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ODPEM Issues Warning for Portmore Residents

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that as the wind direction changes towards the South, persons in or around the general Portmore region may experience an occasional increase in smoke cover as a result of...

Smoke Conditions Improve at Riverton Landfill

Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, providing an update on the fire containment operation at the Riverton City Disposal Site in St. Andrew, during Sunday's (March 15) media briefing at the agency's head office in Kingston.

Riverton City Fire Significantly Contained

Update: Riverton City Fire

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.

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Playfield at Bog Walk High to be Upgraded

The playfield at the St. Catherine-based Bog Walk High School is to be upgraded at a cost of over $10 million. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, broke ground for the project on Wednesday, March 11, which is being undertaken by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF). She said the works also involve putting a proper irrigation system...

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.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Utility Providers Pledge Full Support to Our Consumer Outreach

The Office of Utilities Regulation’s (OUR) Parish Connections, a year-long series of consultations aimed at boosting its consumer outreach effort, is receiving the full support of the island’s major utility providers. At the launch held recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, representatives of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), National Water Commission (NWC), Digicel, LIME and Flow,...

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterRiverton Landfill

Public Advised to Exercise Caution Due to Riverton Fire

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public to exercise great caution when traversing the Spanish Town Road area in the vicinity of the Riverton City Dump, as a large fire is currently blazing. Prevailing windy conditions continue to pose a significant threat, delaying the process of bringing the fire under control. Individuals with respiratory...

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...

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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.

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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.

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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,...