SECTORAL PRESENTATION By the Honourable Karl Samuda, CD, MP MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 Theme: Growth Through Production SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE MINISTRY Mr. Speaker, let me begin by congratulating the Prime Minister for his extraordinary vision in combining the portfolios of Agriculture and Fisheries and Industry and Commerce. In doing this,...

STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT BY MINISTER OF HEALTH DR. THE HON. CHRISTOPHER TUFTON TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016   Introduction Mr. Speaker, allow me to update this Honourable House on the present Zika virus situation, the expected effects on the population and some of the activities being undertaken by the Ministry of Health and its partners as part of the response. Global Situation Mr....

Prime Minister’s Statement on The Association of Caribbean States Summit, 4 JUNE 2016  1.0 Purpose    Parliament is being asked to note the following statement consequent upon the Prime Minister’s participation in the 7th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States, held in Havana, Cuba, on the 4th June, 2016. 2.0 Background The Association of Caribbean States was established on the...

I wish to once again thank the staff of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and other agencies for their assistance in the course of preparations for this Debate. I also wish to thank the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, and the Opposition Spokesman on Finance for their contributions. Mr. Speaker, coinciding with the Budget Debate was an IMF...

Mr. Speaker, on rising I must give thanks to God for sparing us, individually, as a Parliament and as a Nation, that we can all gather here once again to deliberate on the people’s business and recommit ourselves as instruments of His will. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the people of Jamaica who exercised their civic duty and voted...

Statement to the Senate by Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 20th May 2016 Topics: UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem; High Level Signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and High Level Thematic Debate on the Sustainable Development Goals, New York 19 – 22 April 2016-05-17; ACP and...

“WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE - PROTECTING THE GAINS”  CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUDGET DEBATE BY THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER ON, MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016   This Budget Debate takes place in the context of the recent general election which resulted in a change of Administration. The 32/31 seat distribution in this House creates a...

Prime Minister Holness and World Bank Vice President Jorge Familiar held wide-ranging discussions in Montego Bay today. World Bank Vice President Familiar congratulated Jamaica for its commitment to good macro-economic policies and expressed his conviction that with continued reforms, Jamaica is on the right path for accelerating growth. As part of its country partnership strategy, the World Bank is providing...