Senate Statement By Honourable A.J. Nicholson, QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade On Jamaica’s Participation in the High-Level Segment of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Headquarters in New York 22nd - 30th September 2014.     Mr President, I had the honour to lead Jamaica’s delegation to the 69th Session of the United...

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER ON, MP AT MEDIA BRIEFING OF NATIONAL RESPONSE MECHANISM TO CHIKV OUTBREAK, Thursday, October 9, 2014   Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.   Last week, I activated the National Response Mechanism in an effort to channel more resources – both human and financial – to dealing with the current Chikungunya outbreak in...

Statement by the Hon. Derrick Kellier, CD, MP, Minister of Labour, Social Security, Agriculture and Fisheries   On the robbery at gunpoint of a female member of the community of persons with disabilities of her motorized wheelchair I join all well thinking Jamaicans in strongly condemning the recent robbery at gun point on Spanish Town Road - and in broad...

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, delivered Jamaica’s address to the 69th Session of the UN General Debate at the United Nations in New York on Saturday, 27th September 2014.   The following are some of the key messages contained in the Minister’s statement.   Geo-Political Context We live in a time of...

The Ministry of Local Government & Community Development acknowledges the important role it plays in any national response to the spread of the Chikungunya Virus. Portfolio Minster, the Hon. Noel Arscott convened an inter-ministerial meeting with Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, all Mayors and Secretary Managers on...

Let me begin by thanking the team at the Women’s Leadership Initiative for inviting me to be part of today’s activity.  The WLI and I share a common goal: we want to see the end of child abuse.  Therefore, I am very pleased to work with the WLI and all other groups to ensure that we achieve our goal of...

Introduction   Mr. Speaker, I rise in this Honourable House today to speak to a very important matter related to public health. We are faced with an increase in the spread of the chikungunya virus. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the robust discussion that we have been having across the island because it tells me that Jamaicans are at...