The Senate welcomed former Resident Magistrate, Marlene Malahoo Forte, as its newest member, after she was sworn in at Gordon House on Friday (July 17). President of the Senate, the...

Debate on the Sexual Offences Bill will resume on Friday (July 17), when the Senate reconvenes at Gordon House, Duke Street, Kingston. The debate should have continued last Friday (July...

Members of the Senate, on Friday (July 10), debated and passed a Bill entitled the Trade (Amendment) Act, 2009, which seeks to increase penalties applicable to breaches of the Trade...

The Bureau of Standards of Jamaica (BSJ) has teamed with the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), to provide technical support in facilitating the development of a national building code. "This...

Some 40 new greenhouses, which will be leased to small farmers, are to be established this year, through a project between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Government...

Special Representative of the World Bank, Badrul Haque, has noted a rapid decline in national poverty levels in Jamaica, from over 30 per cent in 1989 to below 10 per...

Jamaica is likely to have in place legislation to confront commercial sexual exploitation of children soon, following the tabling of the Child Pornography (Prevention) Bill in Parliament, by Attorney General...

The Senate has passed the Factories Amendment Bill, paving the way for the implementation of heavier fines for breaches of provisions of the Factories Act and its Regulations Attorney General...

A Casino Gaming Commission is to be established under the Casino Gaming Bill, which has been tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service,...

The Sectoral Debate continues next week Tuesday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8 in the Houses of Parliament. On Tuesday, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton will...

The House of Representatives has approved a resolution cutting the link between salaries paid to high court judges, and those for legal officers in the public service. The approval frees...