Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller, has underscored the significant impact the PetroCaribe Agreement has had on the economic independence of countries of the Caribbean region. In a statement at the plenary session of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of the PetroCaribe Agreement in Montego on Saturday (September 5), Mrs. Simpson Miller hailed the pact as a lifeline...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon Phillip Paulwell, says that the PetroCaribe Agreement with Venezuela will be strengthened to provide more benefits for Jamaicans. He was addressing a special Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister’s Western Regional Office in Montego Bay on Friday (Sept. 4), ahead of the 10th Anniversary Commemorative Summit of...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said Jamaica and other participating states have benefited significantly from the PetroCaribe Agreement. “Jamaica’s ability to afford its energy requirements has been favourably impacted by this single most important PetroCaribe Agreement with Venezuela,” Senator Falconer said. “This allows the Government to purchase oil at market value, but on preferential conditions,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is encouraging students to make good use of their education to better themselves and for the advancement of the country. “If we want to change Jamaica, we must have a well-educated society…work hard in school and focus on your studies. It is said to whom much is given, much is expected,” she...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has commended Jamaica’s sportsmen and sportswomen for their dedication and outstanding representation at the recently concluded 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. “The country’s athletes across various sporting disciplines continue to give of their best. They embody the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the nation and represent the very best of...

Approximately 150 pupils of Union Gardens and its environs, in South West St. Andrew, will have a newly built infant school, when the 2015/16 academic year begins in September. Construction of the institution, the Union Gardens Infant School, which commenced in March 2015, is being built at a cost of $186 million. The facility, development of which is being spearheaded...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has described as phenomenal, the performances of Jamaica’s athletes on days six and seven of the IAAF World Athletics Championships now underway in Bejing, China, where the country reached third in the medal rankings with a total 9 medals – 4 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze. In a statement on Friday, August 28, the...