Your Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, Governor-General and The Most Honourable Lady Allen Dr Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade The Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports Other Colleague Cabinet Ministers The Most Honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, Former Governor...

Mr President I wish to make a statement on some emerging issues relating to press freedom in light of Jamaica being ranked in 8th position by the Reporters Without Borders Organisation and amid concerns about malicious communications in cyber space. On Wednesday, May 3, World Press Freedom Day was observed internationally and Reporters without Borders, an international non-profit, non-governmental organization...

Thank you Mr. Speaker: Mr. Speaker, it is for me a tremendous privilege, to be standing in this honourable house once more as Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern and State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. I thank the people of St. Andrew Eastern for their belief in me and their hard work to...

Mr. Speaker, Permit me to reiterate the scope, in terms of subject matters, and impact on the economy of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. This Ministry covers the major areas of the goods-producing sector of the economy - agriculture, manufacturing and the distributive trade - contributing one third of the nation’s GDP and employing some 45 per...

Mr President I am pleased to provide an update to members of the Senate on developments and programmes in the early childhood sector. The Government of Jamaica, recognising that an emphasis on early childhood development (ECD) is strategic to national development has committed to a multi-pronged transformation programme aimed at achieving the best possible outcomes for all Jamaican children from...

Mr. Speaker, it is an extraordinary privilege for me to represent the people of the great constituency of North East St. Andrew in this Honourable House, and for a fifth consecutive term. I thank the voters of North East St. Andrew for the confidence they continue to repose in me to represent them in this Honourable House; To the Prime...

I join the rest of Jamaica to categorically condemn the killing of yet another law enforcement officer. The brutal killing of Constable Leighton Hanson, who was assigned to the St. Andrew North Division, brings to three the number of police personnel who have been killed since the start of the year. Three is just three too many and as Minister...