Information Minister, Senator Ruel Reid  has expressed sadness at the death today at the age of 81 of Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela. In a statement, Senator Reid said Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela was a courageous and valiantly fighter against the apartheid state and whose struggle for justice in South...

The Senate, on Thursday (March 29), unanimously approved two motions to extend the State of Public Emergency in the St. Catherine North Police Division until July 3, 2018, during its sitting at Gordon House. They are the Emergency Powers (No. 2) (Continuance) Resolution, 2018, and the Emergency Powers (No. 2) Regulations (Continuance) Resolution, 2018. All 16 members of the Senate...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica does not currently produce or export either aluminium or steel and would, therefore, not be directly impacted by the new United States (US) tariffs on imports of these products. Delivering a Statement in the Senate on Friday (March 16), at Gordon House, Senator Johnson Smith,...

The Senate on Friday (March 9) approved the Protection of Geographical Indications Bill, with three amendments. The Bill seeks to provide a stronger level of protection on geographical indications (GIs) of goods, thereby preventing a designation of a product as being made other than in the true place of origin. GIs are defined as indications that identify a good as...

Stakeholders in Jamaica’s petroleum industry are to benefit from training and technical services from experts out of Mexico. This is being facilitated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed today (March 6) between Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson; and Director General of the Mexican Petroleum Institute, Dr. Ernesto Rios Patrón. Foreign...

Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez, has hailed implementation of the organisation’s ‘A New Path’ project in Jamaica, noting that it is positively changing the lives of the beneficiaries and guiding them along a path of economic independence. He was speaking during a site visit to the all-female South Camp Correctional Facility in...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has hailed the Organization of American States (OAS) for its role in aiding Jamaica’s social development and that of other nations in the Caribbean region. Speaking at the opening of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the OAS, at the Regional Headquarters of the Mona Campus of The University...