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Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, making his contribution to the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on February 7.

Legislation Coming To Safeguard Cockpit Country Protected Area

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Robert Morgan, says once the Forestry Department has completed its 250-kilometre ground-truthing exercise, specific legislation will be promulgated to safeguard the Cockpit Country Protected Area boundary. Making his contribution to...

Gov’t Spending $1.9B To Establish Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, highlights a point in the Senate on Thursday (February 6), while piloting the Emergency Powers (Continuance) Resolution 2020 for the extension of the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division.

Normalcy Has Returned To Eastern Kingston Communities Under SOE

President of the Senate, Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson.

Senate President Highlights Friendship Between Jamaica And Cuba

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses members of the Senate during a special sitting on Thursday (January 30).

Senate Approves Extension Of SOEs In Six Parishes

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., pilots the Patents and Designs Bill in the the Senate on January 23.

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Senate Passes Modern Patents and Designs Bill

The Patents and Designs Bill, which is aimed at modernising Jamaica’s intellectual property regime, was passed in the Senate on Wednesday (January 23). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, who piloted the legislation, said it will impact positively on the country’s economic development. “It will allow us to...

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, speaks in the Senate.

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Senator Proposes Impact Assessment Study On Ban On Plastics

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, is proposing that an environmental impact assessment study be undertaken to ascertain the effectiveness of the ban on certain categories of single-use plastics. In an interview with JIS News on December 30, Senator Samuda said the study would look at how much plastics have been taken out of the island’s waste stream since the ban took...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, emphasizes a point while moving three motions relating to a 30-day extension of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in six parishes, during the Senate’s sitting at Gordon House on Friday (December 13).

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Senate Approves 30-day Extension of States of Public Emergency in Six Parishes

Ongoing security operations under States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in six police divisions will be intensified over the coming months. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., at Friday’s (December 13) sitting of the Senate, during which a 30-day extension of SOEs in St. James, Hanover,...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Pearnel Charles Jnr., emphasises a point in the Senate, on Friday (December 6). To his right is Senator Robert Morgan and in the background are Senators Aubyn Hill and Kerensia Morrison.

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Senate Approves Bill To Merge HEART Trust/NTA With NYS And JFLL

A Bill which seeks to merge functions of the HEART Trust/NTA with the National Youth Service (NYS), the Apprenticeship Board and the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), was approved by the Senate on December 6. Entitled, the Human Employment and Resources Training (Amendment) and Change of Name Act, 2019, it was passed with 17 amendments. The Act will also...

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Kamina Johnson Smith Commends Work Of Integrity Commissioners

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith has commended the “incredible” work of the Commissioners of the recently established Integrity Commission, who have not been compensated since their appointment in February, 2018. “Definitely these are persons of unimpeachable integrity, strength of character and devotion to country that this period of time would’ve passed...

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (standing), addressing a recent sitting of the Senate, at Gordon House. Listening is colleague Member of the Upper House, Senator Charles Sinclair.

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Government Senator Urges Sustained Private Sector Support for Ban on Plastics

Business interests are being encouraged to continue supporting the Government as it embarks on the second phase of the ban on specific categories of plastic packaging material, which ultimately aims to protect the environment. This call came from Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, as he opened the 2019/20 State of the Nation Debate during Friday’s (November 15) sitting of the Upper...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing the Senate on Wednesday (October 16). Listening are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Government Senator, Kerensia Morrison.

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Senate Approves Extension Of SOEs In Five Parishes

The Senate, on Wednesday (October 16), approved a 90-day extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOE) in Clarendon and St. Catherine until January 18, 2020. A similar extension was approved for the SOEs in Hanover, Westmoreland and St. James until January 27, 2020. Leader of Government Business in the Upper House and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,...