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Members of the House of Representatives expressed varying views on the introduction of casino gaming in Jamaica, as debate on the Casino Gaming Act 2009, and the Betting Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2009, continued in the House, yesterday (February 24). Member of Parliament for East St. Andrew, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, who supports casino gaming, noted that the gaming...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has urged parents to take better care of their children or face the consequences, and lamented the parenting deficit existing in the country. He noted that where the parenting deficit results in a disoriented maladjusted child, the State has a responsibility that it has to accept, Mr. Golding said. The Prime Minister, who was...

More than four years after Parliament approved the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreements) or "Plea Bargaining" Act, the Senate passed the regulations that will govern the Act on Friday (February 12). Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, said that the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiations and Agreements) Regulations and the Legal Aid...

Members of the House of Representatives paid tribute to the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford OM, with many sharing memories of personal encounters with the regional icon on Tuesday (February16). Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding hailed him as a researcher, historian and innovator, who remained passionately committed...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding opened the debate on the Independent Commission of Investigations Bill, which seeks to establish a Commission of Parliament to investigate alleged abuses by the security forces, in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (February 10). Mr. Golding told the House that nowhere has the issue of the abuse of the rights of ordinary citizens been brought...

A Joint Select Committee of Parliament has recommended a maximum 12-hour work day to replace the current 8-10 hour work days, under proposed Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA) in Jamaica. Under this arrangement, workers' normal work week would still cover 40 hours, but these hours could extend over any combination of days over the seven days of the week and overtime...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, says that it is important that adequate systems are set up to determine the credit-worthiness of borrowers, while Government seeks to ensure the integrity of the banks. Contributing to the debate on the Credit Reporting Bill in the House of Representatives Tuesday (February 9), Mr. Samuda noted that borrowers have used...

Cabinet has approved a contract valued at $51 million to Marksman Limited, to provide security at the University of Technology's (UTech) Papine campus, as well as its other locations at Slipe Pen Road (Kingston) and in Montego Bay. Cabinet also approved the award of a contract of $101, 437 million for security services for the Kingston and Montego Bay Free...

The Jamaican Senate paid tribute to the life and works of the late Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, (UWI), the Hon. Professor Ralston "Rex" Nettleford O.M., during its sitting on Friday (February 5) at Gordon House, Kingston. Professor Nettleford died at the George Washington Hospital, Washington D.C. on Tuesday (February 2), hours before he turned 77,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that the business proposal by airline pilots for ownership of Air Jamaica would be thoroughly reviewed if the current negotiations with Caribbean Airlines of Trinidad fall through. He was speaking on his monthly radio talk show programme, Jamaica House Live last night, (January 27). "If the negotiations with Caribbean Airlines do not lead to an...

The Senate, on Friday (Jan. 22), passed the Government Dematerialisation Act, 2010, with 27 amendments, during its sitting at Gordon House in Kingston. The Bill, which was tabled and piloted by Leader of Government Business, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, seeks to make it compulsory for every investor or owner to convert Government securities held into dematerialised or electronic format,...

Cabinet has approved a proposed Accountability Framework for Government's senior executive officers, permanent secretaries and chief executive officers in executive agencies and other public bodies. Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, explained that the framework seeks to clarify accountability arrangements, identify appropriate modalities and tools by which performance can be assessed and close gaps identified in Jamaica's accountability...