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Prime Minister on Three Day Working Visit to Japan

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, left the island yesterday (November 2) for a three day working visit to Japan. The Prime Minister is accompanied by the Hon. Philip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy; Ms....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), shares a moment with retiring Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Hon. Noel Hylton, during a dinner held in his honour at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on October 31. The function was hosted by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing.

Prime Minister Lauds Contribution of Retired President of Port Authority

Minister with Responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley (right), in discussion with First Vice-president of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Don Anderson. (FILE)

National Sports Museum to be Completed in One Year

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (centre), speaks to the press on the visit of a team from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), during a briefing at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) conference room in St. Andrew, on Wednesday, October 30. Flanking the Minster are JADCO’s chairman, Dr. Herb Elliot (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Onika Miller.

Government Moves to Strengthen JADCO

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Principal of the Brown’s Town Community College in St. Ann, James Walsh, with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, for over 30 years of service to the education sector, at the 2013 National Honours and Awards ceremony held on October 21 at King’s House.

National Awardee has Big Plans for His School

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

New Director General Appointed to the OUR

Mr. Albert C. Gordon is to assume duties as Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation, OUR, on Friday, November 01, 2013. His appointment follows an extensive search conducted over several months, with the post being advertised both locally and internationally. Thereafter, interviews were conducted and a nomination made by a five-member selection panel, chaired by Dr. the Hon....

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), expresses condolences to Lilieth Mullings, widow of late former Deputy Prime Minister, Seymour Mullings, at the official funeral service held on October 24, at the St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Claremont, St. Ann. Waiting to pay her respects is Minister of Youth and Culture and Member of Parliament for South East, St. Ann, Hon. Lisa Hanna.

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Hundreds Pay Final Respects to Seymour Mullings

Hundreds of Jamaicans, from all walks of life, travelled to the hills of Claremont, St. Ann on October 24, to pay their final respects to the late former Deputy Prime Minister, Seymour St. Edward “Foggy” Mullings, OJ, CD. Mourners filled the St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, where the official funeral service was held. Tents were erected on the lawns of the...

13 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

Prime Minister Calls on CONCACAF to Consider Implementing a Football Research Project in the Region

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has called upon CONCACAF to explore the possibility of implementing a Football Research Project to inspire scholarship about the history, growth and development of the sport and the Confederation. The Prime Minister made the call at CONCACAF's Inaugural Sports Summit on Tuesday (October 22) in the Cayman Islands where she delivered the...

13 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterSport

JADCO Welcomes WADA Visit

Following the invitation extended to WADA by the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in August, JADCO wishes to confirm that a three member WADA team is expected in the island next week, October 28-29, 2013. The purpose of the WADA visit is to review the status of JADCO’s operations, including: its drug testing programme, staffing, governance, education...

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM for IWF Hall of Fame

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller joins a cadre of female heads of government and global women leaders to be inducted in the prestigious International Women’s Forum (IWF) Hall of Fame. The IWF, through the coveted Hall of Fame Award, pays tribute to “the incredible impact that women of courage, creativity and passion have made towards improving society,...

Teacher of Agriculture at the St. Ann based Claremont All Age School, Kay-Ann Lawson, whose life changed when she met the late former Deputy Prime Minister, Seymour Mullings, in the late 1990s.

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Former Deputy Prime Minister’s Kindness Changed a Student’s Life

The work of the late former Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet member, diplomat and long-serving Member of Parliament for South East St. Ann, Ambassador Seymour ‘Foggy’ Mullings, has come in for special praise from many persons, particularly those who felt his direct impact. Teacher of Agriculture at the St. Ann based Claremont All Age School, Kay-Ann Lawson, tells JIS News that...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right). (FILE)

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Boards Established for Juvenile Centres

Cabinet has approved the establishment of several Boards of Visitors and the appointment of their members to Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centres across the island. Addressing a Jamaica House Media Briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on October 9, Information Minister, Senator Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the Juvenile Boards of Visitors are being established to monitor the operations...