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National Council on Drug Abuse. Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica. Nursing Council of Jamaica. Dental Council of Jamaica. Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries [5] Anti- Dumping and Subsidies Commission.
King's House (also known as Government House) is the official residence of the governor-general of Jamaica, who represents the Jamaican monarch and head of state. It is located in the part of St. Andrew Parish that is considered part of the city of Kingston . By the year 1690, the first official residence in Jamaica (for use by the governors of ...
Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives. History. In 1959, 13 new constituencies were created in Jamaica increasing the size of parliament from 32 seats to 45.
The functions of the Electoral Commission are defined by law and in summary are. Establish policies for governing the registration of electors. Conduct general elections, local government elections, by-elections or referendums. Compile and maintain the register of eligible electors. Verify the identity of eligible electors.
It is flown on buildings and other locations in Jamaica to mark the governor-general's presence. Residence. King's House in Kingston is the official residence of the governor-general of Jamaica. Built in the early 20th century, it has served as the official residence and workplace of all Jamaican governors-general since independence in 1962.
Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions. The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) is a 5,000-member public sector trade union in Jamaica which represents workers in local and national government, governmental corporations, quasi-government bodies and other agencies created by statute. Its members are non-supervisory personnel ...
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 ...
1959. Completed. 1960. Gordon House (or George William Gordon House) is the meeting place of the Jamaica Parliament, located at 81 Duke Street in Kingston, close to the old parliament building headquarters. The house serves as the meeting place of both the Senate and the House of Representatives since independence on August 6, 1962 [1]