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Parliamentary Commissions will soon be able to appear before a House Committee, to clarify issues pertaining to their stewardship, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has disclosed. Speaking at the Office of the Children's Advocate's (OCA) inaugural Media Appreciation Breakfast at the Alhambra Inn, Kingston, on Thursday(June 11), Mr. Chuck said that the OCA, as well as...

The Factories Amendment Bill, which increases the fines and penalties payable for breaching provisions of the Act, was passed in the House of Representatives Tuesday (June 9). Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, who piloted the Bill, explained that the Act regulates premises in which mechanical and manual powers are used in making and repairing any article...

Cabinet, will on June 22, receive a submission from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV review mission to the island last week. Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, told the House of Representatives yesterday (June 9), that the Government used the occasion of the visit, to discuss with the IMF...

The House of Representatives, yesterday (June 9), approved a Government guarantee for loans valued at US$101.8 million to Air Jamaica Limited, in support of the funding requirements for its approved business plan for the financial year 2009/10. According to a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, Air Jamaica is now operating under...

It is an honour to deliver the opening remarks to this Ministerial Meeting on HIV and Development in the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Some of you were also participants at the just concluded COHSOD meeting. This forum brings together key decision makers from across the Region to assess our progress and our challenges and to define the approach that...

It is not often that I am afforded the opportunity to speak to such a gathering of distinguished regional minds on matters pertaining to the social infrastructure of the Caribbean Region. This, and the ministerial meeting of ECOSOC are taking place in the midst of two of the greatest challenges to the global social landscape. I speak of the global...

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, has said that Executive Agencies have changed the face of service delivery by public sector bodies and have certainly provided significant benefits to Jamaicans. In his message at the 10th Anniversary Church Service of the first four Executive Agencies, held at the St. Andrew Parish Church in Half Way Tree on May 31, Ambassador Saunders...

Following his second town hall meeting set for this evening (Tuesday, May 26), at 7:00 p.m. at the Portmore HEART Academy auditorium, Prime Minister Bruce Golding will continue his discussions with Jamaicans through his monthly call-in programme, "Jamaica House Live". 'Jamaica House Live' allows Jamaicans at home and abroad, to call and speak with the Prime Minister on issues or...

Cabinet has received reports on the 20th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the 5th Summit of the Americas, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. The 20th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, held in Belize, March 12-13, included discussions on...

Cabinet has received reports on Jamaica's participation in the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the 24th Meeting of the Board of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. This announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during the Post Cabinet weekly media...

Cabinet has approved the sale of lands at Bernard Lodge in St. Catherine to the Heart Institute of the Caribbean for $60 million. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing held earlier this week at Jamaica House. He said...

Cabinet has approved the tabling of Amendments to the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act 2009. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House on May 20, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, said that the amendments will facilitate a number of issues. These...