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Director of Elections, Orrette Fisher, has called on countries across the Americas, to work towards enhancing their electoral systems, noting that this is critical to strengthening the democratic process. He was speaking to representatives from Caribbean and Latin America countries at Tuesday's (Sept. 18) closing of the Eighth Inter-American meeting of Electoral Management Bodies, held at the Hylton Rose Hall...

Government has secured several investment opportunities which will result in more than a dozen new investment projects some of which will commence soon and which will generate some seven thousand jobs. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the announcements in her address September 16 at the 74th annual conference of the People's National Party. Mrs. Simpson Miller said the investment...

The eighth Inter-American Meeting of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBS) got underway at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay Tuesday (Sept. 18), with 43 representatives from 23 countries across the Americas in attendance. The two-day meeting, being held for the first time in the Caribbean, aims to promote the exchange of knowledge, experiences and practices of electoral...

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....