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Update: Riverton City Fire

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to advise persons to exercise care as the Kingston Metropolitan Region experiences smoke condition, resulting from the Riverton City Fire. The Agency will continue to mobilize resources as part of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. (FILE)

Prime Minister Gives Directives for Coordination of Efforts to Extinguish Riverton Fire

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (2nd right), breaks ground for upgrading of the playfield at the Bog Walk High School St. Catherine on March 11. The project is being undertaken by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) at a cost of $10 million. Others (from left) are: Monitoring Officer at the Sugar Transformation Unit, Lester Beale; Managing Director for the SDF, Denzil Wilks; and Principal of the school, Patrick Phillips.

Playfield at Bog Walk High to be Upgraded

Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Albert Gordon (2nd right), joins hands in partnership with representatives of the major service providers, at the recent launch of the OUR’s series of consultations dubbed: Parish Connections, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. From left are: Director of Carrier and Regulatory Affairs, Columbus Communications (FLOW) Andrew Lee; Regional Regulator at LIME, Charles Douglas; Director of Customer Solutions at Digicel, Patrick King; Director of Communications at Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Winsome Callum; and Director of Communications at the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan.

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11 years ago InformationOffice of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Committed to A Transformative Post-2015 Agenda, Minister Falconer Tells U.N.

Minister without Portfolio (Information) in the Office of the Prime Minister, Sen Hon Sandrea Falconer is currently in New York where she is leading Jamaica’s delegation to the 59th Meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, CSW 59. Delivering the Country Statement to the Assembly on Monday (March 9), Minister Falconer stated Jamaica’s commitment to...

11 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Land Titling a Priority Programme for Government – PM

The National Housing Trust (NHT) presented letters of possession for serviced lots to 50 persons during a Handing Over Ceremony at Creighton Hall, St. Thomas on Friday, March 6. The 50 beneficiaries are the first batch of 140 persons who have been selected for the 60-acre development. Delivering the keynote address at the Handing Over Ceremony, Prime Minister Portia Simpson...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), converses with National Director General for Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison, at the launch of the National Nutraceutical Industry, at the Hope Zoo in St. Andrew, on March 5.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Sees Big Potential for Local Nutraceutical Industry

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has pointed to significant possible economic benefits from the development of the nutraceutical industry in Jamaica. Mrs. Simpson Miller was speaking at the formal launch of the industry at Hope Gardens on Thursday, March 5. The Prime Minister outlined that thousands of new jobs can be created through mass cultivation and employment...

Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable
Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime MinisterSport

PM and Neita Headley Congratulate Cameron on Second Term as WICB President

Prime Minister the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller and the Minister without Portfolio (Sport) Hon. Natalie Neita Headley have congratulated Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron on his re-election to a second term as President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Cameron served a first term as WICB President after successfully winning his bid for the post in 2013. In joint statement,...

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Urges Jamaicans in The Bahamas to Regularise Their Immigration Status

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller urged members of the Jamaican diaspora in the Bahamas to ensure that they are legitimately working and living in that country. The call comes within the context of the introduction of new immigration regulations by the Bahamian Government, which took effect in November, 2014. Speaking at a Reception hosted by the Jamaican...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is presented with a copy of the architectural design for the proposed Union Gardens Infant School, by Director of the Union Gardens Foundation (UGF), Gary Hendrickson (left), while Chairman of CARI-MED and UGF, Glen Christian (right), shares the moment. Occasion was the launch of the project on March 4, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The project will benefit some 150 students in the South West St. Andrew community.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

New $120M State-Of-The-Art Infant School for Union Gardens Community

Some 150 children aged 3 to 6 years old from the Union Gardens Community in South West St. Andrew will have a greatly improved educational experience for the 2015/2016 Academic Year with the construction of the new state-of-the-art Union Gardens Infant School. With a total project cost of $120 million, the new infant school models the award-winning Evelyn Mitchell Infant...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Stair, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

National Land Agency Delivers Efficient and Quality Service

Past winner of the 2008/2009 Public Sector Customer Service Competition, the National Land Agency (NLA), is keeping abreast of new technology to improve its service delivery. The NLA has recently agreed to two important Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) initiatives - the International Property Measurement Standard (IPMS) and the Valuer Registration Scheme. Commissioner of Land Valuations at the NLA,...