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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), and Founder and Executive Chairman, LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, observe operations at LASCO Manufacturing Ltd’s liquid manufacturing plant in White Marl, St. Catherine, during a tour on January 14.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), and Founder and Executive Chairman, LASCO Affiliated Companies, Lascelles Chin, observe operations at LASCO Manufacturing Ltd’s liquid manufacturing plant in White Marl, St. Catherine, during a tour on January 14.

PM Portia Simpson Miller Commends Companies for Reducing Prices Amidst Oil Savings

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says that now is a good time for businesses to invest and expand their operations in Jamaica, given the significant improvement in the management of the economy and the reduction in world...
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

A Barbaric Assault on Freedom Says PM
Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, addressing the official launch of Earthquake Awareness Month at the ODPEM Haining Road location in Kingston yesterday (Jan. 6). Listening at left is Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan.
Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, addressing the official launch of Earthquake Awareness Month at the ODPEM Haining Road location in Kingston yesterday (Jan. 6). Listening at left is Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan.

ODPEM Develops Earthquake Road Map
Executive Director of JADCO, Carey Brown, tells JIS News that the Commission is currently working on its new anti-doping rules in time for the revised WADA, Code which takes effect on January 1, 2015.
Executive Director of JADCO, Carey Brown, tells JIS News that the Commission is currently working on its new anti-doping rules in time for the revised WADA, Code which takes effect on January 1, 2015.

JADCO Ready for Revised WADA Code
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

Prime Minister Urges Greater Caution on Roads

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Partnership for Jamaica Notes Jamaica is Meeting its Economic Reform Targets

Partners received an update on Jamaica’s progress and Budget report from the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. The Hon. Peter Phillips, at the first Partnership for Jamaica (PFJ) National Council meeting for 2015 and commended the Government for staying the course of Jamaica’s Economic Reform Programme and for consistently meeting the economic targets. President of the Private Sector Organisation...
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Office of the Services Commissions Clarifies Selection Process for Public Defender Post

PRESS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE SERVICES COMMISSIONS JANUARY 6, 2015   The Office of the Services Commissions, which is the Secretariat to the Public Service Commission, notes with concern the recent media reports regarding its role in the selection process for the post of Public Defender.  Consequently the following clarification is provided. His Excellency The Governor-General requested that the Public...
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Office of the Prime Minister

Traffic Changes to Facilitate ‘Fireworks On The Waterfront’

The Police are advising motorists that there will be several traffic changes in downtown Kingston, on Wednesday, December 31, to facilitate the annual ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’ event. The changes took effect at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, and will remain until 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, 2015. Among the streets that will be closed to vehicular traffic are: Ocean Boulevard...
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Logistics Coordinator for the Government’s National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (Chik V), the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) Colonel Daniel Pryce (right), and other members of the JDF observe as their colleague cleans a drain in Washington Mews, Naggo Head, in Portmore, St. Catherine, during Saturday’s (November 8) vector control and clean-up activities in community. Saturday’s activities also involved representatives from the Ministries of Health, and Local Government and Community Development; Portmore Municipal Council; Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); National Works Agency (NWA); National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA); and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). (FILE)
Office of the Prime Minister

Most MPs Have Submitted Work Programmes to Combat Chik-V

The National Health Emergency Response Monitoring Committee is reporting that to date, most Members of Parliament (MPs) have submitted their work programmes under the Chik-V National Integrated Vector Control / Clean-Up Programme. According to the Committee, 55 of the 63 MPs submitted their work programmes and of that number, 52 were already approved and underway. The Clean Up Programme, which...
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Welcomes New US-Cuba Relations

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Government of Jamaica enthusiastically welcomes the joint announcement in Washington and Havana today of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Cuba, and she has congratulated United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro on the historic development and for their bold and visionary leadership on...
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