Jamaica gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1962. Before that, the Caribbean island nation was a British colony for over 300 years. Current Prime Minister Andrew Holness hasn’t ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has signalled that the Government is considering a plan to reduce the withholding tax on dividends paid to Jamaican residents, as part of efforts to attract assets back ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson says he does not support the country appointing a ceremonial president from the current constitutional reform process and has warned that, ...

Fast forward to 2006, and the politician who by then had become Mrs Simpson Miller was President of the People’s National Party and the first female Prime Minister of Jamaica. As a servant of the ...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has again called for Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to say definitively whether Jamaica will ...

On Tuesday night, as the storm barreled toward Jamaica, the country's prime minister, Andrew Holness ... Peninsula by the end of the week. The current forecast calls for another landfall sometime ...