Minister Without Portfolio, Ministry of Finance And Planning Update on The Status of Public Sector Heads of Agreement for Contract Period 2012-2015 Mr. Speaker, In keeping with the commitment made in my sectoral presentation on July 2, 2013,  to keep this Honourable House and the country informed, I now provide an update on the implementation of the Heads of Agreement....

THE HON. DR. MORAIS V. GUY, MP MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (HOUSING) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, WORKS & HOUSING ­­­It brings me great pleasure to join the rest of the world in celebrating UN World Habitat Day 2013.  Jamaica has not just been keen on working with its global partners over the years in seeing to the collective upgrading in the housing...

Jamaica is proud to once again join the global community in the observance of 'International Right to Know Day'. We do so, mindful of the considerable progress that has been made both locally and internationally in advancing openness  and the public's right to know as essential ingredients of our democracy and good governance process. At the local level, the passage...

REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE SANDREA FALCONER MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (INFORMATION) AT THE LAUNCH OF THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY COMPETITION 2013/2014 Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 10.00 AM OPM Press Room SALUTATION: Dr. the Honourable Carolyn Gomes, Chairperson,   Access to Information Advisory Stakeholders Committee Committee Members Participants/ Past Winners in the Access to Information High School Essay Competition Members of the...

    REMARKS BY SEN. HON. SANDREA FALCONER, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (INFORMATION) OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE GOVERNMENT-NGO DIALOGUE: TOWARDS EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 AT 9AM KNUTSFORD COURT HOTEL, RUTHVEN ROAD, KINGSTON   SALUTATION:  Madam Chair Visiting Colleagues  I...

Mrs. Siti Oussein, Deputy Director, United Nations Population Fund Sub Regional Office Superintendent Gladys Brown, Superintendent of Police, CISOCA Detective Sergeant Kirk James Dr. Sheryl-Mae Burke, Medical Officer and Trainer of Sexual Assault Mrs. Faith Webster, Executive Director, Bureau of Women’s Affairs   Gender based violence and sexual assault of our women and girls and increasingly of our boys continue...

Parents/Guardians, Teachers, Students, Friends of Education, Jamaicans all, good evening. All of us agree that Education offers the best opportunity for a better life in Jamaica. We, as taxpayers and as family members, invest more in education than anything else. This is why during the new school year that starts tomorrow there will be additional school places provided particularly in...

Jamaica joins the rest of the world in observing Monday, August 12 as International Youth Day (IYD). The theme for IYD this year, "Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward", provides an opportunity for attention to be focused on an issue that affects, and continues to occupy the minds of a large segment of youth populations globally. Jamaica supports the objective of the...