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Developers can now benefit from speedier transactions at the National Land Agency (NLA) with the introduction of the agency's new express service, Simultaneous Lodgements. NLA's Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Stair, explained that, "Simultaneous Lodgements allows for the lodgement of both your survey plans and your title application documents for issuing titles for subdivisions. If the customer lodges the survey plan...

Starting February 1, the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be embarking on an islandwide enrollment drive with the aim of increasing the number of beneficiaries under the programme. Director for PATH in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Trevor Smith, said that the drive was primarily to reach some 36,000 persons, who have been selected...

Amendments to the Road Traffic Act, which would give deaf and hearing-impaired persons the right to drive, could be completed before the end of the legislative year. Senator Floyd Morris, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, told JIS News, that the Bill was before the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and could be put before Parliament by...

Some 5,792 persons in Portland who were affected by Hurricane Ivan, which hit the island on September 10, have registered with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for government's assistance. In an interview with JIS News, Marie Stampp, Public Assistance Administrator at the Portland office of the Ministry, said that the number included persons from a wide cross section...

Effective November 1, the National Minimum Wage will be increased by 11.1 per cent to $2,000 per 40-hour work week, up from $1,800. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley, who made the announcement today at his office in Kingston, said the minimum wage for industrial security guards would move to...

Twelve pickup vans valued at over $12 million have been handed over to Parish Mangers at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security to carry out social work, public education and training for the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). They were presented to the Managers at a ceremony held at the Ministry's Heroes Circle offices in Kingston,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has said that some 168,000 children aged between zero and 17 years will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), by the end of the financial year. He said the Programme has been expanded to incorporate more children by moving the beneficiary...

Joseph Matalon, Chairman of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), has reported a 37.6 per cent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past year, moving from $10.6 billion in 2002 to $17 billion in 2003. The increased investment has resulted in 5,190 new jobs being created for the current year in the information technology (IT), manufacturing, mining, film, and tourism...