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Jamaica’s 2016 Rhodes Scholar, Sherona Forrester.
Jamaica’s 2016 Rhodes Scholar, Sherona Forrester.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Congratulates 2016 Rhodes Scholar Sherona Forrester

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated Ms. Sherona Forrester who was selected as the winner of the 2016 Rhodes Scholarship at King’s House on November 19. The Prime Minister expressed her delight and said “I am very pleased to hear...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), shares a light moment with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene (right), while Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips; and Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, look on. They were at a signing ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17 for the handover of two budget support payments by the EU to Jamaica totalling $2.3 billion.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), shares a light moment with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene (right), while Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips; and Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, look on. They were at a signing ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17 for the handover of two budget support payments by the EU to Jamaica totalling $2.3 billion.

EU Provides $2.3 Billion in Budgetary Support
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, share in light conversation with new Country Manager for the World Bank Country Office in Jamaica, Galina Sotirova. Occasion was a welcome reception in honour of Ms. Sotirova at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, November 11.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, share in light conversation with new Country Manager for the World Bank Country Office in Jamaica, Galina Sotirova. Occasion was a welcome reception in honour of Ms. Sotirova at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, November 11.

World Bank a Key Partner in Jamaica’s Development – PM
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says thank you to Dr. Kenneth Jones who is leading a team of 57 Medical Professionals providing free health care services to persons on Hanover and St. James between November 9 and 13. The occasion was reception for the medical team held at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Lady Hamilton Resort in Hanover at the weekend. (November 7).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says thank you to Dr. Kenneth Jones who is leading a team of 57 Medical Professionals providing free health care services to persons on Hanover and St. James between November 9 and 13. The occasion was reception for the medical team held at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Lady Hamilton Resort in Hanover at the weekend. (November 7).

Prime Minister Thanks US Medical Mission and Says Visit Is Timely
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with General Manager of the Grand Palladium resort, Jose Morgan (left); Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison; and Aaliayah Martinez (front, right) and Kiara Wilks. Occasion was the launch of the hotel’s participation in the global initiative the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), at the Hanover-based resort on Saturday, November 7. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker at the launch.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with General Manager of the Grand Palladium resort, Jose Morgan (left); Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison; and Aaliayah Martinez (front, right) and Kiara Wilks. Occasion was the launch of the hotel’s participation in the global initiative the End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), at the Hanover-based resort on Saturday, November 7. Mrs. Simpson Miller was the guest speaker at the launch.

PM Hails Grand Palladium for Joining Global Campaign to Protect Children

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Prime Minister says Government Increasing the Participation of Children in Policy Formulation

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Government has been making a deliberate effort to increase the participation of children in policy formulation and implementation. The Prime Minister was speaking at the 10th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference on November 6 at the Jamaica Conference.  She said that in order to achieve this "there has been the appointment of child ambassadors....
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Jamaica’s Council General to New York, Herman LaMont, delivers Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller’s tribute at the service of thanksgiving celebrating the life of Jamaican-born Dr. Charles Anderson at the Bethel AME Church in Buffalo New York on Monday, November 9.
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PM Hails Late Dr. Charles Anderson

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the late Dr. Charles Anderson for his outstanding service in improving the health care of Jamaicans and persons in the wider Caribbean. “By any measure, Dr. Anderson was indeed a great of the earth,” the Prime Minister said in her tribute read by Council General to New York, Herman LaMont, at...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Ivy Blake Daley, during the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)/Geoland Titling ceremony held at the St. Matthews Anglican Church Hall in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth on November 4. Some 106 residents of the parish were presented with certificates of title by the Prime Minister.
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PM Hands Over 106 Land Titles In St. Elizabeth

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, yesterday (November 4) handed over certificates of title to some 106 residents of Santa Cruz and adjoining communities in the parish of St. Elizabeth. The presentation was held under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)/Geoland Titling initiative, aimed at acceleration the land- titling process across the island. Addressing the ceremony held...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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PM Gives Instruction for Public Release of Health Sector Audit Report

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has given instructions for the Minister of Health Dr. Fenton Ferguson to publish to the nation tomorrow, Friday, November 6, (earlier than originally planned) the report of an audit of the Health sector which the Minister had commissioned earlier this year. The decision was taken at a Partnership for Jamaica National Council at a meeting...
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