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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), gives a congratulatory hug to Clarendon resident, Conroy Wynter, while presenting him with a certificate of title. Occasion was the handing over of titles for the Havana Heights Housing Scheme Phase 3, held yesterday (December 17), at the Havana Heights Community Centre in the parish. Total of 40 persons received certificates of title at the ceremony.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), gives a congratulatory hug to Clarendon resident, Conroy Wynter, while presenting him with a certificate of title. Occasion was the handing over of titles for the Havana Heights Housing Scheme Phase 3, held yesterday (December 17), at the Havana Heights Community Centre in the parish. Total of 40 persons received certificates of title at the ceremony.

Titles Handed Over to Havana Heights Phase 3

Forty residents of Clarendon are now proud property owners, having been presented with land titles to the Havana Heights Housing Scheme Phase 3 by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The certificates of title were handed over yesterday (December...
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

Prime Minister Hands Over 40 Land Titles to Clarendon Residents
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left), with Union Institute and University scholarship recipients, Adrian Stephenson (left), and Nyoka Taylor, from the St. Andrew based Haile Selassie High School. The scholarships valued at over $3 million, were presented today (December 13), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, at a teaching strategy symposium organized by the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), in collaboration with the University. At second left is former Dean at the University, Professor Michael Tredinnick.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left), with Union Institute and University scholarship recipients, Adrian Stephenson (left), and Nyoka Taylor, from the St. Andrew based Haile Selassie High School. The scholarships valued at over $3 million, were presented today (December 13), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston, at a teaching strategy symposium organized by the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), in collaboration with the University. At second left is former Dean at the University, Professor Michael Tredinnick.

PM Says no Student Will be Left Behind
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller greets Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on her arrival at the Revolution Palace in Havana for the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit on December 8. (JIS PHOTO/Dave Reid)
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller greets Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on her arrival at the Revolution Palace in Havana for the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit on December 8. (JIS PHOTO/Dave Reid)

PM Simpson Miller Credits Cuba With Assisting Jamaica’s Athletics Success
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses an audience including Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz at a ceremony in Havana on Sunday, December 7 to mark the 118th anniversary of the death in battle of the Cuban Independence War Hero Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo. Prime Minister Simpson Miller delivered an address at the ceremony to honour Maceo, who lived for a while in Jamaica. (JIS PHOTO/Dave Reid)
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses an audience including Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz at a ceremony in Havana on Sunday, December 7 to mark the 118th anniversary of the death in battle of the Cuban Independence War Hero Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo. Prime Minister Simpson Miller delivered an address at the ceremony to honour Maceo, who lived for a while in Jamaica. (JIS PHOTO/Dave Reid)

PM Calls for Constructive Engagement to Advance Relations with Cuba

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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is greeted by Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz during a ceremony in Havana on Sunday, December 7 to mark the 118th anniversary of the death in battle of the Cuban Independence War Hero Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo. Prime Minister Simpson Miller delivered an address at the ceremony to honour Maceo, who lived for a while in Jamaica. (JIS PHOTO/Dave Reid)
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CARICOM, Cuban Leaders to Discuss Strengthening of Multilateral Relations

Representatives CARICOM member states, including Jamaica, and Cuban Government officials, led by President, Raul Castro, are slated to discuss measures to strengthen multilateral relations, during Monday’s (December 8) session of the fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit, being held in Havana. The leaders’ are also expected to present strategies to foster economic development across the region. Consequent on these engagements, Consul of the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), embraces medical student at the University of the West Indies, Mona, McKoy McNish (centre), as he presents her with a gift basket on behalf of the Child Development Agency (CDA), during the 3rd annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony for wards of the State, held at the Terra Nova Hotel, in Kingston, on November 28. Also sharing in the moment is Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna.
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Wards of the State Honoured

A total of 44 students were honoured on November 28 for their  outstanding performances in the 2014 Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). The students, who are wards of the State, were presented with plaques and scholarships by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase (second right). Looking on is Principal of the Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre, in Whitfield Town, South West St. Andrew, Cynthia Roach-Porter. Ambassador Takase presented a cheque for $11 million to Mrs. Roach-Porter, following the signing of a contract for expansion works at the school, on November 26.
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Early Childhood Centre in Whitfield Town to be Expanded

The Care Bear Early Childhood Development Centre in Whitfield Town, South West St. Andrew, is to benefit from expansion works, as a result of an $11 million grant being provided by the Government of Japan. Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase and Principal of the institution, Cynthia Roach-Porter, signed the contract for the upgrading, on November 26, during...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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PM Says CCJ Will Protect Legal Rights of Citizens

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the move by the Government to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica’s final appellate court will ensure access to justice for all Jamaicans. “It’s about Jamaica’s identity, the exercise of its sovereignty and the protection of the legal rights of its citizens,” Mrs. Simpson Miller said on Tuesday,...
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
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PM to Make Announcement on NHT Board Following Cabinet Meeting on Monday

Following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Monday, November 24, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will make an announcement related to the composition and future of the Board of Directors of the National Housing Trust. Prime Minister Simpson Miller acknowledges that the current public debate surrounding a recent property acquisition by the NHT Board has resulted in the resignation...
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