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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, on Friday (August 23), outlined the mutual benefits which Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China can derive from the Global Logistics Hub Initiative. Addressing a business seminar and matchmaking meeting for...

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.

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

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.

Jamaica and China Sign Four Agreements

Members of the Jamaican delegation led by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, and the Delegation of the People's Republic of China, headed by President Xi Jinping, meet in the Great Hall of the People, prior to attending a banquet in honour of the Prime Minister, on August 21.

PM Welcomes Plans by CHEC to Establish Offices in Jamaica

13 years ago 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’,...

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

PM Says Athletes Performance in Moscow Beyond Expectations

From China, where Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is now on an official visit and with the Jamaican athletes returning home from the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, the Prime Minister has issued the following congratulatory message: “I wish to extend to the entire team, the coaches and management staff, on behalf of a most grateful nation, my...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is greeted by Assistant Foreign Minister, People’s Republic of China, Zheng Zeguang (left); and Jamaica

13 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterOfficial Visits

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Arrives in China

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has arrived in People’s Republic of China, for a five-day official visit. She was welcomed, on her arrival at the Beijing International Airport, by China’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Zheng Zeguang; Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Zheng Qingdian; Jamaica's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Ralph Thomas; and Minister/Counsellor...

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to Visit The People’s Republic of China

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller will leave the island on Saturday August 17 to lead a delegation on a five-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China, from August 21-25, 2013. Prime Minister Simpson Miller will be accompanied by Sen. Hon Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Hon. Robert Pickersgill Minister of...

: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), listens keenly as Rastafari Millennium Council International Ambassador, Queen Mother Moses (right), makes a point, during the closing ceremony of the Kingston-leg of the Rastafari Studies Conference and General Assembly 2013, held on the campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on August 15. At centre is Director, Centre for Gender and Development Studies: Regional Co-ordinating Unit, University of the West Indies, Professor Verene Shepherd.

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Special Team to Meet With Elders of Rastafarian Community

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says a special team will be appointed to meet with elders of the Rastafarian community, to discuss the tragic Coral Gardens incident which took place some 50 years ago. “As a responsible government, regardless of which party was in power at that time, I know you’re looking to my administration to help...

The Atlanta-Jamaica Association’s (AJA) 2013 scholarship awardees, Kristin Henry (3rd left); and Desiree Watkis (centre); along with 2013 recipient of the AJA President’s Award for Outstanding Community Service, Jacqueline Hawthorne Robinson (3rd right), proudly display their awards received during the AJA Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards at the Marriott Atlanta Airport Gateway, College Park, Georgia, USA, on August 10. Sharing the occasion are: Co-founder and Partner, Navigations Capital Partners, Dr. David Panton (left); President, Tropical Sports Club, Barry Bennett (2nd left); AJA President, Errol Ritchie (2nd right); and AJA Vice President, William Gray.

13 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Lauds Atlanta-Jamaica Association

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has praised the United States-based Atlanta-Jamaica Association (AJA) on the positive influence it continues to have on Jamaicans benefitting from its scholarship awards programme. In a message, contained in the AJA’s Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards Journal, to guests attending the function at the Marriott Atlanta Airport Gateway, College Park, Georgia, on...