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Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (far left) and Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders (centre) are guided on a tour of Tivoli Gardens after the joint police-military incursion into Western Kingston in May 2010. (FILE)
Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington (far left) and Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders (centre) are guided on a tour of Tivoli Gardens after the joint police-military incursion into Western Kingston in May 2010. (FILE)

QC Velma Hylton Requests Exclusion from Commission of Enquiry

Ms Velma Hylton QC has written to His Excellency, the Governor-General affirming her definitive wish to be excluded from appointment to the membership of the Commission on the Tivoli Enquiry. The Governor-General has accepted her request. Ms Hylton in making...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is engaged in conversation with Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right); and former head of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA) Beverley Manley Duncan, during Friday’s (March 7) cocktail reception at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, to celebrate the Bureau’s 40th Anniversary, and International Women’s Day, being observed on March 8. Prime Minister Simpson Miller was the guest speaker.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is engaged in conversation with Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right); and former head of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA) Beverley Manley Duncan, during Friday’s (March 7) cocktail reception at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, to celebrate the Bureau’s 40th Anniversary, and International Women’s Day, being observed on March 8. Prime Minister Simpson Miller was the guest speaker.

Prime Minister Urges United Effort to Curb Violence Against Women and Children
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), makes a presentation to Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU) President, Shirley Pryce, during a reception at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on March 7, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA), and International Women’s Day, which was observed on March 8. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker. The JHWU was one of 19 groups which the Bureau presented with grant funding, of up to $200,000, for institutional strengthening.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), makes a presentation to Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU) President, Shirley Pryce, during a reception at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on March 7, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA), and International Women’s Day, which was observed on March 8. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker. The JHWU was one of 19 groups which the Bureau presented with grant funding, of up to $200,000, for institutional strengthening.

Government to Ratify ILO Household Workers Convention
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.

PM Simpson Miller to Attend CARICOM 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting
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.

Message from the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister, for International Women’s Day – March 8

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Jamaica Remains Committed to Improving the Status of Women says Minister Falconer

Jamaica has affirmed its commitment to a stand-alone goal based on gender equality, women’s empowerment and the protection of women’s human rights as part of the dialogue on the Post 2015 Agenda. The commitment was stated by Sen. Hon. Sandrea Falconer, Minister with Responsibility for Information in an address today ( March 11) to the 58th Session of the Commission...
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Sport Minister Thrilled by Jamaica’s Performance at World Indoor Championships

Minister without Portfolio (Sport) Hon. Natalie Neita Headley has expressed pride at Jamaica’s performance at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland, noting that with Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce capturing the World Indoor Title and Jamaica finishing fifth in the medals standing, the nation continues to cement its top ranking in the world of track and field athletics. “Our athletes continue...
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Office of the Prime Minister

Great Care Was Exercised

The Government took great care to be inclusive and consultative in drafting appropriate Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission of Enquiry into events in Western Kingston of May 2010. The process began on May 14, 2013 with a letter to the then Leader of Opposition Business in the House and Spokesman on Justice, Mr. Delroy Chuck inviting the Opposition...
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Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington speaking with residents of West Kingston after the JCF/JDF incursion in 2010. (FILE)
Office of the Prime Minister

Governor General Appoints a Commission of Enquiry into the Events in Western Kingston of May 2010

The Governor General, His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen, has appointed a Commission of Enquiry into the events which took place in Western Kingston in May 2010. After Cabinet received the Public Defender’s Interim Report and accepted his recommendation that there be a Commission of Enquiry into the Events in Western Kingston of May 2010, the Government prepared and published a...
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