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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address during Thursday's (July 2) launch of the Main Road component of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme, at Jamaica House.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address during Thursday's (July 2) launch of the Main Road component of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme, at Jamaica House.
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Gov’t Commits $25B to Rehabilitate 37 Priority Roads Under SPARK Programme

By: Chris Patterson, July 3, 2026
The Government has earmarked $25 billion to rehabilitate 37 priority roads under the Main Road component of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. The details were unveiled during the programme’s launch on Thursday (July 2) at Jamaica House, where Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivered the keynote address. Covering approximately 170 kilometres across 11 parishes, the initiative will directly benefit an estimated 900,000 citizens. In Kingston and St. Andrew, the roads slated for rehabilitation include sections...
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Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO),  Lilyclaire Bellamy (left),  speaks with entrepreneur, Tashana Mullings (right), following her address at the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica's  (YEA) Young Entrepreneurs Success Series event on Tuesday (June 30), at The Hub in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are Vice President, YEA, Erika Heslop Martin; and President, YEA, Cordell Williams.
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), walks on the newly rehabilitated Caenwood Road in Portland, at the official opening of the roadway on Friday (July 3). Joining the Prime Minister (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Portland Western, Hon. Daryl Vaz; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Works, Hon. Robert Morgan; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Arlene Williams.
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PM Opens Rehabilitated Caenwood Road in Portland

By: MICKELLA ANDERSON-GORDON, July 4, 2026
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts a ribbon before officially handing over the new National Housing Trust (NHT) Vineyard Town Housing Development in Kingston, on July 1. Also participating (from left) are Board Director, NHT, Sujae Boswell; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson; beneficiaries, Shane Henry and Marlene Witham; Managing Director, NHT, Martin Miller, and Senior General Manager, Construction and Development, NHT, Bryan Saunders.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts a ribbon before officially handing over the new National Housing Trust (NHT) Vineyard Town Housing Development in Kingston, on July 1. Also participating (from left) are Board Director, NHT, Sujae Boswell; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson; beneficiaries, Shane Henry and Marlene Witham; Managing Director, NHT, Martin Miller, and Senior General Manager, Construction and Development, NHT, Bryan Saunders.

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Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second right), presents a Seal to Justice of the Peace, Kaycie‑Ann Barrett‑Reid (left), during the Trelawny Justice of the Peace Association’s Commissioning Ceremony at the Glistening Waters Hotel in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Friday (June 26). Looking on are Custos Rotulorum for Trelawny, Hon. Hugh Gentles, and State Minister, Hon. Marisa Dalrymple‑Philibert.
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Newly crowned Miss St. Catherine Festival Queen 2026, Allison Williams (centre), stands with first runner-up, Imauny Huie (left), and second runner-up, Terry-Ann Wilson (right), during the coronation, held at Eltham High School in Spanish Town on June 21.
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, shows off his skills in football activity, during the Office of the Prime Minister's (OPM) annual Father’s Day Event held on the lawns of Jamaica House.
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Technical Specialist for Socio-Economic Development, Planning Institute of Jamaica's Community Renewal Programme (CRP), Charmaine Brimm (third left), is joined by partners at the recent Realise, Embrace and Achieve Your Purpose (REAP) Conference in Montego Bay, St. James. (From left) are Senior Programmes Director at HEART/NSTA Trust, Marlon Johnson; Podcaster/TV Host, Heneka Watkis-Porter; keynote speaker and Founder of the Safety Box, Nathaniel Peat; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Founder, Young Women/Men of Purpose (YWOP/YMOP), Lanisia Rhoden; CEO & Founder of CKM Healing Consultancy, Chantaeu Munroe; VP Marketing, VM Building Society, Suzette Ramdanie-Linton; and CEO of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis.

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