The Protected Disclosure Bill, which seeks to encourage and facilitate specified disclosures of improper conduct in the public interest, has been sent to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for...

The Senate gave approval on Friday (June 18) to two Bills postponing Local Government Elections to 2011. The elections, which were to be held by June 30 this year, are...

Newly-appointed Government Senator, Ian Murray, was sworn in today (June 18), during a sitting of the Upper House. Jamaica House, on June 17, had announced that Mr. Murray was selected...

Cabinet has approved the provision of an additional US$10 million to boost the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) budget to execute an integrated marketing and sales plan over the next nine...

The House of Representatives passed two Bills Tuesday (June 15) postponing Local Government elections for at least six months. The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation General Election (Postponement) Act 2010...

Debate on the six crime Bills was postponed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 15) as the Government and the Opposition agreed to hold talks to arrive at...

The Protected Disclosure Bill, which seeks to encourage and facilitate specified disclosures of improper conduct in the public interest and to protect employees who make the specified disclosures, was tabled...

Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, has urged Opposition members of the House to work with the Government, in order to pass the six anti-crime...

Cabinet has approved draft proposals for the introduction of legislation for the suppression and disruption of criminal gangs and their activities. The announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for...

As the government intensifies efforts to stamp out crime, regulations governing plea bargaining were approved by the House of Representatives yesterday (June 8). The passage of the regulations, as well...

The House of Representatives has begun debating the report from the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the six anti-crime Bills, for which the Government has been seeking approval since...