The Bureau of Gender Affairs has commenced sensitisation sessions to educate Jamaicans about aspects of the proposed Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act 2021. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith while opening the debate on the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act 2021 in the Upper House on Friday (September 17)....

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says that legislation aimed at combatting sexual harassment in Jamaica is not about emasculating men or removing the ability to flirt or start new relationships. “It won’t stop women who like to flirt from flirting, and it won’t stop women who like you, from giving you the...

With the approval of amendments to the Casino Gaming Act in the Senate, the Government is aiming to attract investments in the country and increase economic activity as part of recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the tourism sector. Piloting the Casino Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2021 in the Senate on July 9, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

The Legal Aid (Fees) (Validation and Indemnification) Act 2021, which validates payments that were made to the 42 attorneys-at-law involved in two high-profile trials, was passed in the Senate on Friday (July 2). The payments were made to attorneys-at-law who provided legal-aid services in the Queen v Uchence Wilson and Others as well as the Queen v Carlington Godfrey and...

President of the Senate, Senator the Hon. Thomas Tavares-Finson (right), greets the new High Commissioner for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency Dr. Maureen Tamuno when she arrived at the Senate on Friday (July 2). Dr. Tamuno met with Senator Tavares-Finson before attending the meeting of the Upper House as the special guest of the President.

The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (Amendment, Validation and Indemnity) Act, 2021 was passed in the Senate, recently. The Bill seeks to expressly empower the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) to grant and confer academic awards and distinctions and to rescind such awards and distinctions where the Council may have good and sufficient cause so to do,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith says the Trade Marks (Amendments) Act 2021, aims to strengthen the country’s intellectual property protection framework, by providing for Jamaica’s participation in the system of international registration, protection and management of trademarks. Mrs. Johnson Smith who is also Leader of Government Business in the Senate made the...