The Rural Electrification Programme (REP) has largely completed its mandate by bringing Jamaica’s electrification rate in rural communities to 97 per cent. Making her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says Entrepreneurship Jamaica, a business competition launched by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to encourage innovative ideas at the community level, has...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says her administration remains committed to protecting Jamaicans, particularly the most vulnerable, from the effects of the current economic adjustment measures, as...

Flood prone communities across the island are now better equipped to deal with the hazard as a result of the Government spending over $4 billion on mitigation measures. Prime Minister,...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the government will continue its efforts to attract both foreign and local investment, to create jobs and to grow the economy....

Twelve thousand persons are expected to be employed in the new phase of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), this year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon....

The Disabilities Bill, which seeks to make provisions to safeguard and enhance the welfare of persons with disabilities across Jamaica, will be tabled in Parliament this year. This was disclosed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) is solvent and secure with an asset base of $205 billion. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who has...