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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), is flanked by students from the St. Hugh’s High School for Girls, just before the start of the institution’s National Conference on Girls’ Education on November 20, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. (FILE)

Statement On Transfers Of Grade Six Achievement Test Awardees

Mr Speaker, I am pleased to update the House on the status of application for transfers from students placed by the 2015 Grade Six Achievement Test. The data collected so far is showing a 10% increase over last year to...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (File)

Statement By The Hon. Minister Of Education On Bullying In Schools

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites. (FILE)

Statement on the Closure of Small Schools

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites.

Statement on the Safe Schools Programme

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting.

Statement to Parliament by the Honourable Peter Bunting, MP Minister of National Security

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Jamaican Incarcerated in Qatar

The Ministry notes the news reports of the early release of a Jamaican national incarcerated in Qatar. Nevertheless, the Ministry can confirm that up to today, 9th July 2015 the Jamaican national remained in custody. The Ministry understands that there is provision in the Qatari legal system for the remission of three months sentence for each year to be...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

11 years ago EnvironmentPrime MinisterPrime Minister's Speeches

Prime Minister’s Speech at NWC’s Non-Revenue Water Contract Signing

REMARKS BY MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER PRIME MINISTER AT THE SIGNING OF THE NWC’S NON-REVENUE WATER CONTRACT WITH MIYA WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 2015 Salutation Dr Alwin Hales - Master of Ceremonies and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change Mr Andrew Holnes - Leader of the Opposition Honourable Robert Pickersgill - Minister of...

Minister of Youth & Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna.

11 years ago CultureSpeeches

Statement to the World Heritage Committee

Statement to the World Heritage Committee Delivered by Honourable Lisa Hanna, MP Minister of Youth and Culture Bonn, Germany, July 2015 Madam Chair, Colleagues I speak on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica in humbly expressing our gratitude to the World Heritage Committee for its decision to inscribe the Blue and John Crow Mountains to the World...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. A.J Nicholson, addresses a recent sitting of the Upper House.

11 years ago ParliamentSpeeches

Sen. Nicholson’s Statement on Global Processes for Sustainable Development

Senate Statement Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on the Global Processes for Sustainable Development: Post-2015 Development Agenda, Financing for Development, Climate Change, 26th June 2015 Mr. President, The international mechanism for pushing global development over the last fifteen years - the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - will come to an...

Minister of Labour and Social Security/Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Derrick Kellier. (FILE)

11 years ago Labour

Statement to Parliament on the Overseas Employment Programme

Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to address this Honourable House, once again, on the nation’s flagship Overseas Employment Programme, in particular, the pre-selection exercise planned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the Canadian Farm Work Programme to be held between August 10 -28, 2015. NEW DIRECTION I propose to execute my address this...

11 years ago Education

GSAT Statement by Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister of Education

Mr Speaker, I wish to update this Honourable House on matters related to the Education Sector. I begin by presenting a preliminary report on the performance of students on the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) for 2015. The results will be available to the primary level institutions on the evening of Wednesday June 17, 2015. The Grade Six Achievement...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

11 years ago Agriculture

Statement on Gov’t Response to the Dry Spell Impacting the Agricultural Sector

Mr. Speaker, you will recall that I addressed this Honourable House last week on the current dry spell and its impact on the agricultural sector. We have since, thankfully, got a little sprinkling, but we are by no means letting down our guards. In fact, the Government of Jamaica and, in particular, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, has been...