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His positions on issues such as parenting and the death penalty have not always mirrored the national view. Holness has demonstrated a missionary like capacity to take on national issues even those that may appear controversial. Under his watch Jamaica has seen the introduction of the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), designed as a post secondary technical and vocational training programme for otherwise unattached youth. He also brought national attention and focuses to Literacy and has instituted several programmes to place Jamaica on the path to universal literacy at the primary level.
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He has worked at all levels of the political system, and has patiently garnered significant knowledge and political capital. Holness has carried the hopes and dreams of many Jamaicans that a new, inclusive, prospective politics will emerge in Jamaican society. Since his official entry onto Jamaica’s political landscape, Mr. Holness in his 15th year of representational politics was sworn in by affirmation on Sunday Octoas Jamaica’s ninth Prime Minister. 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. He was the Opposition Spokesperson on Education before the 2007 general election. Holness has served as shadow minister for the JLP in areas of social welfare, community development and housing. Holness was given the responsibility of developing social investment and poverty reduction policies for the JLP. While in opposition in 1995, then leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the Most Hon.
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Holness worked extensively in many inner city communities while he was the executive director of the Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children (VOUCH), one of Jamaica’ oldest Non-Government Organizations. Prior to entering representative politics in 1997, Mr. He attended the University of the West Indies where he attained a Master of Science degree in Development Studies and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies. He served as the former Minister of Education also. He is married to Juliet, a chartered accountant and businesswoman and they have two boys Adam and Matthew. He is also the former Minister with responsibility for Electoral Matters and the former Leader of Government Business in the House of Parliament, both positions he held between 2008 and October 2011. 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.Andrew Michael Holness was born on the 22nd of July 1972 in Spanish Town, St Catherine, the youngest and second shortest person to become a Prime Minister in Jamaica. There are also restrictions on the number of persons allowed at burials and in places of worship. 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. Prime Minister Andrew Holness is scheduled to make statement in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.