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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the audience at the official opening of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Company, Sutherland Global Services New Kingston offices on January 22.

Ja Moves Up Five Places In Forbes Business Report

Jamaica has moved up five places, to be ranked 59th out of 144 nations in the 2015 Forbes Best Countries for Business Report, making it the top country in the Caribbean region to do business. The country moved up from...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), hugs Student Council President, Rajay Maragh (right), following the opening of the new synthetic track at the Red Hills Road-based Calabar High School, in Kingston, on January 22. Looking on is Chairman of the school Board, Rev. Karl Johnson (left).

PM Reinforces Support For Sporting Talent

The Aedes Aegypti Mosquito which transmits Zika virus.

Government Treating Threat of ZIKA Virus with National Urgency

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), greets children of the Union Gardens Infant School in South West St. Andrew, during a tour of the institution, ahead of its official opening Wednesday, January 13. She is accompanied by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre); and Chair of the Union Gardens Foundation, Hon. Glen Christian. The state-of-the-art institution was constructed last year through public-private investment valued at approximately $174 million.

Prime Minister Opens Modern Multi-million Dollar Infant School in South West St. Andrew

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

PM Says Gov’t to Continue Justice Reform this Year

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10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

More young people finding jobs in BPO sector – PM

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says more young Jamaicans are finding employment in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies in Kingston and St. Andrew, Montego Bay and now, Mandeville. Speaking at Official Opening of BPO enterprise, Sutherland Global Services in New Kingston on January 22, the Prime Minister hailed the sector as a game-changer noting that “any industry that can provide...

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PM Commissions New Synthetic Track at Calabar High

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has commissioned a new synthetic track at Calabar High School noting that it is the first all weather, synthetic running track at a high school in Jamaica and anywhere in the English Speaking Caribbean. The official opening ceremony took place on Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Calabar High School located at Red Hills Road...

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Educational Development Main Area of Focus in My Constituency for 40 years – PM

Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Portia Simpson Miller says educational development has been the main area of focus in her constituency over the past 4 decades. “Of all the developments that have taken place in this constituency, the educational development of the people has been the area of greatest focus by me as Member...

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) folding the Jamaican flag after the casket of retired Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Right Rev. the Hon. Dr. Neville deSouza, was lowered into the ground, at the St. Andrew Parish Church cemetery, today (December 29), following an official funeral service.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Retired Bishop Laid to Rest

The St. Andrew Parish Church cemetery is now the resting place for retired Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Right Reverend the Hon. Dr. Neville deSouza. Rev. deSouza, who was the fourth Jamaican to lead the local church, was laid to rest on Tuesday, December 29, following an official funeral service at the St. Andrew...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna Marie Rowe (right), presents the Employee of Choice Award to Human Resource Office, Nadine Williams, at the Staff Award Ceremony, held on Saturday, December 19, at the New Kingston Conference Centre.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Human Resource Officer Wins JIS Employee of Choice

Human Resource Officer (HRO), Nadine Williams, copped the Employee of Choice Award at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Award Ceremony, held on December 19, at the New Kingston Conference Centre. Mrs. Williams, who has been working at the JIS for almost four years, said she was shocked to know that of the 167 employees in the agency, she was selected...

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Government Accords Official Funeral to the Right Reverend the Honourable Dr. Neville deSouza

The Government of Jamaica will accord an official funeral to the late former Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Right Reverend the Honourable Dr. Neville Wordsworth deSouza, OJ. The Funeral Service will take place at the St. Andrew Parish Church, 6 Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, 11:00 am. The service...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), joins Pastor of the Boulevard Baptist Church in Kingston, Rev. Dr. Devon Dick, in prayer, during Sunday’s (December 27) commemorative service to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent George William Gordon.

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Prime Minister Hails National Hero, Rt. Excellent George William Gordon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the contribution of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent George William Gordon, to Jamaica’s development as an independent nation. She noted that as an elected member of Jamaica’s House of Assembly during the 1800s, Mr. Gordon advocated resistance to the oppressive governance regime of the day, and lobbied the support of...