Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau on his Liberal Party’s victory this week. During a telephone call to Prime Minister-Elect Trudeau on Wednesday, October 21, Prime Minister Simpson Miller extended congratulations on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica to Mr. Trudeau on his historic election...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the passing of Trade Unionist and former Senator Clive Dobson, is great loss to Jamaica, especially the trade union movement. In expressing her profound sadness at the passing of Mr Dobson, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said the Jamaican trade union movement has lost a staunch and formidable advocate, who for more than five decades...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has commended the Wisynco Group for the significant investment the company has made in Jamaica, and its mission to improve the lives of the people. Mrs. Simpson Miller was speaking at a ceremony, following a tour of the Wisynco Plant in Central Village, St. Catherine, today (September 16), to view a new...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the government remains committed to ensuring that education and training form a major part of Jamaica’s development agenda, as the nation pushes for national progress. Speaking at the launch of the 2015/16 school year at the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School in Montpelier, St. James on September 11,...

Former President of Venezuela, the late Hugo Chávez, was remembered as a great friend of Jamaica at a Regional Summit held in Montego Bay on September 5 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the PetroCaribe Agreement. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the late President is still revered by the Jamaican people. Addressing a large contingent of Venezuelan...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Friday (September 11), officially opened the Fidel Castro Campus of the Anchovy High School located in Montpelier, St. James. The facility, will serve as the second campus of the Anchovy High School, and will accommodate approximately 900 students from grades seven to eight. The Montpelier Facility was originally built in 1980...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the manufacturing sector will be given key focus as Jamaica works to reform the business environment, and achieve further improvements in the country’s global business ranking. The Prime Minister was speaking at Wednesday’s (September 9) official opening of Industrial Chemical Company Limited’s (ICC) newly upgraded plant in Spanish Town, St. Catherine....