Another difference is who they represent. Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts. Today, Congress consists of 100 senators (two from each state) and 435 voting members of the House of Representatives.

Congress is divided into two institutions: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The two houses of Congress have equal but unique roles in the federal government.

Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress.

The Commonwealth Parliament

Queen Elizabeth IISince 1952

Scott MorrisonSince 2018

Section 61 of the constitution states that “The executive power of the Commonwealth is vested in the Queen and is exercisable by the Governor‑General as the Queen’s representative, and extends to the execution and maintenance of this Constitution, and of the laws of the Commonwealth.” Section 2 provides that a governor …

Queen Elizabeth IISince 1962

Jamaica was an English colony from 1655 (when it was captured by the English from Spain), and a British Colony from 1707 until 1962, when it became independent. Jamaica became a Crown colony in 1866.

The Queen’s role Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy with The Queen as Sovereign. The Queen’s Royal style and title is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of Jamaica and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth.

Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom in 1962 but remains a member of the Commonwealth.

Trinidad and Tobago

Nigeria has a GDP per capita of $5,900 as of 2017, while in Jamaica, the GDP per capita is $9,200 as of 2017.

Ghana with a GDP of $65.6B ranked the 73rd largest economy in the world, while Jamaica ranked 122nd with $15.7B….Gross Domestic Product & Income.

The official language is English, which is “used in all domains of public life”, including the government, the legal system, the media, and education. However, the primary spoken language is an English-based creole called Jamaican Patois (or Patwa).

St Ann

Jamaica’s Richest Neighborhoods

• Jacks Hill. Located in upper St.
• Norbrook. For a suburb, it is the closest thing you’ll get to a “Goldilocks zone” in Kingston.
• Millsborough.
• Stony Hill.
• Smoky Vale and Cooper’s Hill.
• Beverly Hills.
• Mandeville.
• Spring Farm, Montego Bay.

St James parish

A person working in Jamaica typically earns around 96,400 JMD per month. Salaries range from 24,400 JMD (lowest average) to 430,000 JMD (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher). This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.

Six in-demand jobs for 2020

• Data Analyst/Scientist. Data analytics and data science are interdisciplinary fields of scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge or insight from data in various forms, either structured or unstructured.
• Software Developer.
• Product Designers (Creativity Jobs)

Highest Paying Jobs in Sales

• 1Wholesale Manager(208,000 JMD)
• 2National Sales Manager(201,000 JMD)
• 3Sales Director(186,000 JMD)
• 4Sales Executive(172,000 JMD)
• 5Sales Manager(165,000 JMD)
• 6National Account Manager(151,000 JMD)
• 7Head of Direct Sales(143,000 JMD)
• 8Head of Retail(141,000 JMD)

While you can certainly find multi-million dollar homes in some parts of Jamaica (for instance, Montego Bay), property on the whole is much cheaper than in the U.S. Factoring in food, transportation, utilities and recreation, you can live reasonably in Jamaica on a monthly budget of between $600 and $700.