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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...

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.

Government Improving Water Supply for 5,000 Residents in St. Catherine

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left) participates in breaking ground to symbolise the start of a $75 million rehabilitation project for the Goldmine Water Supply System in St. Catherine. Also participating (from left) are: Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott. Also pictured in the background (third left) is Chairman of the National Water Commission, Prakash Vaswani. The event took place at the Bellas Gate Primary School on Friday, July 17.

Goldmine Water Supply System to be Upgraded

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.

PM Commends Graduates of the Majesty Gardens Community Education Development Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th right), participates in the breaking of ground for a US $61 million solar electricity plant, at the project site in Content District, Clarendon on July 9. Others (from left) are: Minister of Local Government and Community Development and Member of Parliament for South West Clarendon, Hon. Noel Arscott; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Vice President, WRB Enterprises Inc., Robert Blenker; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Public Service, Kelly Tomlinson; and Chargé d'affaires, United States Embassy, Elizabeth Martinez. The facility will be built and operated by Content Solar Ltd., a wholly-owned Jamaican subsidiary of Florida-based WRB Enterprises Inc.

PM Breaks Ground for First Solar Energy Power Plant in JA

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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...

11 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Focus On Education In Majesty Gardens

The educational status of 77 persons from the community of Majesty Gardens, in South West St. Andrew, has been improved, as they have successfully completed various levels of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) High School Diploma Equivalency (HSDE) programme. The HSDE was delivered through the Majesty Gardens Community Development Education Programme, an initiative of Prime Minister and Member...

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More Than 20,000 Homes To Be Powered By New Solar Plant

More than 20,000 Jamaican homes are expected to be powered by clean, affordable, renewable energy to be generated from the US$61 million solar electricity plant, being built in Content District, Clarendon. Electricity produced by this 20-megawatt plant, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, will replace approximately three million gallons of fossil fuel per year. Construction of the state-of-the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd right); and Chairman, National Water Commission (NWC), Prakash Vaswani (left), sign the contract for the $4.9 billion Non-Revenue Water Reduction Co-Management project, during a ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston today (July 8). Chairman of Israeli-based company Miya, Meir Wietchner (2nd left); and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, look on.

11 years ago EnvironmentPrime Minister

Gov’t Embarks on Project to Reduce Water Loss

The Government is embarking on a $4.9 billion project aimed at reducing water loss in the Corporate Area due to leaks and theft. The five-year Non-Revenue Water Reduction Co-Management Project in Kingston and St. Andrew is intended to improve water supply to residents, and save the National Water Commission (NWC) billions of dollars in lost revenue. It involves partnership with...

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PM Simpson Miller Raises Cuba-USA Relations and Trade With Canada at CARICOM Meeting

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Friday (July 3) raised the issue of the improvement of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States of America at the first plenary session of the 36th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados. Prime Minister Portia Simpson welcomed the positive developments, urged CARICOM to call for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a Medal of Appreciation to Principal of the Water Valley Primary School in St. Mary, Morris Edwards, in recognition of his contribution to education. Forty teachers were recognised at the function held on June 24, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

11 years ago EducationPrime Minister

Water Valley Primary Principal Dedicated to Education

Principal at the Water Valley Primary School in St. Mary, Morris Omar Edwards, has given 37 years of exceptional service to education. A native of the parish in which he practices his profession, the educator was raised by his maternal grandmother, after the death of his mother, while he was a child. He always had his eyes set on becoming...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), accepts a gift from Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, Nadeen Matthews, during the Foundation’s $1 Billion Donation celebration event held on June 25, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

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PM Says Government Committed to Ensuring Sound and Stable Economic Environment

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says her Administration is committed to ensuring a sound and stable environment for the further growth and development of the financial sector. Speaking at the NCB Foundation ‘One Billion Dollars in Nation Building’ event at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday, June 25, Mrs. Simpson Miller said that Government’s commitment was reflected in the passage...