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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, heads the list of 12 persons and organizations honoured by the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) for outstanding service to the organization over the past 20 years. The awardees, inclusive of three former Prime Ministers, were presented with special plaques during the NRSC’s 20th Anniversary Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller leaves the island Friday, April 19, for Caracas for the inauguration of new Venezuelan President, His Excellency Nicolas Madura. The Prime Minister will be accompanied on the trip by the Hon A.J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, along with...

His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent, has suggested that aggressive enforcement of the seat belt law could assist in further improving road safety in Jamaica. He pointed out that the use of safety belts and helmets is one of the most basic ways of improving road safety in any country. The Prince was speaking during a Round Table discussion...

His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent, was given an insight into the work of the Mona Geoinformatics Institute (MGI) in Jamaica’s national road safety programme, when he visited the University of the West Indies (UWI) based institution, on April 16. The visit formed part of the itinerary for the Prince’s five-day working visit to the island, from April 15...

His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent has lauded Jamaicans on their many achievements, noting that despite the country’s size, it has done tremendously well on the world stage. “The quality and the drive you have here, in so many areas…have been really quite exceptional,” he stated. Prince Michael was speaking on Tuesday, April 16, following a tour of the...

His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent arrived in Jamaica on Monday, April 15, at the invitation of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. He was greeted by several state officials, including State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Arnaldo Brown. [See more images of the arrival of HRH Prince Michael...

Cabinet on Monday, April 15, welcomed the announcement by the Office of the Contractor General that it is investigating the issue surrounding the construction and rental of shops at the Spaldings Market in Clarendon. It appears that standard administrative procedures may have been overlooked in attempting to address a clearly established need for vending space. Cabinet also notes that the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed profound sadness at the passing of cultural visionary, social anthropologist and founder of the Jamaican Folk Singers, Dr. the Hon Olive Lewin, OJ, CD. The Prime Minister said the passing of Olive Lewin, a pioneer musicologist, leaves a great void in the pursuit and preservation of Jamaica’s traditional music and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed deepest condolences to the Government, family and people of Great Britain on the death of former Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher. As the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post, Baroness Thatcher made her mark on...

The contributions to public service and the trade union movement by former South East St. Elizabeth Member of Parliament, and Junior Government Minister, Derrick Rochester, have not gone unnoticed. Recently hundreds packed the HEART/NTA-run South West TVET Institute in Junction, in the parish where they heaped praises on him for his years in the public service. When bauxite infrastructural development...

A sum of $135.6 million has been allocated to a project to reduce/eliminate administrative barriers and to establish an improved business operating environment to support private sector growth. Details of the Promote, Renew, Investigate, Develop and Energise (PRIDE) Project are included in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. Anticipated targets for 2013/2014 include:...

The Government has at no time engaged in any secret deal or quiet withdrawal of funds from the National Housing Trust, NHT. Claims of a secret NHT deal contained in an article in the Sunday Gleaner on April 7 with the headline ‘Secret Deal: NHT paid $4billion into government’s coffers last year’, are incorrect and misleading. It is a well...