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Responsibility for water and sanitation policies within the government rests with the Ministry of Water and Housing, and the main service provider is the National Water Commission. An autonomous regulatory agency, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), approves tariffs and establishes targets for efficiency increases, and also oversees the ...
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
The government has been chosen by elections since 1961 elections, when Barbados achieved full self-governance.Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely (such as the Executive Council), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean [1] is a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the British government. The office of Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa was held by James Cleverly MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022. [2]
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), a regional risk pool, said this week it would pay $44 million to Grenada, its largest-ever single payout, surpassing the $40 million it ...
Prime Minister's Office; Ministry of the Public Service; Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment; Office of the Attorney General; Ministry of Legal Affairs; Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training; Ministry of Housing, Lands and Rural Development; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), [1] [2] defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries.
The Minister of Finance must be an elected member of the House of Representatives. [1] The Shadow Cabinet of Jamaica is seen as the alternative to the Cabinet of Jamaica, led by the Leader of the Opposition (Jamaica) , and is charged with fairly criticizing and providing alternative policy to that proposed by the Government.