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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (seated, centre), with members of the Diplomatic Corps, following her address to them on February 4, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, as part of activities for Diplomatic Week.

PM Emphasises Importance of Engaging Int’l Partners

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has underscored the importance of Jamaica actively engaging its international counterparts, as the country seeks to develop new relationships and strengthen old ones. “From these engagements we have concretized a number of...

National Education Trust (NET) Director, Kathy Francis-McClure, addressing the recent dedication ceremony for the newly expanded Belair High School, in Mandeville, Manchester.

Cost Effective School Infrastructure Expansions Being Explored

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), greets nominees for the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence for 2011 and 2012, prior to the ceremony at Emancipation Park on March 24 last year.

94 Nominated for PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), shares a moment with Chairman, Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Donovan Perkins (left); and JSE General Manager, Marlene Street Forrest, at the opening of the JSE’s Ninth Regional Conference on Investments & Capital Markets on January 21, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Full Responsibility for Policy Actions in EFF

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), receives a gift from Chairman, Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), Donovan Perkins (centre), following her keynote presentation at the opening of the JSE’s Ninth Regional Conference on Investments & Capital Markets on January 21, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. At left is Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Michael Anthony Cuffe.

Government Reviving Traditional Economic Activities

Bishop/Overseer of The Power of Faith Ministries International, Dr. Delford Davis (centre), prays for Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right); and Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, during the 34th annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast held this morning (January 16), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

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Leaders Gather to Pray for Country

Leaders of state, church, corporate and civil society gathered at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday morning, January 16, for the 34th annual Leadership Prayer Breakfast, where they prayed for unity and God’s guidance in stomping out crime and other social ills affecting the country. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Patrick Allen, noted that the theme...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left), exchanges greetings with Deputy Director General, Jamaica Red Cross, Lois Hue (2nd right), prior to the start of a gender mainstreaming workshop on January 15, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. Looking on are (from second left): Counsellor and Head of Cooperation, Canadian High Commission, Marie Legault; and Country Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Sheila Roseau.

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State Minister says Gender Equality Key to National Development

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, says advancing gender equality is crucial to the development process and is a high priority of the Government. “It is only through gender mainstreaming that it can be ensured that the needs of both men and women are incorporated into policies and programmes. This will ensure...

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Govt Aiming For Universal Access To Potable Water By 2030

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change is aiming for Jamaica to have universal access to potable water by 2030 and is advocating rainwater harvesting as a means of achieving this goal. With more than 280 water catchment tanks of varying capacity levels located in rural districts across the island, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says that a...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (left), participates in bilateral talks with his counterpart, His Excellency Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, while in Beijing to attend the UNCTAD Global Services Forum.

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Jamaica Cements Relations with International and Regional Partners

During 2013, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, under the charge of Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, continued to cement its relations with international and regional partners, as it sought to improve foreign policy and trade prospects. COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC) SUMMIT Early in 2013, Minister Nicholson attended the 1st EU-CELAC Summit/7th EU-LAC Summit...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), having a light conversation with Chairman of Europe’s third largest hotel chain, Melia Hotels International (MHI), Gabriel Escarrer Julia (left), during the signing of an agreement between MHI and the National Insurance Fund (NIF) for the provision of 400 jobs at the Braco Hotel in Trelawny, which MHI will operate over the next 15 years. Arrangement for the jobs were finalized following discussions involving Dr. McNeill; Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), under whose portfolio the NIF falls.

12 years ago Vision 2030Year in Review 2013

GOJ Efforts Advance Job Creation in 2013

The Government implemented several initiatives and programmes in 2013, aimed at boosting economic development and creating avenues for more persons to be employed. These efforts were carried out under one of the five strategic priorities developed by the Government for the 2013/14 Fiscal Year - ‘Job Creation & Economic Growth’ - with the objective of improving the lives of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents keys to Winston Chambers, one of the beneficiaries of the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Longville Park Phase III Housing Scheme, during a handing over ceremony on February 20 in Clarendon. Some 882 solutions will be handed over in this phase of the development.

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Thousands Benefit from Social Inclusion Policy

Thousands of Jamaica’s most vulnerable benefitted from the Government’s strategic policy of Social Inclusion during 2013. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, told the nation during her 2013 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, in April, that protecting the most vulnerable - the poor, children, senior citizens and persons with disabilities - was the Government’s central...

Minister of Health, the Hon. Fenton Ferguson at the launch of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s (HFJ) annual ‘Run for your Heart’ event on October 29, at Emancipation Park in New Kingston.

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Access to Quality Health Care Advanced in 2013

The Ministry of Health, this year, created systems of excellence, and advanced healthcare for all, an agenda emphasised by portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson in his Sectoral presentation in June. TOBACCO LEGISLATION In July the Government, led by the Ministry of Health, passed regulations to ban smoking in specified public places. By October, Minister Ferguson was able to report...