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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,...

With the social assessment of several West Kingston communities now complete, the Government is currently analysing the findings to determine the priorities in order to further assist the residents. The assessment, which became necessary following the operation by the security forces in the area in late May, was conducted by approximately 100 social workers from the Social Development Commission (SDC)...

The fourth in a series of National Education Consultations was held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on July16. The consultations, which are being staged as a joint effort between the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) and the Ministry of Education, seek to provide a forum through which dialogue on the Programme of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has asked parents of children on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to ensure that benefits from the programme are used for the purposes for which they are granted. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles He noted that PATH, which falls under his Ministry, seeks...