Madam Speaker, This is a very special time in my life of public service. This year, 2025, is my 48th year as an elected representative. This day, May 28, is the 95th birthday of my mentor, immediate predecessor as Member of Parliament and former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Edward Phillip George Seaga. My contribution to the Sectoral...

Madam Speaker, I rise today in this Honourable House with deep gratitude and an even deeper sense of responsibility, as we chart the course for the vital sectors under my portfolio— Science, Energy, Telecommunications, and Transport. These sectors form the backbone of our national development, driving innovation, connectivity, and efficiency in service to the people of Jamaica. Before I begin,...

Good day, my fellow Jamaicans. Today we come together in observance of Labour Day 2025 under the theme “Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future.” We must do so as one people, with one purpose, as this is a theme that should resonate deeply with us all. We know that this island on which we live, the rivers...

A few days ago, in preparation for Labour Day, I collected my plants from the Forestry Department. This is one of them, the national flower of Jamaica, the Lignum Vitae. The lignum Vitae symbolizes strength, endurance, and healing, and is a protected species which we cherish as part of our natural and cultural heritage. I will be planting this tree...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Madam Speaker, let me again heap gratitude on all who reached out to me with their congratulations after my opening budget presentation. I deeply appreciate all of you! You give me strength! Let me also, Madam Speaker, pause to acknowledge the media persons who traveled over hills and valleys to go to Tydixon to check out the district ‘weh me...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, let me take this opportunity to acknowledge my husband Leo of 35 years, who is in the gallery, and our two daughters and family members who are watching online from the United States. I want to acknowledge as well, “all de people dem whe’ me grow up wid inna Tydixon” the very rural, subsistent...

Madam Speaker, the privilege granted to me to deliver this eighth Sectoral Presentation as Minister of National Security is one I regard with humility and gratitude. National Security has been one of the most challenging portfolios over the last three decades. To have retained the confidence of our leader and Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, to lead...