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The number of industrial disputes reported to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the 2004/05 fiscal year fell to 131, from 165 for the previous year. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May 17, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley attributed the decrease of industrial disputes to dialogue between the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security generated an estimated revenue intake of $160 million from issuing work permits to foreign nationals employed to work in the island, during the 2004/05 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley during his presentation in the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has congratulated the St. Ann Association of Branch Societies for the "tremendous work" they have been doing as a farmers' lobby group, catering to the needs and interest of communities in the parish. "Although the agricultural sector in general has been experiencing different kinds of setbacks and constraints from the...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 18) approved the Overseas Examination Commission Act 2005, paving the way for the Commission to be converted into a statutory body. Education, Youth and Culture Minister Maxine Henry Wilson, who piloted the Bill, said the legislation would facilitate the placing into statute, the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Overseas Examination Committee and...

The number of industrial disputes reported to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the 2004/05 fiscal year fell to 131, from 165 for the previous year. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May 17, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley attributed the decrease of industrial disputes to dialogue between the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security generated an estimated revenue intake of $160 million from issuing work permits to foreign nationals employed to work in the island, during the 2004/05 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley during his presentation in the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on May...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has congratulated the St. Ann Association of Branch Societies for the "tremendous work" they have been doing as a farmers' lobby group, catering to the needs and interest of communities in the parish. "Although the agricultural sector in general has been experiencing different kinds of setbacks and constraints from the...

Parents and teachers in Trelawny are encouraged to come out and participate in the Western early childhood exposition, to he held at the Hague Showground in Falmouth on Thursday, May 26.The event, which is being held as part of Child Month activities, is designed to provide parents with the necessary information to prepare their children for school. According to Audrey...

As part of Labour Day 2005 activities on May 23, members of the public are being urged to take in their used lead acid batteries to designated temporary depots island wide. The appeal comes in light of the impending June launch of a National Used Lead Acid Battery Project by the Ministry of Land and Environment in collaboration with several...

When Hurricane Ivan hit the island's shores last September, Jamaicans had a better handle on the preventative and safety measures they needed to take in the face of the 150 mph category four hurricane, unlike 16 years ago when Hurricane Gilbert all but caught the nation off-guard. Ronald Jackson, Deputy Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency...

A total of 37 projects have been registered in the parish of Trelawny for National Labour Day 2005. The work to be undertaken includes the upgrading of community centres, planting of trees and drain cleaning activities. In keeping with the emphasis on disaster preparedness, the renovation of the Wakefield community centre has been chosen as the parish project. "It is...

About 60 volunteers from Sligoville in St. Catherine will participate in the patching of potholes on the Waugh Hill road in the community on Labour Day (Monday, May 23). The Day is being observed under the theme: 'Prepare for Disaster, Recover Faster'. Co-ordinator for the Labour Day activities, Rosemarie Greene told JIS News that the road was being repaired because...