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It is expected that 6,700 jobs will be created for Jamaicans, with the $36 billion (US$400 million) islandwide road repair project, which is being implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA). The work, which will begin later this year and completed in the course of five years, will be carried out under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP). This was...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security staged its final Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Day at the Fletchers Land Community Centre, downtown Kingston, on Wednesday (August 18). This followed similar activities in Tivoli Gardens, Denham Town and Hannah Town, and is being undertaken to provide assistance to families in need of social support, following the recent...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security staged a third Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Day at the Hannah Town Community Centre, West Kingston, on Wednesday (August 11). This followed similar activities in Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town, and is being undertaken at the behest of Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, to provide assistance to families...

It is anticipated that for the 2010/11 financial year, there will be an increase in the number of Jamaicans recruited to participate in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's United States (US) and Canadian employment programmes. This is according the Ministry's annual report for 2009/10 tabled in the House of Representatives recently, which stated that the signs of the...

For the 2009/10 financial year, a total of $2.5 billion was disbursed to Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) beneficiaries. As contained in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's 2009/10 annual report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently, the largest number of individuals benefiting from PATH disbursements occurred in the fourth cycle (September to...

The number of applications received by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for permits to work in Jamaica, declined by 158 or 7.2 per cent, from 2,193 in the 2008/09 fiscal year to 2,035 in 2009/10. This is according to the Ministry's 2009/10 report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently. Of the 2,035 applications received during...

Under the 'Roots to Self' project, initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's Overseas Employment Family Services Unit, several individuals are being assisted to become more self-reliant. According to the Ministry's annual report for 2009/10, tabled in the House of Representatives recently, the project assists dependents of migrant workers to become less reliant on remittances from these workers...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security continued its social interventions in West Kingston, with a Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Day Information Fair, at the Tivoli Gardens community centre, on Wednesday (August 4). The initiative, announced by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, following the recent unrest in West Kingston, aims to facilitate social mobility...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles

Residents of Denham Town, West Kingston, turned out Wednesday (July 28) for the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Day, organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. During the sessions residents were sensitised about agencies and programmes which can facilitate their social mobility and empowerment. They also registered for assistance under PATH, as well as the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Alvin McIntosh, has said that the Ministry will continue its social intervention programme in the Western Kingston communities, on July 28. In an interview with JIS News, the Permanent Secretary said that this initiative would be a multi-agency approach, undertaken over two weeks in the communities of Fletchers Land, Hannah...

A total of seven Resident Care Aides (RCAs) are to leave the island on Tuesday July 27 to take up employment in Nova Scotia, Canada. They are the first batch of 44 persons, trained under a programme being undertaken in partnership with Jamaican and Canada authorities, to be dispatched to the North American country. Minister of Labour and Social Security,...