My Fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora: I greet you warmly with my wish that you will have a bright and prosperous New Year, filled with opportunities and the hope of a satisfying future. As we think about the year ahead, I invite you to pause to renew your minds, hopes, aspirations, dreams, and concepts of where you...

We give God thanks for sparing our lives to see 2023, and we give thanks for the lives of loved ones and other great Jamaicans who transitioned last year. We embrace the New Year with optimism and positive energy, knowing that our earnest efforts will determine the success we make of the time given to us. We have been earnest...

To all Jamaicans, at home and in the diaspora, I wish you a Happy New Year. For many people, the celebration of a new year is a symbol of hope for our future. The start of a new year is an opportunity to focus on what lies ahead, while taking into account the year we have just gone through, and...

My Fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora: Greeting We are grateful to arrive providentially at the end of another year which tested the mettle of our resilience. However, through it all, we have been blessed in so many different ways, and for that, we are thankful. As we reflect on our journey during 2022, we recall the many...

Warm Christmas greetings as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Our heavenly Father so loved us, that he gave his only son to manifest as a beacon amongst us to show us the way to eternal life. A precious gift of perfect life, that whoever believes and accepts Christ, our soul will not perish but be saved...

Greetings, my fellow Jamaicans! At this most wonderful time of the year, families all around the world are brought together by the spirit of Christmas. It is the season of hope and joy, inspired by Christ’s universal message of peace on earth and goodwill to all men. As we come together to celebrate Christmas, we demonstrate the beautiful reality that,...

The concept of a hero is as old as civilization itself. The actual word ‘hero’ comes from the Greeks. Their concept of hero was a mortal, a person, whose accomplishments were considered so superhuman that they are remembered for centuries and eons, becoming immortal and mythical. Heroes represent the known limits of human achievement, and at the same time they...

On October 20, 1969, seven years after Jamaica gained Independence, National Heroes Day was established, and it was declared that the third Monday in October of each year would be celebrated as National Heroes Day. The Order of National Hero, which is the highest order that can be conferred on an individual by Jamaica, is reserved for noble men and...

My fellow Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora, This 60th Anniversary of our Independence today marks a very special milestone for Jamaica. It provides an ideal opportunity for us to reflect on our journey as a nation and aspire to a future of even greater success for generations to come. The first raising of the Black, Green and Gold...