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Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing members of the media at a Jamaica House press briefing on Wednesday, November 11.
Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addressing members of the media at a Jamaica House press briefing on Wednesday, November 11.

Gov’t Announces $1 Million Increase in NHT Loan Ceiling

Contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) will now be able to access an additional $1 million in loan funding towards the construction or purchase of their homes. The interest rate applicable for all categories of new borrowers will also...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with General Manager of the Grand Palladium resort, Jose Morgan (left); Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison; and Aaliayah Martinez (front, right) and Kiara Wilks. Occasion was the launch of the hotel’s participation in the global initiative the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), at the Hanover-based resort on Saturday, November 7. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker at the launch.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with General Manager of the Grand Palladium resort, Jose Morgan (left); Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison; and Aaliayah Martinez (front, right) and Kiara Wilks. Occasion was the launch of the hotel’s participation in the global initiative the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), at the Hanover-based resort on Saturday, November 7. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker at the launch.

PM Hails Grand Palladium for Joining Global Campaign to Protect Children
Jamaica’s Council General to New York, Herman LaMont, delivers Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller’s tribute at the service of thanksgiving celebrating the life of Jamaican-born Dr. Charles Anderson at the Bethel AME Church in Buffalo New York on Monday, November 9.
Jamaica’s Council General to New York, Herman LaMont, delivers Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller’s tribute at the service of thanksgiving celebrating the life of Jamaican-born Dr. Charles Anderson at the Bethel AME Church in Buffalo New York on Monday, November 9.

PM Hails Late Dr. Charles Anderson
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has the attention of head of delegation of the North East Florida Medical Society (NEFMS), Dr. Kenneth Jones (left) and volunteer Dr. Michael Gayle, during a reception at the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa in Hanover on Saturday (November 7). The second annual medical mission, which will benefit residents of Hanover and St. James, is under the patronage of the Most Hon. Errald Miller, husband of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has the attention of head of delegation of the North East Florida Medical Society (NEFMS), Dr. Kenneth Jones (left) and volunteer Dr. Michael Gayle, during a reception at the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa in Hanover on Saturday (November 7). The second annual medical mission, which will benefit residents of Hanover and St. James, is under the patronage of the Most Hon. Errald Miller, husband of the Prime Minister.

PM Hails Contribution of North East Florida Medical Mission
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Prime Minister Announces Changes to the Cabinet

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Prime Minister says Government Increasing the Participation of Children in Policy Formulation

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Government has been making a deliberate effort to increase the participation of children in policy formulation and implementation. The Prime Minister was speaking at the 10th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference on November 6 at the Jamaica Conference.  She said that in order to achieve this "there has been the appointment of child ambassadors....
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More Than $5 Billion Invested By JSIF in School Upgrading

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeny, said that more than $5 billion has been invested by the Fund in the upgrading of schools across the island over the past 19 years. This includes providing classroom space, fencing, playground, sanitation and other required equipment. He was speaking at a function in Troy, South Trelawny on Friday,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Ivy Blake Daley, during the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)/Geoland Titling ceremony held at the St. Matthews Anglican Church Hall in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth on November 4. Some 106 residents of the parish were presented with certificates of title by the Prime Minister.
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PM Hands Over 106 Land Titles In St. Elizabeth

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, yesterday (November 4) handed over certificates of title to some 106 residents of Santa Cruz and adjoining communities in the parish of St. Elizabeth. The presentation was held under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)/Geoland Titling initiative, aimed at acceleration the land- titling process across the island. Addressing the ceremony held...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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PM Gives Instruction for Public Release of Health Sector Audit Report

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has given instructions for the Minister of Health Dr. Fenton Ferguson to publish to the nation tomorrow, Friday, November 6, (earlier than originally planned) the report of an audit of the Health sector which the Minister had commissioned earlier this year. The decision was taken at a Partnership for Jamaica National Council at a meeting...
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Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley. (FILE)
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Minister Natalie Neita Headley Applauds JAAA For The Launch Of Its Athletes’ Development Fund

The Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, Minister with Responsibility for Sport in the Office of the Prime Minister has expressed gratitude to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) for today launching its revised Athletes’ Development Fund which will allow a total of eighty four (84) eligible national athletes to receive monthly stipends of J$60,000 (Tier 1) or J$30,000 (Tier 2). “There...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller presents a beneficiary with her certificate of ownership of a new housing unit under the Sugar Barracks Relocation Programme at a handing over ceremony held in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland on June 26, 2014.
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Jamaicans Realising Home Ownership Dream Through Sugar Barracks Relocation Programme

The dream of owning their own home is one of the most important life goals for many Jamaicans.  Helping Jamaicans realise that important home ownership dream is an important policy objective of government. The Sugar Barracks Relocation Programme is one of the ways in which the Government is doing so.  This initiative is also in alignment with the Government’s poverty...
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