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Executive Director of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning Worrel Hibbert (right) presents an award to Theodore Fowler who emerged as the ‘Most Outstanding Student’ from the Majesty Gardens Development Education Programme. Mr. Fowler received the award at the closing ceremony of the 24 month long programme on July 8 at the Knutsford Court Hotel.

Success Against All Odds

Theodore Fowler beat the odds, to be named the highest achiever in the Majesty Gardens Community Development Education Programme (MGCDEP), having lost his home to fire earlier this year. The eighteen year old expressed that the award is a major...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left) participates in breaking ground to symbolise the start of a $75 million rehabilitation project for the Goldmine Water Supply System in St. Catherine. Also participating (from left) are: Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott. Also pictured in the background (third left) is Chairman of the National Water Commission, Prakash Vaswani. The event took place at the Bellas Gate Primary School on Friday, July 17.

Goldmine Water Supply System to be Upgraded

High Commissioner to the Caribbean for the Republic of South Africa, Her Excellency Mathu Joyini (left), examining a baby crocodile along with students of the Middleton Primary and Lyssons Basic Schools in St. Thomas, during an educational tour of the Hope Zoo in Kingston, on July 17. The tour was organized by the High Commissioner to mark Nelson Mandela International Day, to be observed on July 18. At right is Zoo keeper, Sean Beckford.

Rural Children the Focus for Mandela Day

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right) in discussion with former Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur at the Partnership for Jamaica National Council Retreat at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday, July 16.

PM Hails Partnership, Points to Economic Gains

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left), updates journalists on several Cabinet decisions during a Jamaica House Press Briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister today (July 15). Also pictured is Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting.

$56.13 Million Upgrading for Milk River Hotel and Spa

Professor of Law and Economics and Vice President, Community Service and Development, University of Technology (UTech), Rosalea Hamilton, addresses the launch of UTech’s Teach the Youth summer outreach programme at the Technology Innovation Centre, UTech campus, on July 10.

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UTech Students Urged to Continue Impacting Lives in Communities

Volunteers in this year’s Teach the Youth programme have been urged to continue the University of Technology’s (UTech) tradition of taking initiatives that positively impact the lives of others in the communities surrounding the tertiary institution, in Kingston. Speaking at the launch of this year’s programme, at the Technology Innovation Centre, recently, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Vice President, Community Service and...

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur (left) giving the keynote address on Thursday, July 16, at the Partnership for Jamaica retreat, chaired by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, at the Terra Nova Hotel. Listening closely is former Jamaican ambassador and former Education Minister, Burchell Whiteman.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Caribbean Cannot Waste Its Democracy—Owen Arthur

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, has strongly commended Jamaica’s social partnership thrust, saying the Caribbean cannot afford to “waste its democracy” like some other nations which can shut down their Government from time to time, or “by making opposition to everything proposed by their leader the main political strategy.” He was giving the keynote address on Thursday, July 16,...

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Address by the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur at the National Partnership Council of Jamaica

KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE SECOND ANNUAL RETREAT OF THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL OF JAMAICA “THE SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP: MAKING THE DECISIVE DIFFERENCE” By OWEN. S. ARTHUR KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JULY 16, 2015 On the last occasion I spoke on matters concerning Jamaica in Jamaica, I unintentionally stirred up a controversy by stating, in 1999, that the conditions for macro-economic stability had been reestablished but that the...

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Owen Arthur for Social Partnership Retreat

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, will speak about Barbados’ social partnership experience at the Partnership of Jamaica Retreat, this Thursday (July16), at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. The retreat, which will be chaired by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is the second since Jamaica’s partnership agreement was signed by the Government, trade unions, the private...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), signs a contract for the staging of a summer camp in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, while Member of Parliament for the area, Desmond McKenzie (left); and Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, also affix their signatures. Occasion was the signing of contracts for the staging of 24 JSIF-organised camps across the island, at the Caribbean Palms Estate community centre in South West St. Andrew.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

2,175 Children and Young Adults to Benefit from JSIF Summer Camps

The Government of Jamaica is investing $29.7 million in a series of summer campus, targeted at low income youths in seven parishes. A total of 2, 175 children and young adults, age six to 30, will benefit from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)-organised camps, which will be held throughout July and August. Among the beneficiaries are unattached young people,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th right), participates in the breaking of ground for a US $61 million solar electricity plant, at the project site in Content District, Clarendon on July 9. Others (from left) are: Minister of Local Government and Community Development and Member of Parliament for South West Clarendon, Hon. Noel Arscott; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Vice President, WRB Enterprises Inc., Robert Blenker; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Public Service, Kelly Tomlinson; and Chargé d

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More Than 20,000 Homes To Be Powered By New Solar Plant

More than 20,000 Jamaican homes are expected to be powered by clean, affordable, renewable energy to be generated from the US$61 million solar electricity plant, being built in Content District, Clarendon. Electricity produced by this 20-megawatt plant, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, will replace approximately three million gallons of fossil fuel per year. Construction of the state-of-the...

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No Access for Vehicular Traffic: Port Henderson Oil Spill

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise that no vehicular traffic will be permitted to traverse the Port Henderson Road during the morning period. This road closure comes as a consequence of a petrol spill that occurred in the vicinity of the Old Forum Hotel, Portmore. First Response units from the Jamaica Fire Brigade and...