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Top Mountain Limited, a community-based income generating enterprise located in St. Catherine, has given residents hope, by using resources that once go to waste as a means of economic empowerment. Established three years ago from a 2001 grant of over $300,000 from the Social and Economic Support Programme (SESP), and a 2007 US$88,000 donation from the Japanese Government, it produces...

Cabinet has approved the implementation of a US$8 passenger aviation service round trip charge for airlines flying to Jamaica. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, (March 17), Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, explained that the move will...

Parliament yesterday (March 17) approved the second Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year ending March 31, which were tabled in the House on Tuesday (March 16) by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw. The Supplementary Estimates were referred to the standing Finance Committee of the whole House of Representatives (all 60 MPs) for deliberation...

The Terrorism Prevention (Reporting Entities) Regulations 2010, which sets out procedures that are to be followed by the relevant bodies in their business operations to ensure that they are not supporting terrorism financing, was approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 16). Leader of Government Business in the Lower House and Minister of Education Hon. Andrew Holness, noted...

The Registration (Strata Titles) (Amendment) Regulations, which provide the administrative tools for Strata Corporations to administer their duties effectively, was approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 16). Prime Minister Bruce Golding mentioned that Regulation 11(d) provided for information to be made available to the key players in the strata business, so that nobody would be taken unfair...

The Ministry of Water and Housing was given approval by Cabinet recently for the acquisition of lands to develop housing estates in Trelawny and St. James and to provide security of tenure for the Crescent All Age School in St. Catherine. This was announced by Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz, at the post cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

Amendments to the Financial Administration and Audit Act and the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act were passed in the Senate on Friday (March 12), as part of measures to implement a fiscal responsibility framework in Jamaica. Leader of Government Business and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, who piloted both Bills, stated that the fiscal responsibility framework will provide...

The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament will be monitoring spending by Government agencies more closely from now on, according to its chairman, Opposition MP Dr. Wykeham McNeill. Opposition MP and Chairman of Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), Dr. Wykeham McNeill. In accordance with the new fiscal responsibility framework created by the Financial Administration and Audit...

The House of Representatives amended the Terrorism Prevention Act on Wednesday (March 10), to allow the Minister to introduce heavier penalties, subject to approval by Parliament. Minister of Education and Leader of the House, Andrew Holness, who piloted the Bill in the absence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, said that the amendment was...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that, while the Government will explore options for flood-prone Caribbean Terrace, St. Andrew, there are fiscal constraints in addressing the problems. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon Daryl Vaz Mr. Vaz told the House of Representatives Tuesday (March 9) that the issues,...

The House of Representatives has passed the Bill for the creation of an Independent Commission of Investigations to probe abuse of rights by the security forces. The Commission will also have the authority to investigate other agents of the state, such as correctional and customs officers involved in such acts. Discussions by the Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday...

The House of Representatives yesterday (March 9) approved the regulations to the recently passed Credit Reporting Act, to provide for the licensing of credit reporting agencies as well as the required fees. The regulations set out the application requirements to operate as a credit bureau, which include a memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation, and audited statements, while there is...