The Houses of Parliament will this week host an inter-parliamentary conference aimed at combating the illegal weapons trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Conference is being held from...

The Senate, on Friday (June 12), approved a motion for a comprehensive review of the Co-operative Societies Act to, among other things, provide the stimulus and the supportive framework for...

Government Senator, Lambert Brown, is urging persons appearing in court for offences, to plead guilty, if they committed the acts for which they were cited. This, he says, is to...

Members of the Senate have expressed delight that the United States of America has officially lifted its designation of the Republic of Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, as...

The Houses of Parliament will next week host an international conference aimed at strengthening the capacity of Parliaments to carry out their oversight of public expenditure.  The conference will be...

Debate on the Administrator-General’s (Amendment) Bill, which aims to speed up the estate administration process in Jamaica, started in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 19. The Bill seeks...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the new format for shorter Budget and Sectoral Debate presentations, which was introduced this year, has worked well. The new format...

The Japanese Government is providing funding of US$482,000 to enhance the technological capacity of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, said the funding...