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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), with children from the Columbus Prep School in St. Ann, after she launched the Social Development Commission (SDC) Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on May 7.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), with children from the Columbus Prep School in St. Ann, after she launched the Social Development Commission (SDC) Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on May 7.

PM Says Abuse of Children Will Not be Tolerated

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says she is taking a zero tolerance approach to the abuse of the nation’s children. She warned that if the abuse continues, the Government will take a serious look at the laws...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller listens as student at the Jamaica House Basic School, John David Hall, reads from the book entitled, ‘Little Lion Goes to School’, by Kellie Magnus, today (May 5). Also listening (from left) are: Raiyne Gibson and Naela Nunes. Mrs. Simpson Miller also read to the children, as she participated in Read Across Jamaica Day activities.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller listens as student at the Jamaica House Basic School, John David Hall, reads from the book entitled, ‘Little Lion Goes to School’, by Kellie Magnus, today (May 5). Also listening (from left) are: Raiyne Gibson and Naela Nunes. Mrs. Simpson Miller also read to the children, as she participated in Read Across Jamaica Day activities.

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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (back, second right); Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (back, left); Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (back, 2nd left); and Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Hon. Derrick Kellier (back, right), are with students from the Mona Preparatory and St. Aloysius Primary schools, at the official launch of Labour Day and Worker’s Week on May 4, at the Banquet Hall, Jamaica House.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (back, second right); Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (back, left); Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (back, 2nd left); and Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Hon. Derrick Kellier (back, right), are with students from the Mona Preparatory and St. Aloysius Primary schools, at the official launch of Labour Day and Worker’s Week on May 4, at the Banquet Hall, Jamaica House.

National Labour Day 2015 to Focus on Children
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents Ann-Marie Bowley with a certificate of title during a ceremony held at the Bethel Baptist Church in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on May 1. Ms. Bowley collected the document on behlaf of her mother, Imogene Bowley, who was among the 101 persons issued with land titles under the Government
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents Ann-Marie Bowley with a certificate of title during a ceremony held at the Bethel Baptist Church in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on May 1. Ms. Bowley collected the document on behlaf of her mother, Imogene Bowley, who was among the 101 persons issued with land titles under the Government's Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP).

101 Persons Receive Land Titles in Bog Walk
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left) interacts with students of the Mona Heights Primary School, during the official launch of the third United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week 2015, at Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Autohaus, in Kingston, today (April 30).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left) interacts with students of the Mona Heights Primary School, during the official launch of the third United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week 2015, at Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Autohaus, in Kingston, today (April 30).

Prime Minister Urges Road Users to Protect Lives

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the official opening of the Hanover Co-operative Credit Union’s (HCCU) new building in Lucea on April 23. The building has been named in honour of the institution’s founder, the late Enid Watson Gonsalves.
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PM Calls for the Protection of Nation’s Children

Prime Minister the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller is calling for Jamaicans at all levels of society to see the protection and education of the nation’s children as the responsibility of all. The Prime Minister’s appeal came as she addressed the official opening and naming of the new Hanover Co-operative Credit Union (HCCU) building in Lucea, Hanover on Thursday April...
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Pm calls for the protection of nation’s children

Prime Minister the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller is calling for Jamaicans at all levels of society to see the protection and education of the nation’s children as the responsibility of all. The Prime Minister’s appeal came as she addressed the official opening and naming of the new Hanover Co-operative Credit Union (HCCU) building in Lucea, Hanover on Thursday April...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the official opening of the Hanover Co-operative Credit Union’s (HCCU) new building in Lucea on April 23. The building has been named in honour of the institution’s founder, the late Enid Watson Gonsalves.
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Hanover to Benefit from Road Improvement Works

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says a contract is to be signed early May for road improvement works in sections of Hanover. “The National Works Agency (NWA) has advised me that plans are in place for some major road improvement works to be done in Riley Bridge to Dias, and Green Island to Santoy areas of the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2ndleft), and former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson (2nd right), along with Transport, Works, and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left), and Managing Director TransJamaican Highway, Guillaume Allain, stand in front of the sign bearing the new name of the Kingston to May Pen segment of Highway 2000, which was unveiled during Friday’s (April 17) renaming ceremony, at the corridor’s Old Harbour Interchange in St. Catherine. The 44-kilometre roadway, which has been renamed the P.J. Patterson Highway, is managed by TransJamaican Highway.
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Highway Named in Honour of Former Prime Minister

The Kingston to May Pen leg of Highway 2000 has been officially re-named the P.J. Patterson Highway, in honour of Jamaica’s sixth Prime Minister, who was instrumental in initiating the corridor’s development. The 44-kilometre toll road, which was developed between 1999 and 2007, runs from Mandela Highway in St. Catherine to the May Pen round-a-bout in Clarendon, Renaming of the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. (FILE)
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PM Deplores Clarendon Murders

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is urging the residents of the Monymusk Housing Scheme and elsewhere in the community of Hayes in Clarendon to work with the Police by telling all they might know about Wednesday night’s vicious murder of three teenaged boys and a man by gunmen. “I extend my sympathies to the parents and relatives...
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Leads Jamaica’s Delegation to the Summit of the Americas

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will lead Jamaica’s delegation to the Seventh Summit of the Americas being held in Panama City, Panama April 10 to 11. The theme of the Seventh Summit is, “Prosperity with Equity: The Challenge of Cooperation in the Americas. At Summits of the Americas Heads of State and Government of the member states of the Western...
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