That was the comment from Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, at the official launch of the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement, and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) at the Lowe River Primary and Infant School in Trelawny on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Ministry and the IDB participated in a visibility ceremony for the loan agreement in Kingston today. The agreement, signed on February 13, 2026, will finance reforms aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector over an implementation period of approximately six years.
That's according to Opposition Senator Ramon Small Ferguson. He was making his contribution to the debate on the appropriations bill, in the upper house today.
They are: 22-year-old Jaheim Smith and 30-year-old Delroy Howard, both of Land Settlement, as well as 26-year-old Kimani Pollack, of Buff Bay. They were arrested during targeted operations on Monday and Tuesday, by members of the Anti-Lottery Scam Unit within the police's specialized investigation branch.
The Met Service projects that increased showers will result from a trough across the Western Caribbean which is expected to linger across the region through to early next week. The forecast is for mostly cloudy conditions with periods of showers and thunderstorms, which may be heavy at times to affect sections of most parishes, primarily southern and northeastern parishes, especially during the afternoons.