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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (third left), makes a point to Councillor for the Payne Land Division, Audrey Smith-Facey (left). Listening (from second left) are: Executive Director of the United States-based Joseph Assignment Global Initiative, Mordecai Buckley; Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Volunteer, Dr. Alexia Felder; and Co-Founder, Dr. Trunell Felder. Occasion was a tour of several sections of the Payne Land Division in Kingston on Wednesday, August 12. The visiting humanitarian group has been undertaking various capacity-building initiatives in the community over the past two weeks.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (third left), makes a point to Councillor for the Payne Land Division, Audrey Smith-Facey (left). Listening (from second left) are: Executive Director of the United States-based Joseph Assignment Global Initiative, Mordecai Buckley; Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Volunteer, Dr. Alexia Felder; and Co-Founder, Dr. Trunell Felder. Occasion was a tour of several sections of the Payne Land Division in Kingston on Wednesday, August 12. The visiting humanitarian group has been undertaking various capacity-building initiatives in the community over the past two weeks.

PM Praises Work of Joseph Assignment Global Initiative

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...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Independence Day Message from Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), admires farm produce on display at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show on Sunday, August 2, while she toured the booths. The Prime Minister also delivered the closing address for the three-day event. At right is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), admires farm produce on display at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show on Sunday, August 2, while she toured the booths. The Prime Minister also delivered the closing address for the three-day event. At right is President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant.

Prime Minister Outlines Plan To Expand Cassava Industry
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses the United Nations Security Council and the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, July 30. In the background at left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. AJ Nicholson QC, while at right is Jamaica
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses the United Nations Security Council and the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, July 30. In the background at left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. AJ Nicholson QC, while at right is Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray.

PM Simpson Miller Calls for Greater International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller to Address UN Security Council

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(Seated from left) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan; Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), Everton Hunter; and Managing Director of Alcar Construction and Haulage Company, Junior Leslie, affix their signatures to a contract for the construction of a box culvert bridge in the farming community of Wood Hall, St. Catherine. The signing ceremony was held at the Jamaica House Banquet Hall in Kingston on July 27. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell; Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott; and Deputy Mayor and Councilor for the Ginger Ridge Division, Ralston Wilson.
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Wood Hall to Get Box Culvert Bridge

The Government of Jamaica has awarded a $15.2 million contract to Alcar Construction and Haulage Company for the construction of a box culvert bridge in the West Central St. Catherine farming community of Wood Hall. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who signed the contract this morning (July 27) at Jamaica House, said construction of the box culvert...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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Minister Pickersgill in Charge of Government

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will take vacation leave between today, Tuesday, July 21 and Friday, July 24. The Prime Minister will return to office this Saturday, July 25. While the Prime Minister is out of office, the Hon. Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change will oversee the Government. Meanwhile, National Security Minister Peter Bunting is...
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Jovante Wants to Help Jamaicans with Speech Disorders

Nineteen-year-old Jovante Anderson is looking to make his mark in the field of speech therapy in Jamaica. The youngster is the recipient of the 2015 Lafayette-Jamaica Scholarship to pursue a four-year undergraduate programme at the Lafayette University in the United States, after which he intends to pursue a master’s degree in speech language pathology. He is pledging to return to...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (second left – front row) breaks ground for the development and expansion of the Goldmine Water Supply Upgrading Project at Bellas Gate Primary School, St. Catherine on Friday, July 17. Also participating are (from left) Acting President of the NWC, Mark Barnett, Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change Robert Pickersgill, Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott. In the background (left of the Prime Minister) is NWC Chairman Prakash Vaswani. Five thousand persons from several communities in St. Catherine will soon have better water supply, as a result of the $75M project.
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Government Improving Water Supply for 5,000 Residents in St. Catherine

Five thousand persons from several communities in St. Catherine will soon have better water supply, as a result of the development and expansion of the Goldmine Water Supply System in the parish. Persons in the communities of Bellas Gate, Cocoa Ridge, Rhule Town, Bois Content, Bagham, Planters Hall, Marlie Hill, Breeze Mill, Hill Top, Bellefield, Browns Hall, Blue Hole, Wood...
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Union Leader Says ‘Stay the Course’

A prominent trade union leader is urging the Government to “stay the course” of economic reform, saying that Jamaica attempted reforms in the past but abandoned the effort once the “going got tough”. “We have been at this place before. We have made efforts at economic reform but when the going got tough, instead of the tough get going, we...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller presents Mr. Leroy Gooden with the trophy for most outstanding male student at the Majesty Gardens Community Education Programme Graduation Ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Wednesday, July 8. Mr. Gooden was among seventy-seven graduates who received certificates of participation and competence. The programme was spearheaded by the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning, The Planning Institute of Jamaica (through its Community Renewal Programme) and the Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) which operates out of the Ministry of Justice.
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PM Commends Graduates of the Majesty Gardens Community Education Development Programme

Seventy-seven (77) residents from the Majesty Gardens community were presented with certificates of participation and competence at the Majestic Gardens Community Education Development Programme’s Closing Ceremony on Wednesday, July 8 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.   Speaking at the Ceremony, Member of Parliament for South Western St. Andrew and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller commended the graduates for...
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