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Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre) is flanked by members of the New Road All Stars Youth Club in Westmoreland, prior to the start of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders Conference for Cornwall, held on February 28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.
Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre) is flanked by members of the New Road All Stars Youth Club in Westmoreland, prior to the start of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders Conference for Cornwall, held on February 28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

Runway at Donald Sangster Airport to be Extended

The runway at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay is to be extended at a cost of US$65 million. The airport, which forms a critical part of the country’s tourism infrastructure, was privatized in 2003. Since then it...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), comforts Pauline Dennis, mother of athlete, Cavahn McKenzie, whose body arrived from Trinidad and Tobago today, February 27, at the Norman Manley International Airport. Looking on is Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley. The junior athlete, who attended St. Jago High School, died after participating in the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association Cross Country Championships in Tobago last week.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), comforts Pauline Dennis, mother of athlete, Cavahn McKenzie, whose body arrived from Trinidad and Tobago today, February 27, at the Norman Manley International Airport. Looking on is Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley. The junior athlete, who attended St. Jago High School, died after participating in the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association Cross Country Championships in Tobago last week.

Body of Junior Athlete Cavahn McKenzie Returned Home
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official handing over of upgraded perimeter fencing to residents of the Greenwich Farm community in South West St. Andrew, during a ceremony on February 26. Applauding (from second left, front row) are: Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings; and Secretary, Greenwich Farm Development Council, Maxine Simpson. In the back row (from left) are: Managing Director, Musson Jamaica Ltd/ T. Geddes Grant Distributors, Michael Subratie; and Councillor, Greenwich Town division, Karl Blake (partially hidden).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official handing over of upgraded perimeter fencing to residents of the Greenwich Farm community in South West St. Andrew, during a ceremony on February 26. Applauding (from second left, front row) are: Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings; and Secretary, Greenwich Farm Development Council, Maxine Simpson. In the back row (from left) are: Managing Director, Musson Jamaica Ltd/ T. Geddes Grant Distributors, Michael Subratie; and Councillor, Greenwich Town division, Karl Blake (partially hidden).

Major Facelift for Greenwich Farm
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Victor Grandison, during a recent land title presentation ceremony at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria. Mr. Grandison was one of 70 residents of land settlements in St. Ann, St. Mary, and Portland, who received titles for lots under the Jamaica/Republic of (South) Korea Cadastral Mapping and Land Titling Project.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Victor Grandison, during a recent land title presentation ceremony at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria. Mr. Grandison was one of 70 residents of land settlements in St. Ann, St. Mary, and Portland, who received titles for lots under the Jamaica/Republic of (South) Korea Cadastral Mapping and Land Titling Project.

Beneficiaries Laud Land Titling Project
Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the 10th anniversary awards ceremony for the Community Training for Empowerment Programme (CTEP), which was held on February 23 at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay.
Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the 10th anniversary awards ceremony for the Community Training for Empowerment Programme (CTEP), which was held on February 23 at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, unveils a plaque on February 20 dedication ceremony at the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine. Applauding (from left) are: Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites; Principal of the school, Otis Brown; Chairman, Board of Governors, Rev. Dr. Wellesley Blair; and Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delano Franklyn.
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PM Urges Church to Play a Greater Role in Schools

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is calling for the church to have a more dynamic presence in schools. This, she said, is in order to help in shaping the lives of students, who are being prepared to take on the “tough challenges of life”. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was addressing the dedication ceremony for The Cedar Grove...
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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.
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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 church’s contribution to society as “large and legendary”, the Prime Minister said: “It is arguable that when the church had...
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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.
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PM Outlines Importance of Public Private Partnerships to Economic Growth and Employment

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has reiterated the importance of public private partnerships (PPP) noting that her Administration “has sought to systematically identify critical areas which require investments to expand and modernize the infrastructure network and seek to invite, in as transparent and equitable a manner as possible, private sector partners to work with us.” Speaking at...
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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.
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Linstead to Moneague Highway Segment to be Completed By June

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that section two of the North to South link of Highway 2000 will be completed by June this year. The highway segment, on which work is underway, will connect Linstead in St. Catherine to Moneague in St. Ann. The US$610-million road infrastructure project, which is being executed under a public-private partnership (PPP)...
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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 (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.
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PM Extends Hand of Partnership to JTA

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has extended the hand of partnership to the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA), noting that the future of the country’s children’s is too important for the 50-year-old teacher’s union and government not to find a way to work together. She was addressing the JTA’s, ‘Roll of Honour Award Ceremony’, held on February 12,...
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