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Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has said that the government remained committed to pursuing a sound macro-economic policy that prudently managed the fiscal accounts, controlled inflation and reduced the debt ratio. The Prime Minister, who was making her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on May 9, stressed that the government would also be steadfast...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has named the agencies through which the $1 billion to be deducted from the National Insurance Fund (NIF) for small business development, will be disbursed. The Prime Minister, who was making her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in Gordon House yesterday (May 9), informed that the National Development Foundation of Jamaica will receive $100...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced that the National Housing Trust (NHT) would be providing some 7,900 new benefits, at a cost of some $13.2 billion in the 2006/07 fiscal year. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was making her debut presentation in the 2006/07 Budget Debate as Prime Minister, said through the introduction of these new benefits, the government was...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced that the National Housing Trust (NHT) would allocate $500 million per annum to assist contributors who, because of their income levels, were unable to qualify for a housing benefit. Making her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (May 9), Mrs. Simpson Miller said she was determined that,...

Prime Minister Simpson Miller said that the modernization of the judicial system and the completion of the process of constitutional reform were the two major elements that would be targeted to advance human rights and civil liberty in Jamaica. She made the disclosure in Parliament as she delivered her maiden Budget Presentation yesterday (May 9, 2006). "An efficient justice system...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said Jamaica will continue to use its foreign and trade policy initiatives as tools to aid in the development process and help the country meet the UN Millennium Development Goals. Mrs. Simpson Miller was speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (May 9) in her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate as the first woman Prime Minister...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has called on Jamaicans to devote their skills and talents to creating a nation of which everyone could be proud. The Governor-General was addressing a meeting of civic and community leaders in St. Mary at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria on Tuesday (May 9). Professor Hall said that his...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has put forward his vision for a prosperous Jamaica, where law and order prevailed and nationals strove for excellence at all times. "It is a vision of a country, where people will renew their appreciation of good governance and the rule of law.use their skills to promote development, denounce crime and...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell has said that the government's e-service programme has been a success. Speaking at the opening of the Central Information Technology Office's (CITO) 3rd regional summit yesterday (May 9) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Minister Paulwell said that Jamaica was increasingly becoming technologically advanced, and the use of information and communications technology...

The government will be spending more than $3 billion on road development projects this fiscal year.Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, who made the announcement in her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in Gordon House yesterday (May 9), said that the projects would improve the country's road infrastructure, while creating jobs. The allocation includes $1.6 billion for road rehabilitation, $600...

Some 97 basic schools are to be repaired and upgraded at a cost of $1.2 billion, during the 2006/07 fiscal year. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the announcement yesterday (May 9), when she made her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives. Repairs at 57 of the basic schools are to be done under the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller emphasized today (May 9), that there was no major obstacle to arriving at an agreement for constitutional reform. "For my part, there is now no major obstacle standing in the way of the agreement necessary to change the Constitution to a republican form of Parliamentary government," Mrs. Simpson Miller told the House, while making her...