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The Government is taking steps to remove flogging as a means of punishment from the country's laws. Member of Parliament for North East St. Catherine, Gregory Mair, tabled a bill to Repeal the Flogging Regulations Act during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 19). According to the memorandum of objects and reasons, which append the bill,...

The National Library of Jamaica Act 2010, which seeks to create the legislative framework for the establishment of a fully autonomous national library, was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 20). While there is an existing national library, it is felt that the entity has been unable to function with full autonomy as it has operated under...

Cabinet has approved additional expenditure of $6.9 billion (US$80 million) up to the end of the fiscal year, to address the damage wreaked across various sectors from rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. Back from his 'road trip' to the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, as well as a tour of...

Members of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament carrying out a review of the operations of the Access to Information (ATI) Act are currently in the process of finalising its report for tabling in Parliament. Committee members aimed to wrap up a review of their draft report yesterday (October 14), but were not able to get through all the recommendations...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, has commissioned a study to determine a minimum livable wage for Jamaican workers, to guide future adjustments in the National Minimum Wage (NMW). Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles. Mr. Charles has also announced plans to seek to have a Joint Industrial Council (JIC) re-established for private security...

Cabinet has given approval for the proceeds of the lease of the Hounslow packing house in St. Elizabeth to be used to repay a bank loan that had been taken out to improve the facility. This was disclosed at the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on Wednesday (October 6) at Jamaica House, by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special...

Cabinet has approved a Bill entitled the 'National Health Fund Amendment Act' for tabling in Parliament, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has announced. Addressing journalists at Wednesday's (October 6) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said enactment of the Bill will empower the National Health Fund (NHF) to produce, warehouse and...

Cabinet has approved a variation of US$270,000 on the contract awarded to PriceWaterHouse Cooper Private Limited, India, for enhancement of the management system for the Programme for Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). The announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday's (October 6) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

Cabinet has approved the use of the limited tender process to procure 480 megawatts of generating capacity, incorporating liquefied natural gas (LNG), for addition to the national energy grid at a cost of US$632 million, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said. Speaking at Wednesday's Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), for which he has portfolio responsibility, continues to make strides, with 2,300 titles issued over the last two years. The figure, he said, is double the number of titles that were issued up to 2008, and comes in spite of the challenges the programme continues...

Preliminary estimates indicate that it will cost the Government just over $11. 7 billion to repair damage across a number of sectors, wreaked by the devastating rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. The lion's share of the cost is for the restoration of the road network, including drainage systems, river protection and infrastructure works, which will require $10.6 billion. In...

The House of Representatives has begun debating Jamaica's first National Energy Policy (NEP), which promotes creation of a modern, efficient energy infrastructure expected to boost economic development. Opening the debate at Gordon House Tuesday (October 5), Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, said the policy "examines the energy situation we face and proposes a range of options and...