The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is urging citizens to continue to conserve water, despite expectations that the drought period the country is now experiencing, may end in coming months. In a release, Acting Director General of the ODPEM Richard Thompson says that although projections from the Meteorological Service indicate that there will be higher than expected...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the passing of Professor Norman Paul Girvan has left a legacy of excellence and accomplishment that should serve to inspire others. Expressing condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica to his wife, Jasmine, children and family, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said Jamaica, and indeed the entire Caribbean, will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed profound regret and sadness at the passing of the former Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Arthur "ANR‟ Robinson. In conveying deepest condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said “Trinidad and Tobago...

The Government has allocated $14.36 million to continue the Way Out Project: Jamaican Women’s Economic and Political Empowerment, which is being implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister. The funds have been earmarked in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. With funding from United Nations (UN) Women, the programme seeks to increase the economic...

A sum of $9.3 million has been set aside by the Government this financial year to make final payments for works carried out on seven sub-projects under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) II. Details of this allocation are outlined in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The initiative, which ran from June 2007 to December...

Government will spend $39.6 million this year to advance the development of a National Identification System (NIDS). Details of this allocation are contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to establish a unique National Identification Number (NIN) for all persons living in Jamaica, which will be issued from birth. It will...

Security at the Negril Health Centre in Westmoreland will be stepped up immediately, to combat the spate of break-ins which the facility has been experiencing. Making the announcement after a meeting with representatives from the Western Regional Health Authority, and the Westmoreland police in Savanna-La-Mar, on the weekend, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller convened the first meeting of the National Cultural and Creative Industries Commission on Tuesday, March 25, at the Office of the Prime Minister. The National Commission has been established on the instruction of the Prime Minister, and will be supported by a Technical Working Group administered within the Office of the Prime...