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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), shares a light moment with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene (right), while Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips; and Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, look on. They were at a signing ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17 for the handover of two budget support payments by the EU to Jamaica totalling $2.3 billion.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), shares a light moment with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene (right), while Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips; and Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, look on. They were at a signing ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17 for the handover of two budget support payments by the EU to Jamaica totalling $2.3 billion.

EU Provides $2.3 Billion in Budgetary Support

The European Union (EU) has provided J$2.3 billion (€17.7 million) in budgetary support to the Government of Jamaica. The payments of $1 billion towards the Debt Reduction and Growth Enhancement Programme (DRGEP) and $1.3 billion for the Accompanying Measures for...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), looks on as Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), shakes hands with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene, following the signing of agreements for budget support payments of $2.3 billion from the EU to the Jamaican Government, at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), looks on as Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), shakes hands with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene, following the signing of agreements for budget support payments of $2.3 billion from the EU to the Jamaican Government, at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17.

PM Thanks EU for J$2.3 Billion in Budget Support Payments
Mrs. Elaine Foster-Allen, Permanent Secretary currently assigned to the Ministry of Education, will be re-assigned as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister effective November 16, 2015.
Mrs. Elaine Foster-Allen, Permanent Secretary currently assigned to the Ministry of Education, will be re-assigned as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister effective November 16, 2015.

Reassignment of Permanent Secretaries
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, share in light conversation with new Country Manager for the World Bank Country Office in Jamaica, Galina Sotirova. Occasion was a welcome reception in honour of Ms. Sotirova at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, November 11.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, share in light conversation with new Country Manager for the World Bank Country Office in Jamaica, Galina Sotirova. Occasion was a welcome reception in honour of Ms. Sotirova at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, November 11.

World Bank a Key Partner in Jamaica’s Development – PM
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says thank you to Dr. Kenneth Jones who is leading a team of 57 Medical Professionals providing free health care services to persons on Hanover and St. James between November 9 and 13. The occasion was reception for the medical team held at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Lady Hamilton Resort in Hanover at the weekend. (November 7).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says thank you to Dr. Kenneth Jones who is leading a team of 57 Medical Professionals providing free health care services to persons on Hanover and St. James between November 9 and 13. The occasion was reception for the medical team held at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Lady Hamilton Resort in Hanover at the weekend. (November 7).

Prime Minister Thanks US Medical Mission and Says Visit Is Timely

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Cabinet extends best wishes to Dr Ken Baugh

Cabinet has extended best wishes to Dr Ken Baugh for a complete and speedy recovery. In a statement, the Cabinet said it was pleased to learn that Dr Baugh was making good progress in his recovery following a successful surgery last Friday at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). A former Cabinet member in the JLP Administration, Dr...
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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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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.
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PM Hails Grand Palladium for Joining Global Campaign to Protect Children

The participation of the Grand Palladium resort in the global initiative to protect children against commercial sex exploitation has received the full support and commendation of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. She has hailed the move as a bold step in keeping children safe and safeguarding the country’s future. The Prime Minister was addressing the official launch...
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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.
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PM Hails Late Dr. Charles Anderson

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the late Dr. Charles Anderson for his outstanding service in improving the health care of Jamaicans and persons in the wider Caribbean. “By any measure, Dr. Anderson was indeed a great of the earth,” the Prime Minister said in her tribute read by Council General to New York, Herman LaMont, at...
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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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