Sitting of the House of Representatives - November 2, 2022 The House of Representatives may consist of 63 members (the maximum allowed by the Constitution), elected by single-member constituencies on the first-past-the-post basis. The Government in power can only exist if it has the support of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives. In practice, most Bills...
The Senate is a nominated House made up of twenty-one (21) Senators. Thirteen (13) Senators are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The other eight (8) are appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition. Not more than four Ministers can be appointed from the Senate, and they may have portfolio responsibilities. The...
New Social Housing Programme Handing Over Ceremony, Curtis Bottom, Port Morant, P.O. St. Thomas, Eastern The New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) was established in 2018 by the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), as the housing component of the HOPE programme. The Programme was developed to improve the housing condition of...
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