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Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), shares pleasantries with President of the Senate, Hon. Floyd Morris (2nd right), prior to the start of Tuesday’s (March 11) opening ceremony for the inaugural two-day Biennial Regional Conference, being staged by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Centre for Disability Studies (CDS), for which Mr. Morris is Coordinator, at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge and Conference Centre, Mona, St. Andrew. It is being held under the theme: ‘Making Government and the Private Sector Work for Persons with Disabilities’. Mr. Kellier was the guest speaker. Also sharing the moment are Special Advisor to Minister Kellier, Phyllis Mitchell (2nd left), and Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks. The conference concludes on Wednesday (March 12).

Cabinet to Get Final Draft of National Disability Bill

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to submit the final draft of the National Disability Bill to Cabinet by next week for its consideration. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, made the announcement, today (March 11), during the opening...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left) addresses the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) Quality Symposium, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, February 27. Seated at the head table are: Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left) and Senior Director (Acting) at the NCTVET, Jennifer Walker.

Ministry Creating Linkages with Overseas Labour Markets

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (2nd left); Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (right); Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Lei Liu (left); and Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Huaixiang Wu, observe a state-of-the-art cane harvester in action at Monymusk Sugar Factory, in Lionel Town, Clarendon, during their tour of the facility on February 26. Monymusk is owned and operated by Pan Caribbean.

Labour Minister Welcomes $1.6 Billion Investment in Sugar

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), with persons who were recognized for their contribution and support to the Community Training for Empowerment Programme (CTEP), at the 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay, on February 23.

World Needs Persons with Skills and Certification – Minister Kellier

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over new facilities at the Stimulation-Plus (STIM-PLUS) Early Childhood Development Centre in Rockfort, East Kingston, during a ceremony on Tuesday (February 18). Sharing the moment (from left) are: Principal of the institution, Antonica Gunter-Gayle; Executive Director, Digicel Foundation, Samantha Chantrelle; Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; and Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Jamaica, Barry O'Brien. Also pictured are students of the school.

New Facilities for Early Stimulation Programme

12 years ago Labour

Equal Access and Opportunities for the Disabled – UWI Principal

Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Archibald McDonald says there must be partnership among the government, private sector, and academic stakeholders, in order to create a disability friendly society. This he argues is to ensure that Jamaica makes provisions for the disabled that are consistent with global developments. The Pro-Vice Chancellor was speaking at the...

12 years ago Foreign AffairsLabour

RGD Takes Services to New York Tri-State Area

Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Herman Lamont is urging members of the Diaspora in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to take full advantage of the service that will be offered by the Registrar General's Department (RGD) from March 10 to 15. Mr. Lamont said that the outreach programme will give the RGD an opportunity...

12 years ago EducationLabourVision 2030

HEART Transforming Training for the Labour Market

It began operations in 1986 with a batch of 80 trainees, as the Runaway Bay HEART Academy, mainly aimed at satisfying the demand for skilled workers in the hospitality industry. The training programmes at that time consisted of six months of theoretical training and six months of practical experience in a hotel environment, where trainees performed customer service-based duties. In...

12 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry Takes to the Streets to Educate

With the imminent passage of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) legislation, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security took to the streets of downtown Kingston on February 12 to inform citizens of its requirements. The Act, which is expected to be passed in Parliament before the end of the 2013/14 legislative year in March, will set the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service, one of two buses acquired for the Overseas Employment Programme, during a ceremony held at the Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston on Tuesday (February 11). Director of the Overseas Employment Programme, Sonia Ellis-Williams (2nd right), assists the Minister, while (from left) Director, Manpower Services in the Ministry, Andrea Miller-Stennett; and bus drivers, Jerome Hall and Ricardo Nedrick, look on.

12 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry Acquires Buses for Overseas Employment Programme

The transportation arrangements for participants in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Programme have now been improved with the acquisition of two new buses. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, who officially commissioned the buses valued at US$120,000 into service on Wednesday, February 11, said the vehicles can now transport up to 100 persons to and from the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addressing the first batch of farm workers to be dispatched for 2013 to Canada, under the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Programme, on January 2, at East Street in Kingston. The 172 workers will leave the island on January 3, 2013 on a Chartered flight. (FILE)

12 years ago Labour

More Jamaicans Get Jobs Overseas

Employment under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas work programme is expected to exceed 13,400 for the 2013/14 period. The number is an increase over the 11,411 Jamaicans, who benefitted from job opportunities overseas during 2012/2013. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said that the majority of the opportunities were realized in the Canadian labour market where more than...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre) presents the keys to a new home to Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) beneficiary Joslyn Scott (seated), during the handing over ceremony held on February 7 in Plantations Heights, St. James. Among those sharing the happy moment are Food for the Poor representative, Baldwin Powell (right); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (5th left); Advisor to the Minister, Phyllis Mitchell (4th left).

12 years ago HousingLabourSocial SecurityVision 2030

30 Housing Units for PATH Families by March 31

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said that 30 housing units are slated to be constructed by March 31 to benefit families under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The provision comes under the social housing programme, which got underway in 2013, and is being undertaken through partnership with Food for the Poor at...