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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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Statement by the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP For Plenary Session of PetroCaribe 10th Anniversary Summit

By: Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP , September 5, 2015
Statement by the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica For Plenary Session of PetroCaribe 10th Anniversary Summit September 5, 2015   President Maduro Other colleague Heads of State and Government Ministers Delegates Friends It is my distinct pleasure and honour to welcome you to Jamaica. The records show that when he came here, Christopher Columbus...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

Prime Minister’s Statement on Jamaica’s Athletes
By: OPM Communications Unit , September 1, 2015
Mr. Emil George, QC.
Mr. Emil George, QC.

Statement Regarding the Death of Mr. Emil George, QC
By: Ministry of Justice , August 13, 2015

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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.
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Statement by PM Simpson Miller at the UN Security Council

Statement by the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, ON, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica, to the Security Council Debate on the Peace and Security Challenges of Small Island Developing States 30thJuly, 2015     Mr. President Mr. Secretary-General Heads of State and Government Ministers Excellencies Ladies and gentlemen   It is an honour to address the Security Council on the...
By: OPM Communications Unit
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Ministerial Statement 21/07 /2015 Tabling of the Special Economic Zone White Paper

Mr. Speaker, the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is advanced in its preparation of the Special Economic Zone Policy Framework. Today, I will lay before this Honourable House the White Paper on Special Economic Zones.   1.      Background The Ministry developed a policy paper on the SEZ regimewhich was approved by Cabinet on January 5, 2015. The SEZ Policy...
By: Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), being escorted by students at the St. Catherine-based Cedar Grove Academy, to a stakeholders’ consultation, held at the school, on June 4. (FILE)
Education

Statement On Guidelines For Purchase Of Textbooks

Mr Speaker, in a ministry paper to be tabled in the House today, I have outlined guidelines for the purchase of textbooks for the 2015/2016 academic year. The Ministry of Education provides textbooks annually for students in the primary and secondary schools. This year it will cost the Ministry $775 Million to procure these books. These textbooks reflect the content...
By: Ministry of Education
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), is flanked by students from the St. Hugh’s High School for Girls, just before the start of the institution’s National Conference on Girls’ Education on November 20, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. (FILE)
Education

Statement On Transfers Of Grade Six Achievement Test Awardees

Mr Speaker, I am pleased to update the House on the status of application for transfers from students placed by the 2015 Grade Six Achievement Test. The data collected so far is showing a 10% increase over last year to date. To date the Ministry has received a total of 1143 requests for transfers and has accepted 822, with 568...
By: Ministry of Education
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (File)
Education

Statement By The Hon. Minister Of Education On Bullying In Schools

Mr. Speaker, concerns have been raised in the media, unnecessarily so, about the Ministry of Education inclusion of guidelines against bullying in the Revised Safety and Security Manual 2015 for schools. The facts are that the guidelines will address acts of bullying by and against ALL persons. There are no special categories. The guidelines were informed by the findings of...
By: Ministry of Education
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)
Education

Statement on the Closure of Small Schools

Mr Speaker, I am informing the House today by way of Ministry Paper #___ of the decision by the Ministry of Education, supported by Cabinet, to close eighteen (18) schools with small populations ranging from a low of sixteen (16) to a maximum of sixty eight (68) students. The closure of the schools will take effect in September 2015 and...
By: Ministry of Education
Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.
Education

Statement on the Safe Schools Programme

Mr. Speaker I have tabled in the House today a ministry paper that details the progress being made in the implementation of the Safe Schools Programme for the period 2012-2014. The Security and Safety Unit in the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Community Safety and Security Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has been engaged in several...
By: Ministry of Education
Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.
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Statement to Parliament by the Honourable Peter Bunting, MP Minister of National Security

Introduction   Let me address two preliminary but important points before I get into the substance of my statement.   Firstly, I would like to use this opportunity to express my condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Constable Curtis Lewis who was attached to the Little London Police in Westmoreland. He died as result of injuries he sustained...
By: Ministry of National Security