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PM Portia Simpson Miller Pays Tribute to Charles Town Maroon Leader

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed sadness at the passing of Colonel of the Charles Town Maroons in Portland, Frank Lumsden, noting that the Maroon leader has left an important legacy of public activism and an impressive track record...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Congratulates Beijing Athletes and Alia Atkinson

ODPEM and Response Partners in Standby Mode as Hurricane Danny Strengthens

After signing the official documents marking the presentation and acceptance of the Chinese Garden from the People’s Republic of China to the Government and people of Jamaica, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (right) and Charge d’ Affaires, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Xia Guoshun pose for the cameras at the Garden launch on Wednesday, August 19 at the Hope Botanical Gardens. Marking 43 years of diplomatic ties between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China and in honour of Jamaica’s independence, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller officially accepted the Chinese Garden as a gift from the Asian country, which was constructed inside the Hope Botanical Gardens at a cost of $237.8 million.

Prime Minister Receives Chinese Garden Gift from China for the People of Jamaica

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Commends Jamaica’s Sportsmen and Sportswomen

Members of staff at the ODPEM listen intently as the team from Argentina outlines capability of the proposed volunteers’ database.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Disaster Risk Management Volunteers’ Programme (NDRMVP)

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) as the secretariat for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteers’ Programme (NDRMVP) is to design a database application that will serve as the archive for volunteer data at all levels. The NDRMVP is Jamaica’s disaster/emergency management volunteers programme, which seeks to bring under one (1) umbrella, volunteers from various institutions across...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with Joan McClure (left) and her daughter Trevonne McClure, who will be attending St. Catherine High School in September. Occasion was a Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards function held on August 13, at Jamaica House, where 17 students of staff employed to the Office of the Cabinet and Office of the Prime Minister were presented with book vouchers valued at $5,000 each.

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Put Aside Negative Thoughts – PM

Students, who will be attending high school in September, are being encouraged by the Prime Minister, to put aside negative thoughts and actions. The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that adopting a positive outlook and attitude is one of the most important keys to achieving success. “Never, ever keep the word ‘can’t’ in your thinking. It is an evil...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (left) is pleased to hand over a Certificate of Title to Ms. Linda Wellington at the launch of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing’s National Land Titling Programme and Certificates of Title Handing-over Ceremony at the Christ the Redeemer Church, Seaview Gardens in Kingston on Wednesday, August 12. Ms. Wellington was among 63 persons from the Tower Hill, Seaview Gardens and Seaward Pen communities of Kingston who received land titles.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Launches National Land Titling Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Wednesday, August 12, handed over land titles to 63 persons from the Tower Hill, Seaview Gardens and Seaward Pen communities of Kingston at the launch of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing’s National Land Titling Programme and Certificates of Title Handing-over Ceremony at the Christ the Redeemer Church, Seaview Gardens...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (third left), makes a point to Councillor for the Payne Land Division, Audrey Smith-Facey (left). Listening (from second left) are: Executive Director of the United States-based Joseph Assignment Global Initiative, Mordecai Buckley; Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Volunteer, Dr. Alexia Felder; and Co-Founder, Dr. Trunell Felder. Occasion was a tour of several sections of the Payne Land Division in Kingston on Wednesday, August 12. The visiting humanitarian group has been undertaking various capacity-building initiatives in the community over the past two weeks.

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Praises Work of Joseph Assignment Global Initiative

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has praised members of visiting humanitarian group, Joseph Assignment Global Initiative, on efforts to enhance the lives of residents in several inner city and rural communities. Joseph Assignment, which is a worldwide organisation based in the United States, has been providing interventions in health, education, and skills training in communities in Kingston,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, look at the National Land Titling Programme sign, which was unveiled at the official launch of the programme and presentation of certificates of title, at Christ the Redeemer Church in Seaview Gardens on August 12. Others applauding the launch (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Doreen Prendergast; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Dr Morais Guy; Member of Parliament for Western St. Andrew and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton; Chief Executive Officer of the Administrator General’s Department, Lona Brown; and Managing Director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica, Karl Bennett.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

More Than 40,000 Jamaicans to Receive Land Titles

More than 40,000 Jamaicans are to receive titles under the National Land Titling Programme, which was officially launched on Wednesday, August 12. The programme, which is being led by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, involves collaboration among a number of agencies to improve the efficiency in the delivery of titles. Among these are Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ),...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, addressing a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

JSIF Spends $4 Billion to Finance School Projects

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is making a significant contribution to education, as part of its mandate to facilitate empowerment and assist in nation building. A sum of $4 billion has been spent over the past 19 years to finance various school related projects and programmes, under the JSIF’s National Poverty Eradication Programme (NPEP). “The JSIF is a...

Photo Caption: Charge D’Affaires of the Embassy of Jamaica, Mrs. Marsha Coore-Lobban (front left), joins the large congregation in singing a hymn of praise at the annual church service of thanksgiving commemorating Jamaica’s 53rd year of independence at the Dunbarton Chapel, Howard University School of Law on Sunday, August 2, 2015.

10 years ago Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Human Capital Jamaica’s Greatest Asset-PM

Prime Minister, the Most Honorable Portia Simpson-Miller says Jamaica has produced an invaluable array of human capital that continues to represent the country’s greatest national asset for social development and economic growth. “It is our people supported by a system of high quality education and relevant world-class training that must now provide the next great leap forward for the nation,”...