Jamaica’s first female head of Government

Jamaica where I was born and grew up entered a new era with the swearing in of its first female prime minister Madam Prime Minister – Portia sworn in as Jamaica’s first female head of Government I’m proud of her and the country and I hope she is successful. Here a clip from the local paper

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.

But yesterday she said everyone was equal and should be treated as such.

"Each individual is sacred. None is more important than the other. Money should not make one person more important than the other, learning should not make one person more important … nor should class, colour or gender. We are all equal …" the new Prime Minister said to tumultuous applause.

In the colourful ceremony held on the lawns of King’s House, St. Andrew, and watched by an estimated 10,000 guests and thousands more at home and abroad, Mrs. Simpson Miller also pledged to foster and facilitate conditions for employment and wealth creation. She succeeds P.J. Patterson who stepped into retirement yesterday as the nation’s longest-serving Prime Minister.

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