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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that providing affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans is a top priority for the Government. "My administration is focused on getting houses and lands into the hands of as many persons as possible.  We are committed to giving priority status to housing for low-income earners,” she stated. The Prime Minister was speaking...

Rehabilitation work on the Trench Town Fire Station in Kingston, which was spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Government at a cost of just over $2 million, has been completed. The station was closed earlier this year to facilitate reconstruction of the roof, after it was discovered that the original canopy was built from material containing asbestos,...

The Port Authority of Jamaica has received the go ahead from Cabinet to purchase just over 280,000 sq. ft. of property in the Montego Freeport at a cost of $184 million, to facilitate expansion of the Montego Bay cruise terminal. Making the disclosure during Wednesday’s (December 19), Jamaica House Media Briefing, at the office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Minister...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller celebrated the commencement of the 2012/2013 Winter Tourist Season at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, with the official welcoming of the first visitors to Jamaica, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and Chelsea Derby from Fort Lauderdale, USA. They were among approximately 400 visitors on the first of a number...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is saddened by the mass killings including innocent children which occurred Friday (December 14) at an elementary school in Connecticut, USA. Expressing shock and outrage at the horrific incident in which 26 persons, the majority of them children and also including the school’s principal were gunned down, the Prime Minister said “I weep for the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller paid tribute to the men and women of the armed forces and emergency services who received Diamond Jubilee Medals for their distinguished service and contribution to Jamaica. “Your service and the quality of the contribution you have made to our country over the past 50 years is a fine example of patriotism that makes us...

A Government indemnity has been granted to Food for the Poor, which will enable the charity organisation to “fast track” construction of some 500 houses for Hurricane Sandy victims in three eastern parishes. The indemnity will protect the charity against any claim, action, lawsuit, loss or damage that might arise from any claims of infringement of proprietary rights in its...

It was an afternoon of true camaraderie as the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) on December 5, celebrated five of Jamaica’s veteran journalists during a luncheon at the J. Wray and Nephew headquarters on Spanish Town Road. The veterans, who together represent more than 150 years of experience, are: Fae Ellington, Pat Lazarus, Tony Patel, Dorraine Samuels-Binger and Ruth Ho...

Often seen on board their bright red fire engines, racing to scenes of fire or other emergency, the country’s firefighters continue to provide yeoman service to the people of Jamaica. The proud and committed men and women of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), are among the country’s first responders to emergency situations and they commit to their duties unflinchingly. During...

MONTEGO BAY - Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed gratitude to and commended private sector stakeholders for partnering with the Government, thus far, to implement the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). Speaking at the third Social Development Commission (SDC) Parish Forum at the West Jamaica Conference Centre, in Mount Salem, St. James, on Thursday (November 22),...

Constitutional Lawyer and Queen’s Counsel, Dr. Lloyd Barnett, is of the view that the country should accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final appellate authority, by severing ties with the British Monarchy, and by extension, the United Kingdom’s Privy Council. He echoes the sentiments of former Prime Ministers, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson and the Hon....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has, again, called on CARICOM's leaders to “put their collective minds together” and recommit to the process of regional integration. "It is…in our interest to note that a common voice from CARICOM will have a greater chance of gaining recognition in international fora, than the voice of any individual country," she stated....