School rehabilitation works will get a boost from $630,000 allocated via a Schedule of Additional Provisions that the House of Assembly passed July 13, according to Education, Youth Affairs and …
July 27, 2023
May 14, 2021
Fahie highlights need for up-to-date SAPs
As the latest step in clearing up missing budget documents from past years, the House of Assembly debated and passed the Supplementary Appropriation (2016) Act, 2021 on May 11. The …
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August 10, 2020
Stamp Act, six other bills become law
The House of Assembly has been busy passing more than a dozen bills in a recent marathon of sittings. Seven of them, which were Gazetted on July 28, have now …
June 26, 2020
HOA passes 9 laws in 12 days, 2 sittings
Liquor, gambling and marijuana were some of the topics legislators debated over the past two weeks as they worked at an unusually fast past to consider 13 pieces of legislation …
March 5, 2020
Bills on shipping, micro biz fast-tracked
Legislators passed three bills last Thursday toward the end of a marathon House of Assembly session that lasted some 20 hours over the course of three days. If Governor Gus …
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May 27, 2019
Premier introduces six bills
Premier Andrew Fahie introduced six bills on Friday in the House of Assembly, including the long-awaited Consumer Protection Act. He also introduced the Immigration Passport (Amendment) Act as part of …
January 10, 2019
HOA passes seven appropriation laws
During a Dec. 28 House of Assembly sitting, several legislators expressed concern that seven supplementary appropriation bills spanning from 2007 to 2013 had been delayed by many years. Though Premier …