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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), embraces proud landowners Luther and Beryl Spence, after presenting them with their land title on July 31, during a ceremony held at the St. Mary Parish Church.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), embraces proud landowners Luther and Beryl Spence, after presenting them with their land title on July 31, during a ceremony held at the St. Mary Parish Church.

84 Residents of Three Parishes Get Land Titles

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...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, pays tribute to the late former Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, during a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on July 23.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, pays tribute to the late former Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, during a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on July 23.

Houses of Parliament Pay Tribute to Sir Howard
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is briefed by International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretary-General, Nii Odunton, while being escorted to the Kenneth Rattray Conference Room, Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (July 22), where she addressed the ISA’s commemorative 20th anniversary Special Session.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is briefed by International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretary-General, Nii Odunton, while being escorted to the Kenneth Rattray Conference Room, Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (July 22), where she addressed the ISA’s commemorative 20th anniversary Special Session.

PM Calls for Strengthening Governance of the Oceans
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is warmly greeted by International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretary-General, Nii Odunton, on her arrival at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (July 22), for the organisation’s commemorative 20th anniversary Special Session.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), is warmly greeted by International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretary-General, Nii Odunton, on her arrival at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (July 22), for the organisation’s commemorative 20th anniversary Special Session.

PM Says Countries Have Benefited From Establishment of ISA
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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PM Urges Joint CARICOM Position on Small Island Issues

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on fellow Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to make the region’s voice heard in relation to issues facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS), climate change and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. She said the regional grouping must send a clear and unified message on these matters considering the...
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Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
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PM Urges Joint CARICOM Position on Small Island Issues

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on fellow Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to make the region’s voice heard in relation to issues facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS), climate change and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. She said the regional grouping must send a clear and unified message on these matters considering the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a light moment with (from left) Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and CARICOM Chairman, Hon. Gaston Browne; Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon
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PM Simpson Miller wants Greater Role for Private Sector in CARICOM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is urging the Caribbean business community to play a greater role in the mechanisms that have been created to encourage economic growth, employment, business expansion, social improvement and overall development in member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). She has also expressed support for the integration of the private sector in the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, congratulates Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, on his country
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PM Congratulates Dominica for Adopting CCJ as Final Court of Appeal

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated the Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, for that country’s enactment of legislation amending the country’s Constitution to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Dominica’s final Court of Appeal. The amendment was approved by Dominica’s House of Assembly, yesterday (July1). Speaking this morning (July 2) with Prime...
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820 Serviced Lots for Sugar Workers

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says March 2015, an additional 820 serviced lots are to be handed over to Sugar Estate Barracks dwellers in Westmoreland under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Sugar Transformation Unit Barracks Relocation Project. Minister Clarke was speaking recently at Shrewsbury Falls in Westmoreland where 45 Certificates of Ownership were handed over to...
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Government Spending $298 Million to Improve Infrastructure in Westmoreland

The Government is spending $298 million to improve the social and physical infrastructure in Westmoreland. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who made the announcement in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, on June 26, said work is already underway to improve schools, health facilities, roads and water supply systems throughout the parish. “These projects are at various phases of implementation. The...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, with two delighted students, Glenoiya Jones (left), of St. Paul
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Prime Minister Hands Over Certificates of Ownership

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on June 26, handed over 45 Certificates of Ownership to former occupants of Sugar Cane Estate Barracks in Barham, Shrewsbury and Masemure, in Westmoreland. This, the Prime Minister said, represented phase one of the Sugar Workers Relocation Project in the parish. The Prime Minister also noted that barrack-dwelling families and workers in...
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