Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is calling on all state agencies to facilitate the development of innovators as the Government increases its focus on science and technology for economic development. “Some agencies have become too focused on their role as regulators to the detriment of their responsibility as facilitators,” Mrs. Simpson Miller said. She was speaking at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission as an example of the kind of partnership that is important in strengthening Jamaica’s public health system. Speaking at a reception at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover on Saturday, November 8, to launch the medical mission, the Prime Minister said it reinforces the importance...

Jamaica’s development efforts in the areas of justice, environment and climate change and public financial management, have been significantly bolstered with a cash injection of €46 million from the European Union (EU). The money is being made available under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) National Indicative Programme (NIP), for the period 2014 to 2020. Speaking at a special ceremony...

Remarks by the Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP At EU/GOJ Signing Ceremony, Jamaica House Thursday, November 6, 2014   Salutations Dr The Honourable Peter Phillips, Minister of Finance and Planning The Honourable Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change The Honourable Derrick Kellier, Minister of Agriculture, Labour & Social Security Her Excellency Mrs...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the country’s firefighters as “unsung heroes”. She said they continue to make a significant contribution by protecting lives and property, often under difficult and life-threatening circumstances. “With ever increasing demands for your services and the invaluable role played in minimizing loss of lives, injury to persons and damage to property...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller told a gathering of officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), other international organisations, Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors and other policy makers from across the Caribbean, that economic growth by itself will not be enough to lift the people of Jamaica and the Caribbean region to a significantly higher...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the high cost of energy is the single most deterrent to economic growth in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Addressing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored 2014 High-Level Caribbean Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St James, on Wednesday, October 23, the Prime Minister emphasized that the...