Former Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has been admitted to hospital for “non-emergency care”, the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) confirmed on Friday. In a...
There is heightened speculation in Jamaica about whether Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and her ruling People’s National Party (PNP) will call for general elections this later...
Jamaica has signed a new wage deal with some trade unions that will see salaries boosted by 4 percent during the agreement’s first year. The pact...
Opening a three-day trip to the Caribbean and Central America, U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to capitalize on mutual needs in the face of expanding Chinese...
Jamaica’s prime minister has revealed that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit the Caribbean country next month. Portia Simpson-Miller told lawmakers Tuesday that Obama will pay...
A new agriculture minister has been appointed in Jamaica about a month after his predecessor, Roger Clarke, died after suffering chest pains at an airport. Prime...
Jamaica plans to sell US$800 million of dollar bonds in its first overseas sale since 2011, according to an official familiar with the offering. The Caribbean...
Jamaica’s Finance Minister, Peter Philips. PHOTO/File Portia Simpson-Miller administration on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of amending a controversial tax on bank withdrawals with the Prime...
Jamaica’s Finance Minister, Peter Philips. PHOTO/File The Portia Simpson-Miller administration in Jamaica has presented a J$539.35 billion (US$4.9 billion) to parliament with debate on the fiscal...
The Jamaica Manufacturers Association has urged the Portia Simpson-Miller administration to hold Trinidad & Tobago to commitments made to the region as outlined in the Treaty...
Law makers in Jamaica will soon begin a debate on the island-nation’s potential accession to the regional Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and thus disengaging with...
Former Finance Minister Audley Shaw (r) with the then Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner (Reuters) – Jamaica’s opposition leader fended off...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller joins a cadre of female heads of government and global women leaders to be inducted...
Audley Shaw. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s former finance minister Audley Shaw has formally launched his campaign to become the leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party. Audley Shaw...
Former Finance Minister Audley Shaw (r) with the then Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica’s former finance minister Audley Shaw has...
A survey conducted in 2010 revealed that at the time, over 25 percent of Jamaica’s doctors wanted an end to the free healthcare system that was...
The project once completed is hoped to turn Jamaica into the ICT hub of the Caribbean. (JIS) – Jamaica is in the process of rolling out...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has declared her support of Jamaican Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron’s bid for the Presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). In...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller with Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters The Caribbean only two women heads of government Friday pledged to...
Jamaican Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says Jamaica is committed to replacing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state and would not be deterred...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica’s political and business community Tuesday gave a cautious response to the call by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for nationals to...
Jamaican and Japanese officials on Monday launched a pilot project designed to investigate whether rare earth elements can be commercially extracted from the island’s bauxite waste....
In her message to mark the start of 2013, Simpson Miller sought to assure Jamaicans that her administration will adhere to sound macro-economic policies.
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Jamaica Labor Party leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/File Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness, yesterday declared that the 2016 election campaign would begin immediately to replace...
Hurricane Sandy destroyed 70 percent of the crops in southern Haiti and caused widespread deaths of livestock, while in neighboring Jamaica it left at least US$16.5...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. PHOTO/Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press News Release Ottawa, October 22, 2012 – Senator Don Meredith has...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has revealed that her administration is now discussing a draft Letter of Intent that will embody its commitments during the period...
Jamaica Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a case where attorneys representing Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller say she should be...
Jamaica Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller is calling on private companies in the Caribbean country to each hire at least one more...
(Reuters) – Jamaica is in advanced talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new lending agreement and another round of discussions aimed at hammering...
Usain Bolt wins the 100 metres in 9.82 seconds in Kingston, Jamaica PHOTO/Getty Images Usain Bolt won the 100 meters in 9.82 seconds in the Jamaica...
Jamaica Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller met this weekend with more than 200 members of the business community in Philadelphia at a...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has been listed in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential persons in 2012. Simpson-Miller is one...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Having secured a landslide victory in the December 29 general election, People’s National Party (PNP) president, Portia Simpson-Miller was sworn...
Prince Harry is welcomed by Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/AP/Collin Reid Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, says it’s time for the Caribbean island to ditch...
Prince Harry arrives in Jamaica. Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica’s capital Monday for a four-day visit amid a push by the country’s new prime minister to...
(Bloomberg) — Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller said the Caribbean island would benefit from a Greek-style bailout as it negotiates a new loan agreement with the...
A referendum on replacing the Queen as Jamaica’s head of state could take place sooner rather than later. Jamaica’s prime minister has said she wants her...
Jamaica Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has expressed concern about Jamaica’s drop in the ranking of countries in which...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (Jamaica Observer) – Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, Portia Simpson-Miller, is firmly opposed to any suggestion of Jamaica seceding from...
The Portia Simpson-Miller administration says it will continue with the Liquefied National Gas (LNG) project started under the previous administration. Under the project, LNG will be...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller has indicated that the country will will be moving to sign on to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File The Simpson-Miller administration is expected to provide specifics, at the end of a two-day Cabinet retreat which begins today at...
Audrey Marks., Jamaica’s outgoing Ambassador to the United States. PHOTO/JIS Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, yesterday confirmed that she has resigned, a move...
The Simpson-Miller administration will on Wednesday begin rolling out the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) in seven parishes. The Prime Minister announced Sunday that 700 people...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Barbados Nation) – In a few days Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says the government will create approximately 700 jobs when...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/Gilbert Bellamy/Reuters Jamaicans don’t have a lot to celebrate as they mark their golden anniversary of independence this year. Their unemployment...
Jamaica Labor Party and opposition leader., Andrew Holness. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Gleaner) – Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has named a 16-member shadow Cabinet to oversee the 20-member...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller Last month, in an otherwise ordinary election debate, Jamaica’s candidates for prime minister were asked whether they agree with former prime...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Former Prime Minister Andrew Holness has moved to clarify his controversial decision to change the terms of the merger between telecommunications entities Digicel...
Jamaica’s new government is restarting talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A statement from the finance ministry said an IMF delegation will visit Jamaica starting...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller (Jamaica Gleaner) – U.S. President Barack Obama today congratulated Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller on her recent election victory and to...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller‘s charge to her ministers to hit the ground running has seemingly not fallen on deaf ears as members of the recently appointed...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Nineteen (19) members of parliament have been sworn into the Portia Simpson-Miller led cabinet at King’s House today. Ms. Simpson-Miller...
Jamaica’s newly sworn in prime minister, Portia Simpson-Miller has pledged to ditch the Queen as her country’s official Head of State. Portia Simpson-Miller said she would...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Simpson Miller, has been sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister after leading her opposition party to...
Jamaica Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Simpson-Miller takes the Oath of Office as prime minister of Jamaica in a ceremony at King’s House — the governor...
Jamaica Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica’s Governor General Sir Patrick Allen was yesterday presented with the official results of last week’s general election by Director of...
Former Governor of the Central Bank Derick Latibeaudiere believes the new People’s National Party (PNP) administration should seek an extended fund facility instead of a new...
Portia Simpson-Miller will be sworn in as prime minister of Jamaica on Thursday afternoon, a week to the day that her People’s National Party (PNP) crushed...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister-designate., Portia Simpson-Miller (Reuters) – Jamaica’s main opposition party rode a wave of discontent with a bad economy to a big win at the...
Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party appeared headed for defeat in national elections on Thursday, as the Caribbean country’s leading opposition party capitalized on...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (L) and Portia Simpson-Miller, the leader of the Opposition People’s National Party. PHOTO/HAMZAOUI/AFP/Getty Images A look at the prime minister candidates for...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – With less than 24 hours to the vote, both major political parties have raised complaints about alleged vote buying attempts by their opponents....
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness (NationNews Barbados) – More amd more Jamaicans are starting to believe that the Andrew Holness administration is steering the Jamaican economy...
The country’s main political parties are winding down their campaigns as they head toward the finish line on December 29, when Jamaicans go to the polls....
Declaring that Thursday’s (December 29) general election is crucial for the future of the country, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has warned against giving the Jamaica...
It appears the shine has started to rub off Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness, with most of his numbers trending down. For...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Portia Simpson-Miller at the start of the leadership debate. Last night’s political leadership debate was scored as a win for Prime...
Job creation through public/private partnership, resolution of taxation, public sector efficiencies and pension reforms as agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the continuation of...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness It’s still too close to call, but it appears that the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Andrew Holness have more of...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Prime Minister Andrew Holness have surged into the lead, gaining six percentage points in the...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness Prime Minister and Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness is questioning the competence of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP)...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness (JIS) – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has appealed to the public to ensure that, as preparations for the General Election...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that Jamaicans will elect a new government on December 29. Nominations of candidates will take place on December 12....
With Prime Minister Andrew Holness expected to name the date for the next general election today, officials of the People’s National Party (PNP) last night taunted...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (l), Portia Simpson-Miller(r) (Jamaica Gleaner) -After weeks of negotiation, through the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC), the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the...
Jamaicans are eagerly anticipating the debate between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson-Miller (pictured). This debate will prove to be an ideal platform...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness In the battle-scarred slum of Tivoli Gardens, Latoya Brown lavishes thanks on two powerful men who have taken care of her:...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), hinted Sunday that parliamentary elections could come as early as next month, whipping tens of thousands of governing party supporters...
(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) has responded to reports that there is doubt over the staging of the political debates ahead of the next...
The People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday suffered, in the Supreme Court, one defeat after another in its effort to prevent key members of the party, including...
The latest RJR/TVJ Boxill poll has revealed that the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are almost tied in a...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness The number of years an individual serves as a Cabinet minister could be capped if Prime Minister Andrew Holness has his...
With the likelihood a general election being held in the near future, Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), – who is also the political head of the...
The new Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness (pictured), has written to the Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, inviting her to walk and work with him...
Jamaica’s People’s National Party (PNP), summoned its National Campaign Committee to an emergency meeting at the PNP headquarters, Thursday. It is highly likely that the new...
Andrew Holness (pictured), is the presumed next prime minister of Jamaica. He will have to seek his own mandate if he is to have the moral...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Kingston, Dr. Gene Leon has revealed that Jamaica is not moving quickly enough to effect necessary reforms under...
(Gleaner) – Opposition leader and President of the People’s national Party (NP), Portia Simpson Miller, says she is alarmed that the Government seems to have unilaterally...
Political analysts in Jamaica, are suggesting that there could be an early general election, – possibly before the 2012 London Olympics and next year’s observation of...
Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding (pictured), has criticized the Opposition’s job initiative, the Jamaica Emergency Employment Program (JEEP), which was outlined by Portia Simpson-Miller, the Leader...
CONTRIBUTIONS TO the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) more than doubled in the last financial year.The party's audited report for the year ending June 2011 indicated...
Portia Simpson Miller. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa People’s National Party (PNP), President, Portia Simpson Miller, today outlined several initiatives her party will undertake if it wins the...
