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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

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaica and other Caribbean countries need greater international support to fight global organised criminals and reduce crime, particularly gun-related murders. Speaking at the powerful United Nations Security Council in New York today (Thursday,...

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.

200 Students to Benefit From JSIF Scholarship Programme

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Address UN Security Council

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.

Votes In For Public Sector Customer Service Competition

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.

Students from Broadleaf Primary Get Scholarships

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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...

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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...

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.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

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 accomplishment for him, one which he is eternally grateful for. “I suspected it, but I faltered a little in the...

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.

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Goldmine Water Supply System to be Upgraded

More than 5,000 residents of Bellas Gate, St. Catherine and surrounding communities will soon enjoy improved water supply to their homes, with the upgrade of the Goldmine Water Supply System, being undertaken at a cost of $75 million. Ground was symbolically broken during a ceremony on Friday, July 17, to start the rehabilitation works which are to be carried out...

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.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Rural Children the Focus for Mandela Day

The South African High Commission in Jamaica, in recognition of Nelson Mandela International Day, to be observed on July 18, decided to focus their efforts on serving rural children living in the parish of St. Thomas. With particular interest in the students from the Middleton Primary and Lyssons Basic schools in the parish, they were treated to a fun 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.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Hails Partnership, Points to Economic Gains

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is praising the Partnership for Jamaica National Council as being an initiative that is working in the best interest of achieving economic growth and national development in Jamaica. The Prime Minister, who chairs the Partnership Council, is also pointing to early gains from the Economic Reform Programme being pursued by the Government. The Partnership for...

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.

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$56.13 Million Upgrading for Milk River Hotel and Spa

A total of $56.13 million is to be spent to undertake rehabilitation work on the world-renowned Milk River Hotel and Spa in Clarendon. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during a Jamaica House Media Briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, July 15. She noted that the renovation has...