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The Government has cut the 2010/11 budget by $262 million, but added provisions to meet outstanding payments to public sector workers, repair damage created by Tropical Storm Nicole and purchase 100 new buses for the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). The First Supplementary Estimates, tabled in the House of Representatives, Tuesday (November 30), by Minister of Finance and the Public Service,...

Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation for a secured transactions framework. Making the disclosure at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on November 24, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz said that the objective of the new legislative framework is to increase access to finance in Jamaica, particularly for small and medium...

Cabinet has approved a contract, valued at $81 million, to A. G Lowe Architects for the provision of architectural and engineering services for the proposed Ruthven Road Housing Development, to be located at 1-3 Ruthven Road, Kingston 10. This disclosure was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during a Post-Cabinet press briefing...

The Senate has passed legislation to protect the country's clearing and settlement systems from disruptions that could lead to instability in the financial sector, and create loss of confidence in the public payment regime. The reforms are being carried out under internationally accepted standards and practices, to ensure its safety and efficiency. The Payment Clearing and Settlement Act, 2010 was...

Cabinet has approved the continuation of Air Jamaica's negotiations with GA Telesis for the sale of two aircraft at a cost of US$ 18.5 million, says Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz. Speaking at the Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, (November 24) at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said that Air...

Cabinet has approved a contract for the provision of group health insurance for the Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited to Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing on November 17, at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the group health insurance coverage is expected to last from 2010...

Cabinet has approved the Public Sector Procurement Policy, which will serve as the official policy for all public sector entities. Speaking on Wednesday November 17 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz said the policy not only sets the framework for the development of the public sector procurement system,...

Cabinet has approved the Public Sector Procurement Policy, which will serve as the official policy for all public sector entities. Speaking on Wednesday November 17 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz said the policy not only sets the framework for the development of the public sector procurement system,...

Debate on a motion urging members of the House of Representatives to declare his or her citizenship or permanent residency in any country other than Jamaica, began in the Lower House on Tuesday November 16. Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronald Thwaites, who moved the motion, noted that as a country "we have undergone the agues of challenges to...

Cabinet has approved drafting of legislation for the establishment of a Mandatory Registration of Subscriber Information (MRSI) framework, which will require Jamaica's three mobile phone companies to provide data on request, as part of law enforcement. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), addressing a Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House Wednesday (November...

A motion calling for the enactment of legislation to criminalise squatting was tabled in the Senate on November 12 by Government Senator, Dennis Meadows. The motion also recommended that the government pursue, in addition to current policies, aggressive and progressive housing and social policies aimed at facilitating affordable housing solutions for its citizenry. "The pervasive problem of squatting has reached...

Members of the House of Representatives, on November 9, paid tribute to the late former University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Emeritus, Alston Barrington 'Barry' Chevannes, who died on November 5. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange hailed him as an exceptional Jamaican and one of the nation's "outstanding sons of culture and heritage". Miss Grange...