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The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee. The governance structure consists of ministries with portfolios that have agencies that carry out its functions. Used to represent all ministries of Jamaica Ministries of Jamaica. Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
Jamaica’s official police force whose mission under the Ministry of National Security is ‘to serve protect and reassure with courtesy, integrity and respect for the rights of all’. It roles include assisting in the detection and prevention of crime, investigating alleged crimes, protecting life and property, and enforcing all criminal law ...
Jamaica and its diplomatic missions worldwide. 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 Cabinet of Jamaica is the principal instrument of government policy. It consists of the Prime Minister, and a minimum of thirteen other Ministers of Government, who must be members of one of the two Houses of Parliament. Not more than four members of the Cabinet may be members of the Senate. The Minister of Finance must be an elected member ...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Jamaica) Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Jamaica) Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)
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 ...
Jamaica House has been the location of the Office of the Prime Minister since 1972. Prime ministers resided there from 1964 until 1980. [4] On 8 November 2022, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said in question time that his official residence was Jamaica House rather than Vale Royal, and that that Vale Royal was currently in disrepair and possible ...
The Jamaica Information Service was established in 1956. [3] At its inception, the agency was first known as the Government Public Relations Office (GPRO), which was primarily concerned with issuing press releases and maintaining good relations between the press and the Government. The scope of the GPRO was widened in 1957 when it was ...