Last week, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, the chief medical officer, warned that despite data suggesting that Jamaica may be turning the corner in relation to a downward trend in the weekly reproductive rate, the measures imposed by the Government will need to continue for several more weeks in order for the numbers to be reduced. There are also restrictions on the number of persons allowed at burials and in places of worship. Jamaicans vote today in General Elections which are a straight fight between the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of Prime Minister Mr Andrew Holness.
In addition to the no-movement days, there are nightly curfews which start at 7, as well as a ban on funerals. Jamaica has been battling a devastating third wave of the COVID-19 virus, which, as of Sunday, had infected 76,451 and claimed 1,734 lives on the island.Īmong the measures used to tackle the spread of the virus are four consecutive weeks of three-day lockdowns. The focus of the prime minister's address is likely to be on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Profiles of Cabinet Ministers.Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to make statement in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Holness enjoys a game of chess, jogging, cycling and a round of table tennis. Andrew Holness, a Seventh Day Adventist by faith, is married to Juliet, a chartered accountant and businesswoman and they have two boys, Adam and Matthew. Andrew Michael Holness, ON, MP (born 22 July 1972) has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 25 February 2016 general. Holness in his 15 th year of representational politics was sworn in by affirmation on Sunday Octoas Jamaica’s ninth Prime Minister. Holness became Jamaica’s youngest Prime Minister and the first born after the nation’s independence in 1962. He has also served as Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives and, by extension, the man responsible for electoral matters in that chamber since 2008. Following endorsements from outgoing Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, and government Members of Parliament, he succeeded Bruce Golding as both Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and Prime Minister. He was sworn in as the Minister of Education after the JLP won the September 2007 general election. In 2002 he switched portfolio to Housing and in 2005 Holness was asked by the new leader of the JLP, Bruce Golding, to take on the topical issue of education. Andrew as Member of Parliament.” He served as Opposition Spokesperson on Land and Development from 1999 to 2002. In his capacity as personal assistant, he was assigned the responsibility of developing poverty reduction and social investment policies for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP).Īccording to Jared Mcallister, “in 1997 at the age of 25 he was first elected to the House of Representatives to represent his home district of West Central St. In 1996 he joined the Premium Group of Companies and functioned as a special assistant to then Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Holness worked as the Executive Director of one of Jamaica’s oldest non-government organizations (NGOs), the Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children (VOUCH) and in that capacity, led extensive social work in several inner city communities of Kingston.
In 1994, prior to entering representational politics, Mr. He is also a graduate of the University of the West Indies where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Development Studies. Catherine High School where he was both head boy and valedictorian.
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