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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...

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, Telecommunications and Special Projects 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...

Cabinet appointed new boards to fourteen Government agencies during its recent retreat.The Chairmen of the boards are: Air Jamaica Limited, Dennis Lalor, insurance executive Bath Corporation, Derrick Hamilton businessman Devon House Development Company Ltd, Carla Seaga, wife of former Prime Minister, Edward Seaga Jamaica Anti Doping Commission Appeals Tribunal, Edward Zacca, retired Supreme Court judge Jamaica Fire Brigade, Audley Carter,...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Thursday March 4, 2010, with Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Dr. Patrick Allen, delivering the Throne Speech, in which he will outline the Government's programmes and policies for the 2010/11 Fiscal Year, which begins on April 1. Later in the afternoon, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the National Housing Trust. The appointments became effective January 1, 2010, for a period of two years. The new NHT Board members are: Mr. Howard S. Mitchell, Attorney- at law, appointed as Chairman for a second term. Mr. George Fyffe, General Secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union...

The Government is moving to alleviate overcrowding in the island's prisons, with Cabinet's approval of measures for the full implementation of the electronic monitoring of criminal offenders. Electronic monitoring is a surveillance system, used by correctional services globally, to monitor the activities of convicted offenders who have been granted conditional release from incarceration. The process involves attaching an anklet to...