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Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Othneil Lawrence, will be attending the meeting of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas’ (COPA) Executive Committee in Mexico this week-end. The 22nd meeting of COPA’s Executive Committee will be held in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, March 5 to 12. The executives will address a number of issues, including the capacity of...

Cabinet has approved a US$122 million contract to Royal Caribbean Lines for marine works at the Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier, in Trelawny, inclusive of a 760-metre berth. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at yesterday (March 2) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He pointed out that the pier is now...

Cabinet approved a contract to Madden’s Funeral Home for the provision of funeral home/morgue services, specifically for the storage of bodies. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at on (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said that the contract is for one year starting November 1, 2010 and...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has commended the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) on their enforcement of the relevant legislative enactments and provisions, to safeguard the welfare of the nation’s children. Speaking at the OCA’s fifth anniversary staff and donor appreciation luncheon at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, recently,  Mr. Chuck noted that Jamaica...

Cabinet has approved a $34,400,000 contract to Golden Age Home Kitchen Limited, for the provision of catering services to the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in Kingston. This disclosure was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at the post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on February 23. Providing details in the...

Cabinet has approved an interim framework document for a Growth Inducement Strategy of Jamaica in the short and medium terms. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Project, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at today's (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Minister Vaz informed that the focal points of the strategy are job creation, income...

Work on the Mount Rosser Bypass leg of Highway 2000 is expected to resume soon, following Cabinet's approved of the plan for the completion of the project. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at today's (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The project, for which ground was broken in...

The House of Representatives has approved amendments to the National Insurance Act, to support the Government's efforts to improve administration of the National Insurance Fund (NIF) and ensure its sustainability. The Bill seeks to validate and confirm increases in benefits which came into effect last year, and increase contributions payable by various categories of persons, to sustain the increase in...

The National Health Fund (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to confer on the Fund responsibility for procurement, warehousing and distribution of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies for Government’s health facilities, was passed at Friday’s (February 18) sitting of the Senate. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon Dorothy Lightbourne, piloted the measure through the Upper House as Leader of...

Cabinet has approved adoption of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budgeting approach, for Central Government’s annual budget preparation process. According to a Ministry Paper issued by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and tabled at Tuesday’s (February 15) sitting of Parliament, the MTEF will introduce three-year rolling fiscal and budgeting frameworks, as the context within which annual budgets...

Bills postponing Local Government Elections until March, 2012, were passed during Tuesday’s (February 15) sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House. The Bills - “An Act to postpone the holding of a General Election under the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act” and “An Act to Postpone the Holding of a General Election under the Parish Councils Act”...

The House of Representatives unanimously approved the report of a committee which reviewed the Standing Orders governing its operations, on Wednesday February 9. The report, tabled by Standing Orders Committee Chairman and North East St. Catherine Member of Parliament, Gregory Mair, led to a debate involving members from both sides of the House. Outlining recommendations made by the committee, Mr....