Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is commending Jamaica’s sportsmen and sportswomen for their dedication and outstanding representation of the nation and its people. In a statement on Wednesday (August 19), Prime Minister Simpson Miller said the country’s athletes across various sporting disciplines continue to give of their best. She said they embody the hopes and aspirations of the nation and...

Students, who will be attending high school in September, are being encouraged  by the Prime Minister, to put aside negative thoughts and actions. The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that adopting a positive outlook and attitude is one of the most important keys to achieving success. “Never, ever keep the word ‘can’t’ in your thinking. It is an evil...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has praised members of visiting humanitarian group, Joseph Assignment Global Initiative, on efforts to enhance the lives of residents in several inner city and rural communities. Joseph Assignment, which is a worldwide organisation based in the United States,  has been providing interventions in health, education, and skills training in communities in Kingston,...

My Fellow Jamaicans:   The detachment of Jamaica from the British colonial scaffold 53 years ago, and our emergence as an independent nation-state, was as seminal a moment as it was sensational.   We chose to take the reigns of our destiny firmly in our hands, and pledged to forge a just and progressive nation from the rejected colonialism.  ...

The Government is moving apace to expand the cassava industry through a number of partnerships with the private sector and the University of the West Indies, with support from the Colombian Government in the establishment of a factory. Providing details at the 63rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 2, Prime Minister,...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Jamaica and other Caribbean countries need greater international support to fight global organised criminals and reduce crime, particularly gun-related murders.   Speaking at the powerful United Nations Security Council in New York today (Thursday, July 30) Prime Minister Simpson Miller said small countries like Jamaica require comprehensive debt relief and tangible development financing to...

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Address UN Security Council on Peace and Security Threats Facing Jamaica and other Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean    Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will on Thursday, July 30, address a special United Nations (UN) Open Debate on Peace and Security Challenges Facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the UN Headquarters in...