Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says that with the recent passage of the Defamation Act, the media must now move swiftly to establish the long-awaited complaints council or commission. She said that the Government has delivered its promise to update Jamaica’s libel law, and it is now time for the media to set up a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called for more attention to be paid to the unique challenges being faced by middle-income developing countries and small island developing states such as Jamaica. She pointed out that middle income countries are home to the majority of the world's poor and there is need to accelerate the development of these...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller left the island Sunday to participate in bilateral meetings and activities at the 8th Annual European Development Days (EDD) organised by the European Commission. The European Development Days event is Europe's premier forum on international affairs and development cooperation. This year's programme is focused on "A decent life for all by 2030...

Jamaica is supporting proposed revisions to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code, slated to become effective in January 2015. The new anti-doping rules aim to strengthen the capacity of WADA and various anti-doping organizations globally to preserve integrity in sport and protect athletes not resorting to using illicit substances, such stimulants and masking agents, in or out of competition. Minister...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, returned to her alma mater of Hampton School on November 21, to speak to the all-girls student body about the value of hard work in achieving lasting success. “I don’t want you to be gullible, or to think that success is something that you can wish. Success takes hard work....

Approximately 4,500 residents of Rose Town, an inner-city Kingston community, are celebrating the completion of a US$2 million infrastructure development project that will see them benefitting from improved water supply, road and sewerage facility. Funding for the project was provided by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, through a grant from Kuwait. The project was undertaken over the last...

The Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, wishes to clarify media reports of an incident today in Rose Town which involved contact between a journalist and the Prime Minister’s Close Protection Officers. At the end of a function at which the Prime Minister launched infrastructural works in the community of Rose Town, a journalist sought to engage in an impromptu...