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The Government will, this year, provide more than 2,000 housing solutions to residents across the island, in an effort to regularise existing squatter communities. This was announced by Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy on Tuesday, May 21, during his contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives. Dr. Guy informed that among the...

Amendments to the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, which will broaden the categories of skilled Jamaicans able to access jobs in other regional states, are to be laid before Parliament soon. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, will table the amendments, development of which is far advanced. The legislation will increase the categories of workers...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) is carrying out a registration exercise to determine the number of persons living with disabilities in the island. The process, which started in February, will continue until July of this year, Executive Director of the JCPD, Christine Hendricks, tells JIS News. She said the objective is to have accurate data regarding persons...

Tye Dixon Basic School in St. Catherine is to receive a face-lift this Labour Day, May 23, as staff members of the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) have adopted the school for their project. This was disclosed by Managing Director of RWSL, Audley Thompson, at the Heads of Agencies meeting of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change,...

Jamaicans have been called upon to increase the nation's productivity levels even as they reflect on the accomplishments of workers during this year's Labour Day and Workers' Week celebrations . The call was made by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, in a message read by his Chief Technical Director, Errol Miller, at the National Workers' Week...

MONTEGO BAY - The Roaring River Early Childhood Institution has been selected as the Westmoreland parish project for Labour Day 2013. The school will see major upgrading of its bathroom facilities, ceiling, as well as the painting of walls and other refurbishing work. Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, in welcoming the project, told JIS News that he is expecting...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is urging private and public sector companies to seek the assistance of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. The improvement in operational efficiencies, he said, will not only boost the productivity of the business, but also help to "get the country's productivity index moving...

The island’s Correctional Officers are the latest group of public sector workers to accept a wage restraint until 2015. The Senior Uniformed Officers Association and the Jamaica Federation of Correctional Officers inked the Heads of Agreement at a ceremony, held at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Heroes Circle, in Kingston, on May 16. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister...

The St. Ann Infirmary, located in Priory, has been selected as the parish Labour Day project and will be receiving upgrading and refurbishing work on May 23. In an interview with JIS News, Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Desmond Gilmore, said the work to be done at the institution will include painting of the walls and bathroom facilities, replacing...

Cabinet has approved $4 million to fund Labour Day activities, which will be observed on Thursday, May 23, under the theme: ‘Lend a Hand…Build Our Land’. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the announcement on Wednesday, May 15, at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing. Projects will focus on children’s homes, day care centres, and basic schools. The...

As part of National Workers Week activities this year, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will tour several businesses that have benefited from the interventions of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC). The interventions have focused on issues such as waste reduction, energy conservation, productivity-linked wage systems, and non-monetary compensation systems. Speaking at the launch of National Labour...

The national spotlight for Labour Day 2013 will be on the St. Mary Infirmary in Port Maria. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, made the announcement at the launch of National Labour and National Workers Week 2013, on Monday, May 13, at Jamaica House. Miss Hanna informed that work will be done to upgrade the facility, “so that...