Post Cabinet Notes

Senator Ruel Reid – Information Minister 1:  Cabinet has approved the following for tabling in Parliament: Annual Reports Urban Development Corporation 2014/15 & 2015/16 Jamaica Mortgage Bank 2017/18 National Road Operating and Construction Company NROCC – 2016/17 University Council of Jamaica 2017/18. It was noted that the UCJ is up to date in its reporting. All […]

Senator Ruel Reid – Information Minister   Advisory Please see Cabinet decisions since the last briefing. Cabinet has approved the following legislation for tabling in Parliament:   The Bauxite Alumina Industries Encouragement (Amendment Act) 2019 This bill seeks to: Grant the bauxite sector duty concession on oil from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023; Authorise […]

Information Minister Senator Ruel Reid Advisory   Please see the following Cabinet Decisions since the last briefing.   Cabinet approved the following for tabling in Parliament:  Green Paper – National Policy for the Reduction of Harmful Use of Alcohol Cabinet has been advised in a submission by the Minster of Health that alcohol is the […]

Senator Ruel Reid- Information Minister Advisory Please see below activities of Cabinet since the last briefing. Cabinet approved the following for tabling in Parliament: An Act to Amend the Protection of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Act 2018  This seeks to amend the original Act to provide for the integration of the functions […]

Advisory Please see below activities of Cabinet since the last briefing.   Decisions from Cabinet:  The Cabinet has approved the following Annual Reports / Financial Statements for tabling in Parliament University of Technology 2015/16 & 2016/17 Jamaica Bauxite Mining Ltd 2016/17 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission 2013/14 Devon House Ltd 2017/18 Jamaica Tourist Board 2016/17 Tourism […]

Advisory   Please see below activities of Cabinet since the last briefing: Decisions from Cabinet: 1: Cabinet received and approved the following Annual Reports/Financial Statements for tabling in Parliament: Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC) 31 March 2017 National Water Commission (NWC) 2015/16 The Toll Authority 2016/17 Maritime Authority of Jamaica 2016/17 Trade Board Ltd 2014/15 […]

Advisory Please see below activities of Cabinet since last briefing: Decisions from Cabinet The Cabinet received and approved the following Annual Reports and/or Financial Statements for tabling in Parliament: Planning Institute of Jamaica December 2016 / December 2017 National Irrigation Commission Ltd March 2015/2016 Electoral Commission of Jamaica 2016/2017 General Legal Council April 1, 2017 […]

Advisory   Please see below activities of the Cabinet since the last briefing.   Cabinet Decisions:   Purchase of Land for Cross Roads Tax Office/ TAJ Cabinet has given approval for the purchase of land at a cost of two hundred and twenty-nine million dollars ($229,000,000.00), located on the grounds of the Nuttall Memorial Hospital […]

Advisory   Cabinet approved the following for tabling in Parliament:   A White Paper on Micro Small & Medium Sized Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Policy.   This policy had originally been tabled as a Green Paper November 2017 and the final validation workshop was convened in January 2018. This was considered by the Economic Growth and […]