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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses a Corporate Governance seminar held today (June 24), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston., Seated at right is Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Onika Miller.

State Agencies Must Provide Quality Service – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is reminding state agencies that they have an obligation to provide quality service to the public and ensure the timely completion of projects. Mrs. Simpson Miller gave the charge while addressing a...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, greets exuberant students of the Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School in Kingston today (June 19), following the launch of a behaviour modification initiative at the institution’s Hagley Park Road premises. The initiative dubbed: ‘Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) Behaviour Modification Programme’ will be implemented at the Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School in September and is aimed at addressing anti-social tendencies.

Behaviour Modification Programme for Cockburn Gardens Primary

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a framed citation to outgoing Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings, during a farewell luncheon in honour of the outgoing Managing Director at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge and Conference Centre in St. Andrew today (June 17).

PM Urges Jamaicans to Keep Faith with Economic Programme

PM Commends JSIF’s Scarlette Gillings for Helping to Reduce Poverty

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is in discussion with outgoing Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings, during a farewell luncheon in honour of Mrs. Gillings at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge and Conference Centre in St. Andrew today (June 17).

Govt Committed To Reducing Poverty – PM

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PM Launches ASEBA Behaviour Modification Programme At Cockburn Primary and Junior High School

Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller launched a Behaviour Modification Programme at the Cockburn Primary and Junior High School in her constituency on Friday, June 19. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) Programme seeks to identify and help children who are challenged by mental, emotional and social...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), in discussion with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson (centre) and State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, at the opening ceremony for the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, on June 14. Mrs. Simpson Miller delivered the keynote address for the conference, which is being staged at the Montego Bay Convention Centre from June 15 to 18 under the theme: ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity’.

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Prime Minister Calls On Diaspora Members to Be Ambassadors

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to become ambassadors for their country and help to promote and protect Brand Jamaica. Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony for the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, on June 14, Mrs. Simpson Miller said...

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40 Educators to Receive PM’s Medal of Appreciation

Forty persons, who have made outstanding contribution to the advancement of education in Jamaica, are to be honoured with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education. The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, will present the awards at a ceremony slated for Wednesday, June 24 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, commencing at 6:30 p.m. She will also deliver...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left), makes a point during bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy Brey (right), at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday (June 11). The bilateral meeting reviewed several areas of cooperation between Jamaica and Spain and identified additional areas of cooperation to be pursued. Others (from left) are: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator AJ Nicholson; Jamaica’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, Vilma McNish; and Spain’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Baron Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo. The Prime Minister was in Brussels for the second summit of the European Union (EU)-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). (JIS Photo/Yhomo Hutchinson)

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PM Calls For Change In Middle Income Status

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has pressed for changes to be made to the existing classification of some developing countries as “middle income”. She noted that the classification has prevented these countries from accessing greater levels of funding for development and other economic support. The Prime Minister was addressing a retreat held on June 11 in Brussels,...

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PM Simpson Miller Concludes Economic Cooperation Talks at EU-CELAC Summit

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (June 11) ended her participation in a two-day summit of Heads of State and Government of the 28-member European Union (EU) and the 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).The EU is the leading foreign investor in the CELAC region and is its second largest trade partner. The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2ndright), leads her delegation of senior officials of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on arrival in Brussels, Belgium to attend a caucus meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Mission of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States on Wednesday (June 10). The meeting of CARICOM leaders was to review the agenda and discuss national and regional positions ahead of the opening of the second summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC), which takes place in that European city from June 10 to 11. Others from right are Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Onika Miller; a member of the Prime Minister’s personal protection team; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Paul Robotham; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator AJ Nicholson; and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the European Union, Vilma McNish.

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Prime Minister to Discuss Cooperation with EU, International Security in Brussels

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will lead Jamaica’s delegation to the second summit meeting of Heads of State and Government of the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the 33-member regional grouping of Caribbean, Central American and South American countries representing 600 million people. The discussions to be held in Brussels, Belgium on June 10...

President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) Mr. Leonard Green greets Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as she arrives at the launch of the JGRA’s National Road Safety Month at Coore’s FESCO service station in Angel’s, St. Catherine on Wednesday, June 3. Looking on is Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Traffic Division, Calvin Allen. In her keynote address, Mrs. Simpson Miller said that “road safety is critical to national development” and urged all Jamaicans to take a greater personal responsibility for road safety.

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PM Urges All Jamaicans to Play Their Part in Reducing Road Crashes

A total of 150 persons have died in road crashes since the start of 2015, a figure which represents an increase of 9 more deaths when compared to the corresponding period last year. Concerned and committed to stemming the trend, Prime Minister Portia Simpson is urging Jamaicans to take greater personal responsibility for road safety, even as the Government implements...