Articles Tagged “Portia Simpson Miller”
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Jamaica Parliament honors former PM Edward Seaga
The two houses of Jamaica’s Parliament held a special joint sitting Tuesday to honor former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, a major player in national politics for decades and the only survivor of the leaders who drafted the constitution when the Caribbean island gained independence from Britain in 1962. Seaga attended the session of tributes at [...]
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Jamaica’s PM Simpson-Miller to address United Nations in NYC
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller arrived in New York today (Monday, September 24) for a week of official engagements which will including an address to the United Nations on Thursday in which she will deliver Jamaica’s policy statement to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly. Prime Minister Simpson Miller’s address at the United [...]
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Jamaican PM rejects comments by Zimbabwe President
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, has reacted vigorously to recent comments by the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe portraying Jamaican men as chronic drunkards and unambitious marijuana smokers. In a statement on Thursday, Simpson Miller said, “The government can confirm that exhaustive checks by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade [...]
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt wins JN Jamaica Invitational 100m race in 9.82 secs!
In case you missed it, sprint sensation Usain Bolt sent a stern warning to his rivals as he launched his Olympic season with a world-leading 9.82 seconds in the 100 metres at the JN Jamaica Invitational last Saturday night. Running in his first race of perhaps his most important season ever, the Olympic sprint double [...]
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VIDEOS: Rihanna performing acoustic set at Time’s 100 Most Influential People gala
On Tuesday night, Rihanna was honored as the number eight most influential person in the world at the Time’s Magazine 100 Most Influential People gala held in New York City. Maybe it was because the event was very classy or the fact that mommy and grampa was in the crowd, whatever it was, Rihanna really [...]
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PHOTOS: Jamaica’s PM Portia Simpson-Miller Miller visits Brooklyn, NYC
The PM of Jamaica, the Hon Portia Simpson-Miller Miller left the island earlier this week for a number of engagements in New York and Philadelphia in the United States. The PM was the receipt of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons Award at a special reception in New York then on Wednesday, she met with [...]
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PHOTOS: Rihanna and Portia Simpson-Miller Honored at Time’s Magazine Top 100 Influential People
Time magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2012 included Caribbean pop phenom Rihanna and Jamaica’s leading lady, Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. The two Caribbean awardees were amongst the specially invited guests at the New York gala held last night. The honorable Portia Simpson-Miller looked regal in her black floor length dress and her trademark [...]
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VIDEOS: Portia Simpson Miller listed as Time’s 100 Most Influential Persons for 2012.
Jamaica’s first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential persons for 2012. This year’s list includes 38 women, the highest in any year. Among those joining Simpson Miller are fellow Caribbean woman and pop star, Rihanna; singer Adele; Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig; US Secretary [...]
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PHOTOS: President Obama with Caribbean leaders at Summit of the Americas
President Barack Obama met with Caribbean leaders at the recent Sixth Summit of the Americas which was held in Cartagena, Colombia on April 14-15, 2012. View some photos of President Obama at the multilateral meeting with Caribbean Leaders below: Front row from left to right, Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Kenny Davis Anthony, Grenada’s Prime Minister [...]
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Usain Bolt, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and JA Prime Minister on shortlist for Time Magazine’s 100 most influential
Jamaica’s first female Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, have been placed on shortlist for appearance in Time Magazine for the coveted list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Readers are encouraged to vote for the nominees online – Voting ends this Friday! The Times [...]
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VIDEO: Prince Harry play sports in Brazil plus some more pics from Jamaica
On his first official trip representing the royals, Prince Harry has traveled to Belize, Bahamas, Jamaican and Brazil in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee tour. Prince Harry completed a charity run in Rio de Janeiro in eight-and-a-half minutes to raise money for the charity Sport Relief, plus showed off his rugby and beach volleyball skills [...]
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President Obama calls Jamaica’s Portia Simpson Miller to congratulate her.
United States President Barack Obama yesterday placed a telephone call to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, congratulating her on her recent electoral victory. A statement from the White House, the US president’s official residence, indicated that Obama also commended the Jamaican people for their dedication to democracy. Simpson Miller on December 29 led her People’s [...]
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Jamaica begins process of severing ties with British monarchy
As the country celebrates its 50th year of Independence, the government intends to begin the process of removing all ties with the British monarchy, thereby becoming a truly independent nation. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during her swearing-in ceremony, on January 5, at King’s House. “This 50th Anniversary [...]
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VIDEO: Portia Simpson-Miller addresses Jamaica after PNP wins.
On Jamaican people have spoken and they chose PNP as the political party to govern the country. Watch her speech below: ‘ Do you think that PNP’s win will bring a much needed positive change in Jamaica? Leave a comment below. Video courtesy: MadARoad
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T&T Prime Minister sends some womanly love to Jamaica’s Simpson-Miller
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar extended congratulations to newly-elected Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson-Miller. Persad-Bissessar said she was happy that another female leader had emerged to bring gender balance. “It is good to have another woman at the Caricom table,” Persad-Bissessar said. She was speaking with reporters following the awarding of Senior Counsel status to [...]
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CONGRATS: Portia Simpson-Miller and PNP celebrate victory in Jamaica!
The People’s National Party (PNP) Thursday won the general elections here inflicting a defeat on the ruling Jamaica labour Party (JLP), according to preliminary figures released so far. The PNP has won 32 of the 51 seats declared so far for control of the 63-member Parliament. PNP Leader and President Portia Simpson-Miller, as well as [...]
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Over 1.6 Million Jamaicans to Vote Today!
Today Jamaicans will journey to approximately 7,000 polling stations across the island to cast their votes to determine the party which will form the next government. This collective decision will either ratify the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) four-year tenure in office, giving the Andrew Holness-led party a second consecutive term in government, or catapult [...]
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Xterminator CEO & Producer Phillip “Fattis” Burrell finally laid to rest.
CEO of Xterminator Records and legendary producer, Philip ‘Fattis’ Burrell was laid to rest this past Saturday. His knightly send off ceremony took place at Kingston’s Holy Trinity Cathedral with his widow, Carmelita, his twelve children, family, friends, artistes and politicians in attendance. Fattis was responsible for the careers of a number of Jamaican artistes [...]
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