SENATE STATEMENT by Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson Q.C. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on The Twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Eleventh Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Paris, France 29th November – 12th...

Statement to the Senate by Senator the Honourable A. J. Nicholson Q.C.  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Friday, 15th January, 2016 on the Outcome of the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) Nairobi, Kenya, 15th -19th  December, 2015     Mr. President,   I am pleased to report on the outcome of the 10th Session of the Ministerial Conference...

STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT ON THE INCREASE IN THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GUARDS JANUARY 19, 2016 Mr. Speaker:  it is, indeed, a pleasure for me to be afforded this opportunity this afternoon to introduce in this honourable house the National Minimum Wage Order, 2016 and the Minimum Wage Industrial Security Guards Order, 2016.  ...

 NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE MOST HON. SIR PATRICK ALLEN ON, GCMG, CD, KSt.J,     My fellow Jamaicans:  Happy New Year. The dawning of a new year is always a good time to review the past and draw on the lessons learnt, to chart the way forward. This New Year, no doubt, will come with its...

2016 New Year Message by the Prime Minister The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP   My fellow Jamaicans, God has blessed us with the opportunity to witness the dawning of a new year. It is a fresh year full of hope and possibilities. Possibilities for progress and new achievements for ourselves, our families, our communities and our country....

2016 NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION ANDREW HOLNESS, MP     We give God thanks for sparing our lives to see another year. As we embrace the New Year for all its potential and promise, we give a thought for our loved ones, protectors, heroes and benefactors who left us last year. In honoring them, we...

                                                                                                   2015 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE                                                                                                        FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE MOST...