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Independence Day Message from Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller

My Fellow Jamaicans: The detachment of Jamaica from the British colonial scaffold 53 years ago, and our emergence as an independent nation-state, was as seminal a moment as it was sensational. We chose to take the reigns of...

Adrian Lindo, participant in the University of Technology Students Council’s summer outreach project, ‘Teach the Youth’, answers a question posed by Director of Corporate Services, Jamaica Information Service, Errol Gardner, during an empowerment session at the August Town community centre on July 30.

Volunteers Give Passing Grade to Summer Programme in August Town

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer.

Information Minister Hails Winston Sill as ‘One Of The Country’s Finest’

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (right), addressing members of the Westmoreland office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), during a 'fact-finding' visit to the parish on July 29. At left is Parish Manager, Ron Daley.

SDC To Be Strengthened

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses the United Nations Security Council and the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, July 30. In the background at left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. AJ Nicholson QC, while at right is Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray.

PM Simpson Miller Calls for Greater International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterVision 2030

Over $10B Spent on Poverty Reduction Project Implementation in Jamaica

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has spent over $10 billion to implement upwards of 1,600 projects in four parishes, under the European Union (EU) funded, Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). Approximately 1.6 million Jamaicans from 544 communities have, to date, benefitted under the programme, which is in its third phase (PRP III), has been channelled through engagements undertaken in education,...

Programme Manager of the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Eleanor Henry, provides details about JSIF’s 2015 Scholarship Programme, during a JIS Think Tank on July 28.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

200 Students to Benefit From JSIF Scholarship Programme

Some 200 students attending tertiary and vocational training institutions are slated to benefit from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) 2015 Scholarship Programme. The programme, to be launched in three weeks, will provide up to $350,000 to bright students, who are in need of financial assistance to complete their education, said Programme Manager for JSIF’s Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), Dr....

10 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Address UN Security Council

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Address UN Security Council on Peace and Security Threats Facing Jamaica and other Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will on Thursday, July 30, address a special United Nations (UN) Open Debate on Peace and Security Challenges Facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the UN Headquarters in...

Chairman of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme (PSTM), Pat Francis, makes a point at a recent Jamaica House media briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister.

10 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Votes In For Public Sector Customer Service Competition

Public votes totaling 16,523 have been received from customers for the entity and person of their choice in the 2014/2015 Public Sector Customer Service Competition. Public votes will determine winners for the ‘Best Customer Service Agency’ and ‘Best Customer Service Officer’ categories, which are to be announced in the awards ceremony in October this year. The competition is a biennial...

The JIS Chorale performing at the Grand Gospel Concert and Fashion Show, held on Sunday ( July 19), in aid of the Campbell’s Scholarship and Church Building Fund, at the Broadleaf Moravian Church, in Manchester.

11 years ago EducationOffice of the Prime Minister

Students from Broadleaf Primary Get Scholarships

Six students from Broadleaf Primary School, in Manchester, were presented with scholarships on Sunday, July 19, to assist with the purchasing of books and other school supplies, following a fund-raising concert, held at the Broadleaf Moravian Church. The students, who are from Grades One to Six, are Dejhaune Henry, David Josephs, Latavia Campbell, Adanijah Thompson, Moses Sterling and Oshane Nelson....

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Minister Pickersgill in Charge of Government

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will take vacation leave between today, Tuesday, July 21 and Friday, July 24. The Prime Minister will return to office this Saturday, July 25. While the Prime Minister is out of office, the Hon. Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change will oversee the Government. Meanwhile, National Security Minister Peter Bunting is...

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Jovante Wants to Help Jamaicans with Speech Disorders

Nineteen-year-old Jovante Anderson is looking to make his mark in the field of speech therapy in Jamaica. The youngster is the recipient of the 2015 Lafayette-Jamaica Scholarship to pursue a four-year undergraduate programme at the Lafayette University in the United States, after which he intends to pursue a master’s degree in speech language pathology. He is pledging to return to...