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The Senate has given the green light to the  Bail Act 2023 that now permits the granting of bail at three stages, pre-charge, post charge and post-conviction in defined cases. The legislation, which was approved with one amendment, repeals and...

Members of the Upper House on Friday passed the Bail Act 2023, which will repeal and replace the current 2000 legislation. The bill was passed with a single amendment. Leader of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith piloted the...

The issue of criminals intimidating witnesses or having them killed while on bail is one of the main issues addressed by the revised Bail Act which was approved in the Senate on Friday. The B...

Jamaica's Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith has expressed the Government's support for United Nations (UN) Security Council's (UNSC) approval of an international security force to help stabilise violence-wracked Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government welcomes the decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) to approve an intern...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - More than 200 Jamaicans have benefited from scholarships and courses offered by the Government of China this year. “I am very happy to note that since the beginning of the year, mo...

Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith last week reiterated Jamaica’s commitment to world peace while calling for developed countries and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to...

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has warned that only chaos will reign in Haiti if the international community fails to act quickly to help that country. Deliver...

JAMAICA'S push for reparation for transatlantic chattel slavery has been moved into the United Nations (UN) General Assembly by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith. ...

News late last week that up to 12 countries have offered support to an international mission in Haiti is most encouraging. The number two official in the US State Department, Ms Victoria Nula...