Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed late former President of the Senate, Syringa Marshall-Burnett, as a nation builder, who helped significantly to improve the healthcare sector, particularly...

Passage of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 2014, in the Senate on October 16, now paves the way for entities facing bankruptcy to safeguard their operations against closure. The Act...

The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2014, which provides for the registration, regulation and funding of political parties, was passed by the House of Representatives on October 14. Passage...

The Government began negotiations with Terminal Link Consortium on October 14, regarding privatisation of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT). Terminal Link Consortium is jointly owned by CMA CGM and China...

The Disaster Risk Management Act, which seeks to strengthen the country’s overall national disaster preparedness, emergency management and response processes and mechanisms, was passed in the House of Representatives on...

The House of Representatives, on October 7, passed the Insolvency Act, which seeks to consolidate the law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receiverships, provisional supervision and winding up. The legislation repeals...

Debate has started on the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2014, which provides for the registration, regulation and funding of political parties. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining,...

The Government has commenced the process of entrenching local governance in Jamaica’s Constitution, with the tabling of the Constitution (Amendment) (Local Government) Act. The Bill was tabled in the House...