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Ministries of Jamaica. Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport [1] Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission. The Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica National Heritage Trust. National Library of Jamaica. Sports Development Foundation.
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the head of state, King Charles III - on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
The prime minister of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Praim Minista a Jumieka) is Jamaica 's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of the JLP's landslide victory in the 2020 Jamaican general ...
The governor-general of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Gobna-Jinaral a Jumieka) [1] is the representative of the Jamaican monarch, currently King Charles III, in Jamaica. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister of Jamaica. The functions of the governor-general include appointing ministers, judges ...
Jamaica ( / dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [11] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south ...
During early 2020 the ministry provided the JCF with a number of private cameras mandated under the Jamaica Eye surveillance programme and 107 motor vehicles which were retrofitted to suit the police force. Policies. As of 2020 the ministry has prioritized the reduction of crime as a national imperative.
Headquarters. 21 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5 [1] Agency executive. Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Website. mfaft.gov.jm. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade. [2] The ministry's current director is Senator ...
The Parliament of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Paaliment a Jumieka) is the legislative branch of the government of Jamaica. It consists of three elements: The Crown (represented by the Governor-General ), the appointed Senate and the directly elected House of Representatives . The Senate, the Upper House, is the direct successor of a pre ...