It has taken four long years but Jamaica is soon to have a new set of laws governing driving in Jamaica and the use of its roads – the first time since 1938 that its outdated Traffic Act has been repealed. Both Houses of Parliament have finally voted their appr...
Of the 700 or so Great Houses that were on the island, only a few exists today. Most were destroyed in theSlave Rebellionof 1831 that led to English Parliament passing the Emancipation Act 1833, which became law in 1834. Explore the Great Houses ...
the Charter of Rights Debate during it on again off again twenty plus years run before passage in 2009/10, abortion debates in and out of the houses of parliament and professes
Look Annie, a work of fiction is made up of so many elements coming together and its protagonists too are made up of several characters floating in one’s imagination, some real, some made-up from what-can-be or what-should-be. My beloved Ma is full of a spunk and a freedom not ne...
New slaves kept arriving, however, most of them put to work on sugar plantations. The Jamaican parliament finally abolished slavery on August 1, 1834. Adult suffrage for all Jamaicans was introduced in 1944, and virtual autonomy from Britain was granted in 1947. Jamaica became an independent ...
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Offers background context for Fuller’s letters and provides new information about the effectiveness of the West India interest in Britain’s houses of parliament Provides the fullest accounting of the campaign orchestrated by Jamaica and other Caribbean islands to turn back the abolitionist attack on...
He told Parliament that there are approximately 739,000 Jamaicans outside the labour force, of which approximately 150,000 are unattached youth who are not actively seeking employment. “The policy objective now, must be to get more Jamaicans into the labour force with work ready attitudes and...
The kitchen is notably missing from the floor plan because it was not part of the main building. It was located to the back of the house in a separate building, as was the custom of the day. This was a common feature of the plantation houses of the era; a safety measure to mitigate...
Member of Parliament for St Andrew Western Anthony Hylton has reported that the base of the Sandy Gully and its reinforced concrete walls, on both sides of the gully, have been breached in the wake of the recent heavy rainfall. Hylton told members... Comments Stalled The Holness administr...