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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

Senate Approves Parliamentary Committee Appointed to Review Bail Act, 2022

The Senate, on Friday (October 28), approved the appointment of a Special Select Committee to review the Bail Act, 2022. The legislation, which will reform the bail framework in the criminal justice system, comprises 24 Clauses and four schedules. It...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), converses with Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on September 27.

House Approves Amendments to New Firearms Bill by the Senate

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

Senate Pays Tribute to Edley Deans

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (centre, background), and other members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), observe a minute’s silence for the United Kingdom's (UK) late Monarch, Her Majesty, The Queen, during the KSAMC’s sitting on Tuesday (September 13).

KSAMC Observes Minute’s Silence for the Queen

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith, pays tribute to The Queen, during Friday’s (September 9) sitting of Senate at Gordon House. Seated is Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

Senate Pays Tribute to The Queen

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, clarifies a matter while addressing the Senate during its sitting on Friday (July 22). Beside her is Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

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Senate Approves Additional Road Traffic Act Amendments

Motorists will now have to ensure their contact information is accurate and up to date, in keeping with the amended 2018 Road Traffic Act. This stipulation is one of two additional amendments to the Act which were approved by the Senate during its sitting on Friday (July 22). The Bill was passed with no amendments in the House of Representatives...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, speaks in the Senate on Friday (July 8).

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Senate Pays Tribute to Shinzo Abe

The Senate, on Friday (July 8), paid tribute to late former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, during its sitting at Gordon House. Mr. Abe, who was Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister, was shot on July 8 while giving a speech at a political event in the Japanese City of Nara and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital. He was...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the Senate on Friday (June 24).

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Senate Approves Transfer Of All Assets Of Jamaica Development Bank

All assets of the Jamaica Development Bank (JDB) are to be transferred to the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Limited. This will be done in exchange for the issuance of shares in the DBJ to the Accountant General. The Jamaica Development Bank (Repeal) Act 2022, which will facilitate this change, was passed in the Senate on Friday (June 24). Minister...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and State Minister in the Ministry, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, peruse a document, during Friday’s (June 3) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

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Senate Pays Tribute To Late Arthur Ziadie

The Senate, on Friday (June 3), paid tribute to late former member, Herbert Arthur ‘Turo’ Ziadie, during its sitting at Gordon House. Mr. Ziadie, who served in the Upper House from 1983 to 1989, passed away on June 2 at age 87. Government and Opposition members, at the invitation of Senate President, Senator the Hon. Tom Tavares-Finson, paid their respects...

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Senate Approves Central Bank Digital Currency

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has been given the authority to issue Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as legal tender locally, with the Senate’s passage of the Bank of Jamaica (Amendment) Act, 2022 at Gordon House on Friday (June 3). The Bill was passed in the House of Representatives on May 24. Consequent on the legislation’s passage, the way has...

Government Senator Dr. Sapphire Longmore addresses the Upper House on May 13.

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‘Listen Up! Children’s Voices Matter’

Parents and guardians are being encouraged to pay closer attention to children and provide an avenue where their voices can be heard. The urging came from Government Senator Dr. Sapphire Longmore while speaking on a motion for the adjournment of the Senate on Friday (May 13). She made the call against the backdrop that the month of May is observed...

President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares Finson (left) views the work of Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2021-2024, Olive Senior (centre) during a courtesy call at Gordon House on Friday (March 25). Looking on is Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis.

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PHOTOS: President of the Senate welcomes Poet Laureate to Gordon House

President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares Finson (left) views the work of Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2021-2024, Olive Senior (centre) during a courtesy call at Gordon House on Friday (March 25). Looking on is Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis.