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The following is a Statement from the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister on recent comments by the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. It reads: "The Government can confirm that exhaustive checks by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade indicate that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at the launch of a 2012...

Twelve-year old Tre Hussey has started his journey into high school full of hope and optimism for a bright future.   Tre's confidence comes from knowing that his family will not have to worry about his school expenses for the next seven years, and he can just concentrate on excelling. The outstanding student, who attends St. Mary High School, is...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller today called on the private sector to support the Jamaica Employ Programme (JEP) – an agreement between the Ministry of Labour and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) that encourages private sector companies to employ one additional qualified Jamaican. "I invite all private sector organisations, entities to join Mr Samuda and the Ministry of Labour...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the national Paralympic athlete, Alphanso Cunningham, continues to be a role model. Her remarks come shortly after Cunningham threw 21.84 metres in the Javelin F52/53 at the London 2012 Paralympics this morning. His achievement is a national record and also a record for the entire North and South America region. "We are such a...

         

The achievement of our Jamaican athletes Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir in capturing all three medals in the Men's 200 metres final at London Olympic Games marks a tremendous moment in our country's outstanding international sporting history.   “I rejoice at the brilliance of their performance which is the realisation of the dreams of so many generations of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says Jamaica has made significant strides in the areas of politics, human rights, heath care, culture and legislative reform over the last 50 years. “As we reflect on these 50 years of our independence journey, Jamaica today is not the country it was in 1962. We have achieved much, we have made...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says it is the duty of Parliament to guarantee the people a right of access to a final court of appeal that is within their reach. “After all, we have been told in no uncertain terms by the highest authority in the United Kingdom, that we are encouraged to make use of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the roles played by the early pioneers, who stood for human freedom, and who ensured the end of the slave trade, leading to Emancipation and paving the way for independence. "These and other significant heritage milestones provide us with an opportunity to understand the link between colonisation and liberation struggles....

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller signed a two-year cooperation agreement with the Chairman of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), Mr. Zhou Jichang, for undertaking exploration of infrastructure development projects in Jamaica.   In her remarks at the signing at Jamaica House on Saturday (July 21), the Prime Minister said that “projects which will flow from this agreement must bring mutual economic benefit, deliver value for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, has lauded the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organisations (NAJASO), for 35 years of outstanding work in the Diaspora on behalf of Jamaica. In her message, read by Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Herman LaMont, at NAJASO’s 35th Anniversary Award Banquet on July 14, at the Adams Mark Hotel in Buffalo,...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed admiration and pleasure at the election of South Africa's Minster of Internal Affairs, Mrs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as the Chairman of the African Union. The Prime Minister described Mrs Dlamini-Zuma as "an advocate for the people through peace, and an inspiration to women leaders the world over. She is an inspiration to me, as she...