Suspect arrested in attack on Jamaican prime minister's brother

By John R. Myers Jr. and Zhu Qingxiang KINGSTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- When Jamaica's first female Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her People's National Party took power in January 2012, they promised to deliver an improved Jamaican economy.

Consumer confidence in Jamaica has plunged to its lowest level since Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller took office in January 2012, a new survey said Tuesday. Consumer confidence dropped 38 percent compared with the same period last year, ...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Jamaican government is backing a marriage between sports and the creative and cultural industries as a major driving force for the country's economic development.Miller said while the creative and cultural ...

Teachers in St Elizabeth are calling for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to reign in the Education Minister Ronald Thwaites, or appoint a minister of state to handle their issues. The educators also say if that is not done, the prime minister ...

On this Labour Day, when we are reminded to Lend a hand…build our Land, I greet you in the name of our ancestors who not only gave the proverbial hand but some of whom, literally gave their very lives to blaze a path for us. May 23 not only ...

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller was scheduled to leave the island yesterday for Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, where she will attend the Special 50th Anniversary Summit commemorating the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has called on Jamaicans to uphold the spirit of community unity, over self, as the country observes today as Labour Day. In her message to mark the occasion, Mrs. Simpson-Miller states that Labour Day is ...

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller last night announced the appointment of attorney Sophia Frazer-Binns to the Senate to replace former president, Rev Stanley Redwood, who resigned last week. A graduate of Westwood High School and the University ...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (centre) in conversation with Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips (right); and Minister of State Luther Buchanan (left); while attendingNoel Monteith, on Saturday, May 18 at the Carmel Moravian ...