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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on February 20 added her voice to the “clarion call” for churches to reengage its mission of values training by reaching the country’s youths through an increased partnership with the education sector. She made the appeal at the dedication ceremony of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine which is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Photographed at right are: Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Cedar Grove Academy, Rev. Dr. Roy Notice (slightly hidden), Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Dr. Wellesly Blair, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Member of Parliament, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen and Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on February 20 added her voice to the “clarion call” for churches to reengage its mission of values training by reaching the country’s youths through an increased partnership with the education sector. She made the appeal at the dedication ceremony of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine which is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Photographed at right are: Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Cedar Grove Academy, Rev. Dr. Roy Notice (slightly hidden), Chairman of the School Board, Rev. Dr. Wellesly Blair, Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Member of Parliament, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster-Allen and Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas.

Prime Minister Calls on Church to Increase its Partnership With the Education Sector

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has added her voice to the “clarion call” for churches to reengage its mission of values training by reaching the country’s youths through an increased partnership with the education sector. Describing the...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), exchanges pleasantries with Acting British High Commissioner to Jamaica and Bahamas, Julia Sutherland, moments before the start of the February19 session of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) seminar, being hosted by UK Trade and Investment and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), exchanges pleasantries with Acting British High Commissioner to Jamaica and Bahamas, Julia Sutherland, moments before the start of the February19 session of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) seminar, being hosted by UK Trade and Investment and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

PM Outlines Importance of Public Private Partnerships to Economic Growth and Employment
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), engages in light conversation with Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, on her arrival at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 20, for day two of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) seminar, being hosted by United Kingdom (UK) Trade and Investment and the DBJ.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), engages in light conversation with Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, on her arrival at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 20, for day two of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) seminar, being hosted by United Kingdom (UK) Trade and Investment and the DBJ.

Linstead to Moneague Highway Segment to be Completed By June
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre); and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a moment with Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) Roll of Honour Awardee 2013, Patrick Smith (2nd right), at the award function held on February 12, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others in attendance are Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (2nd left); JTA President, Mark Nicely (right); 2012 Awardee Byron Farquharson (back row left); and JTA Secretary General, Dr. Adolph Cameron.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre); and Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), shares a moment with Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) Roll of Honour Awardee 2013, Patrick Smith (2nd right), at the award function held on February 12, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others in attendance are Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (2nd left); JTA President, Mark Nicely (right); 2012 Awardee Byron Farquharson (back row left); and JTA Secretary General, Dr. Adolph Cameron.

PM Extends Hand of Partnership to JTA
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), warmly embraces Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Roll of Honour Awardee 2013, Mr. Patrick Smith, during the presentation ceremony, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on February 12. Sharing in the moment are (back row, from left); 2012 Awardee, Mr. Byron Farquharson, and JTA Secretary General, Dr. Adolph Cameron.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), warmly embraces Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Roll of Honour Awardee 2013, Mr. Patrick Smith, during the presentation ceremony, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on February 12. Sharing in the moment are (back row, from left); 2012 Awardee, Mr. Byron Farquharson, and JTA Secretary General, Dr. Adolph Cameron.

Prime Minister Hails JTA Roll of Honour Awardee

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Policy and Master Plan for Creative Industries

The Government has formed a National Cultural and Creative Industries Commission, which is to undertake the development and implementation of a policy and master plan within two years. Speaking at the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries on February 11, in Kingston, hosted by the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Chair of the Commission’s Technical Working Group, Dr....
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); along with National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Hon. Easton Douglas (centre); and Chairman, YUTE Limited, Joseph M. Matalon hold aloft a cheque for $32 million that the government, through the NHT, is providing in financial support for phase two of the Youth Employment Through Upliftment (YUTE) Build programme. Occasion was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Phase 2 of the Programme, on February7 at the Office of the Prime Minister.
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$32 Million Allocated to Phase two of YUTE Programme

The Government, through the National Housing Trust (NHT), is providing $32 million in financial support for phase two of the Youth Upliftment Through Education (YUTE) Build programme. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller was one of the signatories on Friday (February 7), to a second Memorandum of Understanding among the NHT, the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses a ceremony for the handing over of new homes to sugar workers in Steelfield (Spicy Hill) Trelawny on February 6. Some 39 sugar workers benefited under the project, which comes under the European Union-funded Sugar Barracks Relocation project.
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Government to Spend $2.4 Billion in Sugar-Dependent Parishes

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), engages with a student of the Hope Valley Experimental School in East Rural St. Andrew, at the official opening of the Kintyre Bridge, on December 4. The bridge was constructed at a cost of $100 million.
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Prime Minister Simpson Miller Observes 40 years of Service to Jamaica

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), speaking at the first plenary session of the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Havana, Cuba, on January 28. At right is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (right), participate in the opening session of the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), being held at the PABEXPO building in Havana, Cuba, from January 28 to 29.
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