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The Senate yesterday (June 13) approved amendments to the Employment Termination and Redundancy Act 2008, to address the dismissal of and compensation for employees. The changes are to ensure greater compliance with the law by employers/companies and provide for an increase in fines for breaches. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, who...

Amendment to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, was passed in the Senate on February 29. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained during a sitting of the Senate on February 22, that under the existing Act,...

Amendment to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, was passed in the Senate on February 29. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained during a sitting of the Senate on February 22, that under the existing Act,...

The Senate yesterday (February 29), approved a Resolution to amend the Early Childhood (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, in order to effect the reduction of the fees charged by the Early Childhood Commission.Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne pointed out that the cost for the registration of early childhood institutions has been reduced from $3,000 to $1,500. She also...

The Senate yesterday (February 29), approved a Resolution to amend the Early Childhood (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, in order to effect the reduction of the fees charged by the Early Childhood Commission.Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne pointed out that the cost for the registration of early childhood institutions has been reduced from $3,000 to $1,500. She also...

Debate on amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, began in the Senate on February 22. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained that under the existing Act, a Prime Minister, on ceasing to hold that...

Debate on amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, began in the Senate on February 22. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained that under the existing Act, a Prime Minister, on ceasing to hold that...

A Bill to amend the Income Tax Act, to lift the ceiling at which self-employed persons can contribute to pension benefits, was passed yesterday (Feb.15) in the Senate. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, who piloted the Bill, said it seeks to allow for conformity with the Pensions (Superannuation) Fund and...

The Senate on Friday (Nov. 30) approved a Ministerial Order, as the first of several steps to give permission to the Dutch authorities to continue investigations of Trafigura Beheer in Jamaica. The Order, which was brought to the Upper House by Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, follows similar approval given by the House of Representatives. In January...

The Senate, at its first official sitting last Friday (Nov. 9), approved the appointment of members of committees, which will consider various matters. Members of the Standing Orders Committee are: Dr. Oswald Harding, chairman; Tom Tavares Finson, Ian Murray, Dennis Meadows, A. J. Nicholson, K.D. Knight, and Mark Golding. In addition, Dorothy Lightbourne was appointed to chair the Senate Committee,...

The Senate on Friday (June 15) proposed an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 2007, to remove the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentence for breach of Clause 4, with the punishment to be instead, left to the discretion of a judge. Clause 4 of the Act, which has already been passed in the House of Representatives, makes...

The Senate has approved the Ministerial and Parliamentary Functions (Phyllis Mae Mitchell) Validation and Indemnity Act, validating the official acts performed by Mrs. Mitchell and to regularise her tenure as Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Culture. Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator A.J. Nicholson, who piloted the Bill yesterday (June 16), explained that the...