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	CaribSeek Encyclopedia \| Jamaica Flag \| Jamaica National Flag \| Jamaican Flag
		It is flown on many triumphant occasions, showing the pride that Jamaicans have in their country and in the flag itself.
		A bipartisan committee of the Jamaica House of Representatives designed the Jamaican Flag which consists of a diagonal cross with four triangles placed side by side.
		The Jamaican flag should never be allowed to touch the ground or floor.
	encyclopedia.caribseek.com /Caribbean_Flags/jamaica-flag.shtml (277 words)

	Jamaican dollar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The solution was to use cupronickel, adopted in 1869.
		Penny and ha'pennies were minted for use in Jamaica, becoming the first truly Jamaican coins.
		On January 30, 1968, the Jamaican House of Representatives voted to decimalize the currency, introducing a new dollar worth 10 shillings, and divided into 100 cents (1 cent thus being equal to 1.2 pence).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaican_dollar (576 words)

	jamaican house of representatives (Site not responding. Last check: )
		House of Representatives is a name used by many countries to describe the lower house(s) of their parliament, congress, or legislature.
		Until 1951 the House of Representatives in New Zealand was the lower house of Parliament, but since then has been unicameral.
		Under apartheid, the House of Representatives was the House for South Africa's mixed race Coloured community, in the tricameral Parliament between 1984 and 1994.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Jamaican_House_of_Representatives (335 words)

	Read about Westminster System at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Westminster System and learn about Westminster ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jamaican House of Representatives), which is usually popularly elected.
		Although the dissolution of the legislature and the call for new elections is formally done by the head of state, by convention the head of state acts according to the wishes of the head of government.
		In the lower house at Westminster (the House of Commons) there are two lines on the floor in front of the government and opposition benches which members may only cross when exiting the chamber.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Westminster_system (1167 words)

	Encyclopedia: Speaker of the British House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land.
		The House must elect a Speaker at the beginning of each new parliamentary term after a General Election, or after the death or resignation of the incumbent.
		Before the House votes on any issue, the Speaker "puts the question"; that is, he or she verbally states the motion on which the members are to vote.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Speaker-of-the-British-House-of-Commons (7771 words)

	JAMAICA - A premier caribbean travel destination featuring the resort areas of Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, ...
		Universal adult suffrage, adopted in 1944, means that all Jamaicans over the age of 18 years are eligible to participate in the democratic system of governance by voting for a candidate of their choice.
		The Houses of Parliament are headquartered at George William Gordon House, a statuesque building on Duke Street in Kingston, the capital city.
		Gordon House is named for one of Jamaica’s National Heroes, a Member of the Assembly in the nineteenth century who sought to change the inequities of governance in the then colony -- a fitting tribute to one who fought for some of the democratic privileges enjoyed by the people of Jamaica today.
	www.visitjamaica.com /about_jamaica/facts_and_figures_government.aspx (645 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The majority party in the House of Representatives selects the prime minister.
		Members of the House of Representatives are directly elected.
		As a result of the October 2001 general elections, Prime Minister Percival Patterson of the People's National Party (PNP) was reelected to his third consecutive term; it was the fourth consecutive PNP government; however, the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) made major gains against the PNP, gaining 13 seats.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Jam1.htm (454 words)

	Learn more about Westminster System in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A government is then formed by a party or coalition of parties that can command the support of the majority of parliament (usually in fact the majority in the lower house).
		The head of government, usually called the Prime Minister must be able to control a majority of seats within the elected legislative chamber.
		At one end of the room sits a large chair, for the Speaker of the House.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/we/westminster_system.html (749 words)

	JAMAICA
		Inside the Jamaican ParliamentThe Parliament of Jamaica is bicameral, consisting of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the Senate (Upper House).
		Members of the House (known as Members of Parliament or MPs) are directly elected, and the member of the House of Representatives who, in the Governor-General's best judgement, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House, is appointed by the Governor-General to be the Prime Minister.
		The Jamaican Government has, since the late 1990s and in cooperation with private investors, embarked on a campaign of infrastructural improvement projects, one of which includes the creation of a system of freeways, the first such access-controlled roadways of their kind on the island, connecting the main population centers of the island.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/jamaica.htm (5249 words)

	Jamaican Family Search Glossary F
		The custos represents the governor at the parish level.
		Term used for a woman who is living in a house with a man and bearing his children, but is not married to him.
		Yaws: an infectious nonvenereal disease of tropical climates with early symptoms resembling syphilis, characterized by red skin eruptions and, later, pain in the joints: it is caused by the spiral bacterium Treponema pertenue.
	www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com /Samples/Glossary.htm (1798 words)

	Jamaican History - Research and Read Books, Journals, Articles at Questia Online Library
		Jamaican fls had been considerably influenced by the theories of fl nationalism promulgated by the American expatriate Marcus Garvey.
		The central argument is that the relative autonomy of the Jamaican state declined due to the evolution of a new international regime which in effect disallowed the...
		The central argument is that the relative autonomy of the Jamaican state declined due to the evolution of a new international regime which in effect disallowed the political, social and economic experimentation originally envisioned.
	www.questia.com /library/history/caribbean-and-west-indian-history/jamaican-history.jsp (2486 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Jamaica
		Jamaican Minister of Health, Horace Dalley has reiterated his call for violence prevention and peace, in light of the rising incidences of violence and crime occurring in sections of the island.
		Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Anthony Hylton, said during the State of the Nation Debate, that the United Nations system must be reformed to make it more accountable and responsive to the interests and concerns of all its member states.
		Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has made an appeal to all persons who are experiencing symptoms of malaria, as well as those who have been tested for the disease to visit their nearest health facility or face the consequences of being named publicly.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /jamaica/jamaica.htm (3499 words)

	National Library of Jamaica
		Parliament consists of Her Majesty the Queen, represented by the Governor-General, and two legislative Houses, a nominated Senate and an elected House of Representatives.
		The estimates are tabled in the House of representatives and must be debated and approved by the House.
		This is possible in cases where the amendment gets the required approval in the House of Representatives twice in one session, is rejected by the Senate within stipulated periods, and gets the required support in a national referendum- the required support then being three-fifths of those voting to approve amendment of a specially entrenched provision.
	www.nlj.org.jm /constitution.htm (2066 words)

	Jamaica Legislative Branch
		The Jamaican Parliament consists of two Houses- the Senate, also called the Upper House, and the House of Representatives, also known as the Lower House- and the Queen.
		The House of Representatives may consist of 60 members (the maximum allowed by the Constitution), elected by single-member constituencies on the first-past-the -post basis.
		The Speaker of the House is formally elected by the members of the House of Representatives from among their number, at the first sitting after each general election or when there is a vacancy.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/govlegis.htm (1322 words)

	Bank of Jamaica \| Banknotes
		Jamaican banknotes are issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and $1000.
		The crest is a Jamaican crocodile surmounting the royal helmet and mantlings.
		Sangster was elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1949 and the following year became Minister of Social Welfare under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
	www.boj.org.jm /currency_banknotes.php (1558 words)

	Amy Ashwood Garvey and Afro-West Indian Labor in the United States Emergency Farm and War Industries' Programs of World ...
		Concerning housing, the United States-Bahamas document stated that as far as practicable, workers should be housed in camps maintained by the United States Government or, where such camps were not available, "only in quarters approved by the United States Government".
		An Ohio report noted that the Jamaicans, though forewarned about the race problem in the state, were "hurt (in their pride) to be refused service in restaurants and drinking establishments".
		In 1944, she was in politics in Jamaica as "President of the Jag-Smith Party' composed principally of women, and as its candidate for the Jamaican House of Representatives".
	www.africamigration.com /archive_02/f_baptiste.htm (11542 words)

	Questionable Conduct: The Jamaican Political Reality
		So far as we are aware, the calls for the declaration of the citizenship status of Members of either House have not sought to oust the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal on the challenges being made to the validity of elected or appointed Members.
		The distinctions between a “person” and “Member” is critical as the “House” is not a place (not Gordon House), but an institution comprising duly elected (being suitably qualified) Members in the case of Parliament and duly appointed (being suitably qualified) Members in the case of the Senate.
		It is being mused that given the age of globalization and the significant financial importance of the Jamaican diaspora, the current provisions are obsolete, inimical to good governance and provide an unnecessary obstacle to the development of the country.
	drpaulashley.blogspot.com (7603 words)

	Westminster Financial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England.
		The upper house has less power than the lower house (for example, the British House of Commons and the Jamaican House of Representatives), the seats of which are filled by popular election.
		Upper houses: Current thinking among Australian political scientists is that the Australian system of government, which has barely changed since 1901, was a strong, conscious blend of the British and US systems.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/204/westminster-financial.html (1281 words)

	Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, DC
		Parliament consists of Her Majesty the Queen and two legislative houses, a nominated Senate with 21 members and an elected House of Representatives with 60 members.
		The Governor-General is required to appoint as Prime Minister the member of the House of Representatives who commands the support of the majority of the members of that house, usually the head of the political party that has a majority of seats in parliament.
		The Jamaican constitution secures the office of the Leader of the Opposition, who is the member of the House of Representatives who commands the support of the majority of those members who do not support the Government.
	www.embassyofjamaica.org /ABOUTpolitics.htm (429 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - Tribalism in overdrive - Sunday \| September 30, 2007
		The great nightmare Bruce Golding has is that the seat count in the House of Representatives could be reversed before the year is out.
		This she was entitled to because of Jamaican parentage.
		She is, therefore, probably the only one of the Members of Parliament who have taken an oath of allegiance to the Queen.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20070930/cleisure/cleisure3.html (1062 words)

	National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT): Jamaican Transport Minister outlines rail plans
		Jamaican Transport Minister Mike Henry on Wednesday outlined far-reaching plans which should see the kick-starting of plans towards the revival of the defunct Jamaican rail system.
		Henry pointed out that the Chinese proposal is the route being taken and it is now a "done deal," with the ministry and the government looking forward to bringing back the buzz which once dotted the geographical network, which was covered by the passenger rail service.
		Henry further said the initiative is expected to create thousands of jobs for Jamaicans during and after the construction of the railway lines and supporting networks.
	www.rmtbristol.org.uk /2008/05/jamaican_transport_minister_ou.html (1388 words)

	Jamaica
		Headly Cunningham, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mr.
		Jamaican Governor-General Cooke, Speaker of the House of Representatives Neilson, Deputy Speaker Williams and Vice-President of the Senate Douglas met with the delegation respectively.
		On October 27, 2000, Jamaican Minister of Finance Davies, representing Jamaican government, signed a loan agreement with the representative of the Export-Import Bank of China.
	www.fmprc.gov.cn /eng/wjb/zzjg/ldmzs/gjlb/3503/default.htm (2576 words)

	Jamaican Symbols
		The Jamaican Coat of Arms shows a male and female member of the Taino tribe standing oneither side of a sheild which bears a red cross with five golden pineapples.
		On the crest is a Jamaican crocodile mounted onthe Royal Helmet of the British Monarcy and mantling.
		It is well to note that the beautiful feathers of these birds have no counterpart in the entire bird population and produce iridescent colours characteristic only of that family.
	www.jamaicantastebuds.com /symbols-.html (382 words)

	flagsonline.net Flag of Jamaica
		The Jamaican flag was designed by a bipartisan committee of the Jamaican House of Representatives and was adopted upon independence from Great Britain on the 6th of August 1962.
		The original design for the Jamaican flag, a horizontal striped pattern using the same colours as the current flag, was rejected because of its similarity to the then flag of Tanganyika, now part of Tanzania.
		The Jamaican flag is symbolised by the motto: Hardships there are but the land is green and the sun shineth.
	www.flagsonline.net /jam.htm (193 words)

	JAMAICA: Constitution of 1962
		Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this Order, is a member of the House of Representatives and holds office as a Parliamentary Secretary shall, as from that time hold office as Parliamentary Secretary as if he had been appointed thereto under the provisions of section 78 of the Constitution.
		The House of Representatives shall consist of persons who, being qualified for election as members in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, have been so elected in the manner provided by or under any law for the time being in force in Jamaica and who shall be known as "Members of Parliament".
		is disqualified for membership of the House of Representatives by or under any law for the time being in force in Jamaica because he has been convicted of any offence connected with the election of members of that House or of any local authority or body for local purposes.
	www.georgetown.edu /pdba/Constitutions/Jamaica/jam62.html (11240 words)

	Jamaica (05/08)
		As chief of state, Queen Elizabeth II appoints a governor general, on the advice of the prime minister, as her representative in Jamaica.
		Parliament is composed of an appointed Senate and an elected House of Representatives.
		The current composition of the lower house of Jamaica's Parliament is 32 JLP and 28 PNP.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2032.htm (3020 words)

	THE JAMAICAN SENATE
		Bills may be submitted before either house, save in the case of finance bills which must be submitted before the House of Representatives.
		Before transmitting a bill to the Senate, the House of Representatives may propose amendments which are considered as adopted and approved by the House of Representatives if they have been accepted by the Senate.
		Where a bill has been adopted by the House of Representatives twice in the same session and sent before the Senate at least seven months prior to the end of the session (first proposal) and at least one month prior to the end of the session (second proposal), and is successively rejected by the Senate,
	www.senat.fr /senatsdumonde/english/jamaique.html (924 words)

	Maxwell's House ::: John Maxwell ::: Jamaican Journalist & Columnist
		The awesome spectre of John Maxwell has loomed large and impressive over Jamaican journalism, and every practising journalist under the age of 65, which is almost everybody currently in the profession, has grown up in the shadow of this enigma.
		Jamaicans had caught a vision of their own becoming leaders in their own land and charting their own destiny.
		These essays are concerned mainly with problems of the Jamaican fl majority and the uncertainties and contradictions of their role in what is supposed to be their country; the most important and accurate commentary on the ambivalence and complexity that surround fl ethnic identity in Jamaica.
	johnmaxwellshouse.blogspot.com (8397 words)

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