Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is commending Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ms. Onika Miller, who will be leaving that post and the public service as of October 1.  The Prime Minister says Ms. Miller has made an important and outstanding contribution to the development of Jamaica through administrative leadership in the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has extended warm congratulations to Jamaica’s Head of State, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on achieving the milestone of being the longest reigning Monarch in British history. “I extend best wishes on behalf of a Government and people who have never wavered in our love and respect for her graciousness, sophistication, humility,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has welcomed the US$2 million investment by Industrial Chemical Company Limited in the expansion and upgrading of its plant in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. She said the improvements by the company signals a “vote of confidence” in the Government’s economic policies “which have created a stable and predictable environment in our country.”...

Funds previously earmarked for a national celebration of the country’s athletic achievements will be channelled into athlete development and welfare leading up to next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, who made the disclosure at today’s (Sept. 9) Jamaica House Press Briefing, said the decision followed consultations with stakeholders...

STATEMENT BY THE OFFICE OF THE SERVICES COMMISSIONS IN RELATION TO THE RESIGNATION FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF JAMAICA BY MS. ONIKA MILLER, PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER   KINGSTON, Sept. 9 The Office of the Services Commissions (OSC) is confirming that the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ms. Onika Miller,...

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, said the Government is committed to supporting the country’s athletes. “We want to provide first world opportunities for our first class athletes. They deserve nothing less,” she said, while hailing the outstanding performances at the recent World Championships in Beijing, China. Mrs. Neita Headley was speaking at the press launch of...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, has called for the construction of a tertiary institution in Jamaica to honour the legacy of late Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. Mr. Patterson, who was addressing the 10th anniversary commemorative ceremony of the PetroCaribe Agreement at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Saturday (September 5), said he had...