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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is joined in a toast on October 8, at the formal opening of brewing company, Red Stripe’s Combined Heat and Power plant in Kingston by (from left): Chairman, Red Stripe, Richard Byles; Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and Managing Director, Red Stripe, Cedric Blair. The plant, located at the company’s Spanish Town Road facility, was constructed at a cost of $750 million.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is joined in a toast on October 8, at the formal opening of brewing company, Red Stripe’s Combined Heat and Power plant in Kingston by (from left): Chairman, Red Stripe, Richard Byles; Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton; and Managing Director, Red Stripe, Cedric Blair. The plant, located at the company’s Spanish Town Road facility, was constructed at a cost of $750 million.

Red Stripe to Invest US$10 Million Over Five Years

Local brewing company, Red Stripe, says it will invest US$10 million over the next five years to set up a cassava supply chain, as it moves to use the tuber to offset barley imports utilised in beer production. “It is...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), along with Managing Director of Red Stripe, Cedric Blair (left), examine a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka, during a tour of Red Stripe’s Spanish Town Road facility on October 8. Also pictured are: Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second right); and Red Stripe’s Head of Supply, Shane Healey.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), along with Managing Director of Red Stripe, Cedric Blair (left), examine a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka, during a tour of Red Stripe’s Spanish Town Road facility on October 8. Also pictured are: Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second right); and Red Stripe’s Head of Supply, Shane Healey.

Government Steadfast in Mission to Get Jamaica Working – PM
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is assisted by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second left), to cut the ribbon, during the official opening of Red Stripe’s Combined Heat and Power plant at the company’s Spanish Town Road facility on October 8. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Red Stripe’s Head of Supply, Shane Healey; Chairman of Red Stripe, Richard Byles; and Managing Director, Red Stripe, Cedric Blair.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), is assisted by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton (second left), to cut the ribbon, during the official opening of Red Stripe’s Combined Heat and Power plant at the company’s Spanish Town Road facility on October 8. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Red Stripe’s Head of Supply, Shane Healey; Chairman of Red Stripe, Richard Byles; and Managing Director, Red Stripe, Cedric Blair.

PM Commends Red Stripe for Commitment to Jamaica
Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), and Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), participate in clean-up activities to stem the spread of the Chikungunya virus, in the Payne Land Division, on October 4.
Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), and Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), participate in clean-up activities to stem the spread of the Chikungunya virus, in the Payne Land Division, on October 4.

PM Leads Clean-Up Drive in South West St. Andrew
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.

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), applauds while Immediate Past Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Lisa Lewis (second left), unveils the ‘Evolution’ monument, at the Breezy Castle Round-a-bout in downtown Kingston, on Thursday (October 2). Also sharing in the moment are: Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Jamaica, Barrington O’Brien (left), and incoming Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin (right). The Minister read Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s message.
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PM Lauds Digicel for Investments

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has lauded telecommunications provider,  Digicel Jamaica, for its continued investments in the country’s  economic and social development. In a speech read by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, today (October 2), at the official unveiling of the ‘Evolution’ monument at the Breezy Castle Round-a-bout in downtown Kingston, Mrs. Simpson Miller said...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is greeted by Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kalpana Kochhar (right), when she arrived at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on September 30 to participate in the IMF’s seminar on ‘Women, Work and the Jamaican Economy’. Also pictured is IMF Resident Representative for Jamaica, Dr. Bert van Selm.
Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Government Committed to Empowerment of Women – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is reiterating the Government’s commitment to facilitating the economic empowerment of women, while working to systematically expose and correct gender disparities and inequality. “The Jamaican Government is committed to gender equity and has put in place policies and legislation that foster greater participation of women in the country’s economic life,” Mrs. Simpson...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson (2nd right); and Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right); applaud as Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents a tablet computer to Haile Selassie High School student, Tarique Salmon. Occasion was the handing over of tablets to students of the school on September 29, under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project. Tarique’s mother, Vinnel Lawson (2nd left), also shares the moment.
Prime MinisterTechnology

Tablets Not For Posting on Youtube – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has cautioned students against using the tablet computers, provided to them by the Government, to post on YouTube and other social media sites. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing a distribution exercise at the Haile Selassie High School on Monday, September 29, said that the devices “are for educational purposes; nothing else”....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), observe as a student of the Haile Selassie High School, unlocks the door of the Caribbean Palm Estate IT resource and skills training centre, in South West St. Andrew, during the official opening on September 17.
Prime MinisterTechnology

IT Resource Centre Opens in Caribbean Palm Estate

Residents in the South West St. Andrew community of Caribbean Palm Estate and its environs will benefit from the recent opening of an information technology resource and skills training centre, constructed and equipped at a cost of $6 million. The centre, which was officially opened on September 17, by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is the 182nd...
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Local GovernmentPrime Minister

Prime Minister Outlines Developments in South West St. Andrew

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has pointed to a raft of development programmes for her South West St. Andrew constituency including additional housing and training for employment in logistics operations and port services, as well as to start micro businesses as barbers, hairdressers and chefs. Addressing a meeting at the Caribbean Palms community centre on Spanish Town...
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EducationPrime Minister

PM Opens Renovated Basic School and Community Centre in Clarendon

Residents of Silent Hill, Clarendon, are welcoming renovation of the district’s basic school and community centre, at a combined cost of $37.9 million. A total of 66 students and three teachers will benefit from the newly refurbished facilities at the Walders Run Early Childhood Institution, while the renovated Silent Hill Multi-Purpose Sports Complex will serve residents from more than five...
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