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...

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...

Government’s investment in the recovery of the agriculture sector after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, has paid off, with production surpassing pre-hurricane levels. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who was addressing the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon on Sunday, August 3, said that the sector has recovered from the effects of...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Finance who was invited by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller as special guest for Jamaica’s 52nd Independence celebrations, will no longer be able to join us as planned. This is due to the sudden and untimely death of a key member of her...

On the eve of Emancipation Day, July 31, 84 residents of land settlement schemes in the parishes of St. Mary, Portland, and St. Ann, have become proud landowners. The residents received their titles under the Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration Project, being jointly undertaken by the Governments of Jamaica and Republic of (South) Korea. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia...

The late former Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, was remembered at a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, July 23, for his unyielding and sterling contribution to nation-building for almost seven decades. In a colourful tribute, Members of Parliament and Senators warmly recounted their memories of Sir Howard, who died on July 11....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says it is critical that the governance of the oceans and environmental protection be strengthened as “a healthy seabed is necessary and especially important for island states such as ours in the Caribbean which depend on the quality of the natural environment and derive much of their economic growth from the use...