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The National Insurance Scheme (NIS), which falls under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), will be embarking  on a public sensitisation programme to promote the scheme as a suitable savings plan and not a tax. Acting Director of the NIS, Portia Magnus, said that the initiative will include conducting workshops, using word of mouth, and producing and disseminating...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is encouraging employers and others in the productive sector to take advantage of its Labour Market Information System (LMIS), as this is an inexpensive approach to business and an easy way to identify suitable job candidates. He said the LMIS represents one of the strategies to manage and respond to the...

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce celebrates the life of one of Jamaica’s most accomplished sons, who passed away on January 20, 2012, a day after his 95th birthday. Notwithstanding the fact that he was born in Panama, our Nation’s history is all the richer through the contributions that he made in the name of his adopted country. Many will remember...

Manchester will be the area of focus for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), as the ministry observes Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Week, January 22 to 27, to sensitize the public about its work. The LMIS is a one-stop data and information source, designed to satisfy the needs of job seekers and employers in the labour market....

Convenor, Umbrella Group of Churches, Rev. Dr. Lenworth Anglin, says the church is recommitting itself to playing a major role in the rebuilding of critical areas of national life, as the country unites in celebration of its first 50 years of independence. Dr. Anglin, who was giving the main address at the 32nd staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security issued a statement Wednesday (January 11) denying reports of job recruitment at the Braco Resort, Trelawny, later this month. The Ministry was responding to "advertisements circulated through the social networks and the electronic media” about the recruitment at the Government owned resort. "It has come to the attention of the National Insurance Fund...

The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) will this year focus on renovating the Glenhope Place of Safety, in St. Andrew, a section of which was destroyed by fire last year. Speaking at a press conference held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston to launch the event on January 11 Chairman of the NLPB Committee. Rev. Dr. Peter Garth said...

KINGSTON — Community projects valued at more than $100 million have been facilitated by the Social Development Commission (SDC), since January this year. “We have trained over 125 community groups in the art of project development and project writing, and this has led to us enabling the projects in the various communities,” Executive Director of the SDC, Dwayne Vernon, told...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security wishes to advise pensioners that arrangements have been made at Post Offices Island wide for the early encashment of pension vouchers under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Pension vouchers payable from December 20, 2011 to December 23, 2011 may be cashed as of Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Pensioners should note, however, that the...

KINGSTON — Premium rates are due to persons who work on December 26, 27, 2011 and January 2, 2012, but Sunday, December 25 and Sunday, January 1 will not be treated as public holidays for the payment of services rendered, but as a normal Sunday workday. In keeping with the provisions of the Holiday (Public General) Act, which states that...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in his role as Minister of Defence, explained that the government accepted an offer from the United States government for General Surveillance and Imagery Assistance and Communications to support local security operations in May 2010. The Prime Minister was addressing journalists at a press conference at Jamaica House. Also participating in the conference were Minister of...

KINGSTON — Wynter's Pen resident Steven Allen is a proud and happy young man, who is looking ahead to a bright future. Once “just sitting at home” with little job prospects, he is today an entrepreneur, who operates a thriving barber shop in his Spanish Town-based community. Steven is crediting his new lease on life to the skills training he...