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A member of the Jamaica Information Service team, Tamara Millers, reads a passage of scripture at the Mount Olivet United Church in Walderston Manchester during the back to school visit to the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home on Sunday August 25.
A member of the Jamaica Information Service team, Tamara Millers, reads a passage of scripture at the Mount Olivet United Church in Walderston Manchester during the back to school visit to the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home on Sunday August 25.

Special Back to School Visit for Mount Olivet Boys’ Home

The back-to-school period saw the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) making its second visit of the year to the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston Manchester. In celebration of the agency’s 50th Anniversary, the JIS team on August 25 fellowshiped with the...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller (left), is shown a poster of Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, by still, on display inside the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, by Beijing Planning Exhibition representative, Darcy Hu, during her tour of the facility on Friday, August 23.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller (left), is shown a poster of Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, by still, on display inside the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, by Beijing Planning Exhibition representative, Darcy Hu, during her tour of the facility on Friday, August 23.

Bolt and Colours Very Popular in China
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), delivering the keynote address during Friday’s (August 23) business seminar and matchmaking meeting in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, which was jointly organized and hosted for Jamaican and Chinese entrepreneurs by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Embassy of Jamaica in China.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), delivering the keynote address during Friday’s (August 23) business seminar and matchmaking meeting in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, which was jointly organized and hosted for Jamaican and Chinese entrepreneurs by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Embassy of Jamaica in China.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Outlines Logistics Hub Benefits for Jamaica and China
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (fourth left), at a meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping (fourth right), in Beijing August 22. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to China. To the Prime Minister’s right are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson; Ambassador to China, Mr. Ralph Thomas and Dr. Carlton Davis, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (fourth left), at a meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping (fourth right), in Beijing August 22. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to China. To the Prime Minister’s right are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson; Ambassador to China, Mr. Ralph Thomas and Dr. Carlton Davis, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister.

China to Help Construct Two New Infant Schools
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), in discussion with Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Zhang Deijang, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on August 22. The Prime Minister re-affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to bilateral relations with China. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to China. At left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), in discussion with Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Zhang Deijang, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on August 22. The Prime Minister re-affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to bilateral relations with China. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to China. At left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson.

PM Describes Meetings with China’s top Business Leaders as Very Productive

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Office of the Prime MinisterSport

G.C. Foster Gymnasium Being Refurbished

The gymnasium at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, is being rehabilitated at a cost of some $14 million. Principal of the institution, Edward Shakes, told JIS that refurbishing work began late July this year and should be completed by the end of September. “We are in the middle of replacing our...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Congratulates Jamaica’s Tallawah Cricket Team

“I wish to extend my congratulations to the Tallawah Cricket Team, especially team captain Chris Gayle, for winning the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 competition. The victory by the team must be used as further motivation for all those young persons who wish to get involved in cricket in Jamaica. On a regional scale, the outpouring of support, the...
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Office of the Prime MinisterSport

Attorney Says Athletes Can Earn Much With Marketing Guidance

Attorney-at-law and Trademark expert, Andrea Scarlett-Lozer, says the sterling performances by Jamaican athletes at the recent World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia, can propel them to massive international success, if they are given the right marketing and branding guidance. Mrs. Scarlett-Lozer’s comments come a few weeks after Minister with responsibility for Sport, Natalie Neita-Headley, indicated at a JIS ‘Think Tank’,...
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Forum on Gender Equality Opens in Barbados

The Caribbean Forum on Gender Equality and Post 2015 Agenda got underway on Thursday, August 22, at the Hilton in Bridgetown, Barbados. Slated to end on August 23, the forum is organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The forum’s objective is to ensure that gender equality advocates in the Caribbean have a...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (seated), signing agreements with the Government of China at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on August 21, while in the (background), Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller converses with Premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Li Keqiang. Assisting the Minister is Acting Director of the Bilateral Relations Department in the Ministry, Deon Williams and at left (partly hidden) is Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.
Office of the Prime MinisterOfficial Visits

Jamaica and China Sign Four Agreements

The Jamaican Government, August 21, signed four agreements with the People’s Republic of China worth millions of dollars, as Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller continues her official trip to that country. Chief among them is an agreement with the China Exim Bank for a preferential loan for the Major Infrastructure Development Project (MIDP). The others are Letters...
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Members of the Jamaican delegation led by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, and the Delegation of the People
Office of the Prime MinisterOfficial Visits

PM Welcomes Plans by CHEC to Establish Offices in Jamaica

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is welcoming plans by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to establish offices in Jamaica as a regional hub for their operations. Mrs. Simpson Miller told the company’s top brass during a meeting at China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC), in Beijing on Wednesday, August 21, that she was pleased to hear of...
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