Parliamentary Updates

At the Standing Finance Committee, Heatha Miller Bennett MP raised concerns with the Finance Minister about projections showing increased revenue for the Postal Corporation of Jamaica.

Questions were asked about the potential impact of a recent US policy affecting duty-free packages under $800—an important revenue stream for the corporation—as well as the effect of post offices being closed following “Melissa.”

The exchange also highlighted concerns about how these realities align with the government’s revenue projections for the Postal Corporation.

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With several of her constituents still without roofs on their homes, some nine weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament (MP) for Hanover Western, has started an initiative to help affected persons replace their missing roofs – a key to restoring comfort.

A 78-year-old grandmother in this parish is living a nightmare she never imagined.
Hurricane Melissa stole her only child, leaving her to pick through the wreckage of his shattered house and become mother once more to his three grieving sons who lost their mother four years ago.

Attorney-at-law Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament-elect (MP) for Hanover Western, does not plan to be a missing person (MP) representative because, as a native of the constituency, she is well aware of the issues which persist in the communities. Miller-Bennett, a newcomer to representation politics, who won the seat on a People’s National Party (PNP) ticket, said she was inspired by the resilience of the people and wanted to play a pivotal role in helping to develop the various communities through addressing some of the social ills.

Hanover MP urges government to restart rural school bus service amid transportation costs affecting students following Melissa.

A call is being made for the Government to quickly resume the rural school bus programme to help offset transportation costs being faced by students who have gone back to school following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding today named a 36-member Shadow Cabinet comprising a team of spokespersons and some deputies.

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