Prime Minister Andrew Holness— The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), the umbrella organisation of journalists here, yesterday slapped Prime Minister Andrew Holness for his “failure” to hold press briefings since assuming office in February this year. PAJ President Dionne Jackson Miller, in her letter to the prime minister, urged Mr Holness, not ordinarily known to be media-shy, to talk more with newsmen in the new year for the benefit of the public. “The PAJ stressed that it was very concerned about media access to ministers of government, and particularly to Mr Holness as prime minister,” Jackson Miller said in a press statement. The organisation had similar complaints against the previous prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, accusing her of not speaking directly to the press for most of the time she was prime minister between … Read entire article »