Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government has significantly invested in strengthening Jamaica’s security architecture to safeguard life, property and socio-economic stability. “Our strategic investments and efforts have been yielding encouraging results. In 2023, Jamaica saw a reduction in all major crimes with murders down by 7.8 per cent at the...

President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson (left), greets President of the Senate of The Bahamas, Senator the Hon. LaShell Adderley, during a courtesy call at Gordon House on Thursday (August 8).

The Senate has approved legislation to nullify demerit points recorded against all driver’s licences prior to February 1, 2023, when the Road Traffic Act 2018 came into effect. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, piloted the Road Traffic (Reprieve and Nullification of Prescribed Notices) Amendment Act, 2024 in the...

Members of the Senate have given the nod of approval to an amendment to the Representation of the People Act, 2024. This will allow for the period within which a by-election is to be held to fill a vacancy within an electoral division of a Municipal Corporation, to be extended beyond the period of three months, under clear specific listed...

A Bill to amend Section 61 of the Constitution of Jamaica to provide for new Words of Enactment was passed in the Senate on Friday (July 19). It constitutes the first legislative step in a proposed series of amendments intended to give effect to a Constitution enacted by the Parliament of Jamaica and approved by the people of Jamaica. Section...

The Senate approved legislation that will facilitate the establishment of the National Natural Disaster Reserve Fund (NNDRF), during its recent sitting at Gordon House. Leader of Government Business in the Upper House and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, piloted the Financial Administration and Audit (Amendment) Act, 2024, which paves the way for...

The Senate passed the Appropriations (Amendment) Bill, today (April 12), which seeks to remove, from the Act, the amounts related to statutory expenditures that were inadvertently included in the schedule. The legislation was piloted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. Senator Johnson Smith reiterated that the...