Madam Prime Minister - Portia sworn in as Jamaica's first female head of Government
PORTIA SIMPSON Miller yesterday wrote a page in Jamaica's history by becoming the nation's first female Prime Minister, pledging to stamp out corruption, extortion and break the power of criminals.
A jamboree for Jamaica's first female Prime Minister
THERE WAS seldom a dull moment and quite a few teary-eyes, as the woman who hails from a tiny community in deep rural St. Catherine, assumed the nation's highest political office yesterday.
Outpourings of goodwill
THE HISTORIC inauguration ceremony of Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, at King's House yesterday was more than a "defining moment" in the nation's history. The country's first female Prime Minister took her oath of office...
No seat for Bruce
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding left yesterday's swearing-in ceremony for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller after discovering that seats reserved for himself and his wife Lorna had been given away.
Patterson's last day in office
APPROXIMATELY 1:45 p.m. yesterday, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson descended the stairs at his Devon Road Office in St. Andrew. Staff members, who assembled a guard of honour in the lobby of the Cabinet Office building, broke out in the Bob Marley hit...
Constituency looks forward to better times
A WORLD away from King's House yesterday afternoon, residents of Portia Simpson Miller's inner city South West St. Andrew constituency were expectant of better times under the new Prime Minister.
Parliament on a break
PARLIAMENT WILL today be prorogued with the opening of the new session set for April 12. On Wednesday the House of Representatives met for the last time for the legislative year.
Government of Jamaica seeks to give more of payroll taxes to education
FORMER EDUCATION Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Finance and Planning, in collaboration with the Education Ministry, will be reviewing the payroll deduction taxes so that a greater share goes...
New public media entity to begin transmitting next month
A NEW member was inducted into the media fraternity on Tuesday. The 'new kid on the block' is the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ). The broadcast entity is scheduled to begin transmission next month on several cable channels...
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