Seventy nine Jamaicans will be presented with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Jamaica, at an awards ceremony to be held on Wednesday, July 31, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, will deliver the main address and present medals and certificates to the recipients at the event, which...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Sport, the Hon. Natalie Neita Headley has congratulated the young Jamaican team on its “exceptional performance” at the recently concluded 8th IAAF World Youth Championships, held in Ukraine. The team created history by finishing on top of the medal table with eight medals -- 6 gold medals and two bronze. Welcoming the athletes who returned...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) intends to ramp up the Public Education Programme in the High Schools, and commence the sensitisation programmes at the Primary School level. She also noted that this would be done for the Programme for Athlete Support Personnel, to include coaches, trainers, teachers, parents and members of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Monday morning, July 15, met with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Mr. Jose DaSilva who is on a visit to the island. The meeting reviewed FAO's Programme of Cooperation with Jamaica and technical assistance to help combat the beet army worm affecting vegetable farmers, particularly in...

MONTEGO BAY - Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is urging more women to increase their participation and assertiveness in the economic development of their countries. She issued the call in an address read by Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, at the Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in...

Eight athletes are set to compete in the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athletic World Championships, slated for July 19 to 28 in Lyon, France. They are multiple gold medallist Alphanso Cunningham, Sylvia Grant, Shane Hudson, David Bascoe, Romadeo Williams, Isaiah Simms, Javon Campbell and team captain Tanto Campbell. The athletes, who depart the island on Monday (July 15), will be...

Following the meeting of the National Disaster Committee (NDC) convened at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday June 10, 2013, chaired by the Honourable Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has activated the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) at level 1. The Prime Minister head of the NDC after receiving...

As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) marks its 40th anniversary, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is calling on regional leaders to remember the context within which the body was formed, and to live up to the vision of its founders for the benefit of all Caribbean people. The Prime Minister was speaking in Trinidad on Thursday, July 4,...