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Highlights from Jamaica’s address to the 69th Session of the UN General Debate

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...

Statement from the Minister of Local Government on Vector Control Response

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

Remarks by Minister of Youth & Culture at Women’s Leadership Workshop

Minister of Health, Hon Dr. Fenton Ferguson, updates the House of Representatives on the impact of the Chikungunya virus, during the sitting of the Lower House on September 17.

Statement to Parliament by the Minister of Health on the Chikungunya Virus

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Phillip Paulwell. (FILE)

Official Signing of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) & Licence Presentation Ceremony

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

12 years ago Foreign AffairsSpeeches

Statement Third International Conference on SIDS

The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Apia, Samoa, from 1st to 4th September 2014. I had the honour to lead Jamaica’s delegation to this high level UN Conference and was accompanied by Honourable Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, and officials from the Foreign Ministry and MWLECC. The Conference...

HMFAFT Nicholson. At right is Mr. Wu Hongbo, Secretary-General of the Third International Conference and Under- Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

12 years ago Foreign AffairsSpeeches

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade’s address to the Third International Conference on SIDS

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson QC, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, addressed the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing a States (SIDS) during the plenary session held on 2nd September 2014. Minister Nicholson is leading Jamaica's delegation to the Conference being held in Apia, Samoa from 2nd to 4th September 2014. Some 3000 delegates from over...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill M.P.

12 years ago EnvironmentSpeeches

Joint Ministerial Statement on the Effects of the Drought on Schools and Agriculture

JOINT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY HON. ROBERT PICKERSGILL M.P. MINISTER OF WATER, LAND, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT ON SCHOOLS AND IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR On the instruction of the Most Hon. Prime Minister, I convened a meeting on Tuesday, August, 26, with Ministers and senior officials from the Ministries of Education, Health, Local Government...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Roger Clarke. (FILE)

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Statement on the Passing of Hon. Roger Clarke by Most Hon. P. J. Patterson

With the passing of Roger Clarke, our nation has lost one of our most colourful political stalwarts who devoted so much of his own life to the service of his country and people. He belonged to a special breed of Jamaicans. Even before he began his political career at the Parish Council level, we had worked together in the campaign...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, addressing the launch of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, on Wednesday, June 4, at ACE Supercentre, at White Marl, St. Catherine. (FILE)

12 years ago Governor GeneralOffice of the Prime Minister

Statement from the Governor-General on the Death of the Hon. Roger Clarke

STATEMENT FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE MOST HON. SIR PATRICK ALLEN ON THE DEATH OF THE HON. ROGER CLARKE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES It is with shock and sadness that I learnt of the passing of the Honourable Roger Clarke, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries earlier today (August 28). Only recently I joined with all other Jamaicans in...

Minister Agriculture & Fisheries, the Hon. Roger Clarke. (FILE)

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Statement on the Passing of Hon. Roger Clarke from the Ministry of WLECC

Like all Jamaicans, I was shocked this morning to hear of the untimely passing of the Hon. Roger Clarke. Minister Clarke was an exceptional servant of our people and country, and I am grateful for the opportunity I had to work with him during my time at the Ministry of Agriculture. In this time of grief, my thoughts and prayers...

12 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

JAMPRO Issues Statement on the Passing of the Hon. Roger Clarke

Jamaica has lost one of her great sons today with the passing of the Hon. Roger Clarke who has served the country has as a Member of Parliament for over twenty years. Roger Clarke’s name is synonymous with what he held most dear in his heart, the land we love. Agriculture was a way of life for Clarke who grew up...