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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right, centre) and Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna (to the PM’s left), with the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence after the ceremony, held on April 6 on the lawns of Jamaica House, Kingston, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaican Youth…the Courage of Perseverance’.

25 Persons and Groups Get PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, April 7, 2014
Twenty-three outstanding young Jamaicans and two youth groups are the 2013 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The two youth groups are the Youth Organisation for Upliftment...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially open Expo Jamaica 2014 on April 3, at the National Arena, in Kingston. She is assisted by (from left): Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton; Chief Executive Officer of LIME, Garry Sinclair; President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association, Brian Pengelley; and President, Jamaica Exporters’ Association, Marjory Kennedy. Over 600 local and international buyers are attending the Expo.

More Than 600 Foreign Buyers at Expo Jamaica 2014

By: Andrea Braham, April 4, 2014
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), and Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Shri Pratap Singh (second right), hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), that will see the Indian Government providing US$2.1 million for the installation of flood lights at Sabina Park. The signing took place at Sabina Park on April 1. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley (right), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, witnessed the signing.

Lights to be Installed at Sabina Park

By: Andrea Braham, April 2, 2014

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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right), is presented with a citation by President of the Parliamentary Federation of the Americas (COPA), Senator Zulma Ramona Gomez Caceres (second left), on March 30, in recognition of her 40 years of service as a Parliamentarian. The presentation was made during the official opening of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of COPA and the Executive Committee of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, in Montego Bay. Others (from left) are: Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, who read the citation, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Michael Peart. In the front is little Zoe Walker, who carried the citation on stage.
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PM Honoured By COPA

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has been honoured by the Executive Committees of the 27th Meeting of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA) and the Network...
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By: Glenis A. Rose, April 1, 2014