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Senator urges more protection for workers
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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Opposition Senator Kavan Gayle has urged Labour Minister Derrick Kellier to quickly take such legislation to Parliament to help protect the rights of workers. Gayle, who opened the debate on a motion in the Senate on Friday, noted that the legal
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Gov't senator takes aim at private sector
Kingston :: Jamaica | 6 months ago
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Contributing to the debate on the Debt Management Bill in the Senate yesterday, Brown said that if the private sector had been more diligent, the economy would have recorded higher rates of growth. "The role of the private sector becomes critical in
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Our Government has AIDS - Failure to implement, execute is symptom of disease
Kingston :: Jamaica | 6 months ago
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Failure to implement, execute is symptom of disease Published: Sunday November 25, 2012 Robert Wynter, Contributor Were St Paul of Tarsus alive today and giving advice to Jamaicans at this point in our history, I suggest he would have modified his
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Unshackle them! Senator warns against 'master-servant' contracts
Kingston :: Jamaica | 7 months ago
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AS exploitative, the practice of employers to offer fixed-term contracts to workers, Government Senator Lambert Brown on Friday urged fellow legislators to join him in calling on the Government to make the necessary legislative amendments to put an
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Senators want tougher penalty for leaked information
Kingston :: Jamaica | 7 months ago
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Opposition senators Robert Montague and Kamina Johnson Smith joined their government colleague, Lambert Brown, in saying there was an inconsistency with penalties for breaches. The regulations, which have been approved by the Senate, say a sex
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Senator lashes 'lazy' private sector
Kingston :: Jamaica | 8 months ago
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According to the senator, sections of the private sector have failed to take advantage of the trade opportunities under the Caribbean Basin Initiative with the USA and are also failing to exploit the potential of the Economic Partnership Agreement
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'Protect disabled from discriminatory insurance'
Kingston :: Jamaica | 8 months ago
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Government has a responsibility to protect itself from rapacious insurance companies, Senator Lambert Brown says the state should institute laws that would make it criminal for companies to charge members of the disabled community discriminatory
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Jamaica not ready to throw out Throne Speech - Opposition
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 year ago
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Phillip Paulwell, the leader of government business in the House of Representatives, that yesterday was the last time the Throne Speech would bear that name, several of the island's legislators are cautious about such a move. Andrew Holness, the
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Senators mull Parliament history book
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 year ago
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Brown, a newcomer to the Upper House, for a period in his presentation appeared to be holding a parliamentary school challenge quiz. He sought answers to questions such as the identities of the former speakers of the House of Representatives; clerks,
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Streamline 'Jamaica Day' - Senators
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 year ago
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KD Knight has suggested that Jamaica Day, currently observed in schools, should be transformed into a global affair, celebrating the country's diverse culture. At the same time, opposition senator Kavan Gayle said the day should be positioned at the
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