Flip-flopping on her previous position on big government while she was in Opposition, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has named a 28-member executive that will cost taxpayers close to $200 million per annum, at current rates, in salaries and allowan

Portia Simpson Miller, leader of the People's National Party, at the victory rally of the parliamentary elections in Kingston, Jamaica, 29 December 2011. Photograph: Collin Reid/AP A friend of mine once told me how her son, then eight years old, had thro

Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller plans to change the constitution so her country will become a republic. (Collin Reid/Associated Press) Jamaica’s new prime minister has declared that “the time has come” for her country to brea

Has Jamaica’s new government taken a page from the Young Liberals of Canada? Not a chance, of course, but the monarchy has been in the news a lot this week. Hot on the heels of a resolution for Canada to become a republic put forward by the young Liberal

The Queen may be removed as Jamaica's head of state. KINGSTON: Jamaica's new Prime Minister has vowed to drop the Queen as head of state weeks after it was announced Prince Harry would visit. Portia Simpson Miller's pledge came as she took the oath of of

Jamaica’s new prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says the time has come for her country to cut ties with the British monarchy. Sunita Rappai reports. “Jamaica seeks independence from Queen” is categorized as “world”. This video was licensed from Grab