Cabinet has approved adoption of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budgeting approach, for Central Government’s annual budget preparation process. According to a Ministry Paper issued by the Office of...

Bills postponing Local Government Elections until March, 2012, were passed during Tuesday’s (February 15) sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House. The Bills - “An Act to postpone...

The House of Representatives unanimously approved the report of a committee which reviewed the Standing Orders governing its operations, on Wednesday February 9. The report, tabled by Standing Orders Committee...

The Senate on Friday February 11 delayed the passage of the Attestation of Instruments (Facilities) (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to give Parish Councillors and Mayors the powers of a Justice...

A Bill to amend  the Health and Allied Professions and Services (Miscellaneous Penalty Provisions) Act, 2011, was tabled in the Senate on  February 4, by Deputy Leader of Government Business,...

XSOMO International Limited has been awarded a US$400,000 contract to supply and implement an Electronic Document Management and Imaging Solution, to support the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service...

The ceilings for the Medium Term Expenditure, and the macro-economic parameters for the 2011/2012 financial year, have been approved by Cabinet. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects,...

Cabinet has given approval for an increase in trade mark fees under the Trade Marks Rules 2001. Speaking at Wednesdays' February 2 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with...

The House of Representatives, in addition to it's regular Tuesday Sittings, will be meeting on Wednesdays up to the middle of March. The meetings on Wednesdays will deal with various...

A Private Member's motion, seeking the establishment of proper family values and the protection of the nation's children, has been referred to a Joint Select Committee of the House of...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday January 25 approved a report from a joint select committee on the review of Jamaica’s libel laws. The contents of the report will now...