour Party would have pipped the People’s National Party and yet both indicate that it would happen within the ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his "heart is heavy" at news of the death of Morgan Heritage lead singer, Peetah Morgan, today ... Show more
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has rubbished claims that there has been a temporary interruption in overtime payments to rank-and-file members of the Jamaica ... Show more
‘Foolishness!’: HANOVER, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has rubbished claims that there has been a temporary interruption in overtime payments to ...
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‘Foolishness!’
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PM reiterates call for increased labour force productivity: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has renewed the call for increased productivity by ...
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PM reiterates call for increased labour force productivity
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Mark Golding’s ejection of Dennis Meadows as a candidate, and his pledge to hold all others of his party to “higher standards of accountability”, is welcomed ... Show more
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It is expected to be a neck-and-neck race to the finish line between candidates of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the opposition People’s National Party ... Show more
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The presence of piles of debris and trees growing in the Sandy Gully in the vicinity of Riverton City, which poses “a clear and present danger” to residents in ... Show more
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Former mayor of Lucea Sheridan Samuels, who was re-elected to represent the Cauldwell Division, is calling on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to retract claims ... Show more
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Both men should have had the decency to make the decision themselves. They did not. But at long last, Everald Warmington was forced to resign from the Cabinet ... Show more
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Political commentator Clyde Williams has cast doubt on the Andrew Holness-led administration’s ability to execute the constitutional reform process ... Show more
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The month of February has been quite the eventful one. From the Local Government Elections and a Edwin Allen fifth-former striking big with Prada ... Show more