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The Jamaica Productivity Centre will be partnering with Japanese product improvement specialist, Makoto Oyama, to provide technical assistance to a number of public and private sector organisations over the next two years. Mr. Oyama, who has over 30 years of experience in his field, was assigned to the centre recently to provide technical assistance to small and medium sized enterprises,...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), will launch a Child Labour Project on Wednesday (February 4), to address the issue of child labour in Jamaica,. Speaking in an interview with JIS news, Director of the Ministry's Child Labour Unit, Mrs. Marva Ximminies said that one of the main aims of the...

Forty-two farm workers will benefit from employment opportunities as they proceed on a trip to New York and Connecticut on Thursday January 29, 2009. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, said the departure of these workers represent the Ministry's continued effort to protect the quality of life of the Jamaican workers, as well as creating stability amidst...

With the impact of the financial crisis crunching down on world economies, and concerns about job losses increase, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), through its Special Youth Employment and Training (SYEAT) project, is preparing young people for opportunities that may arise during and in the aftermath of the crisis. In so doing, SYEAT has partnered with Institute...

Increasingly, stakeholders in the local business sector are becoming cognisant of the challenges that Governments face in meeting all of the needs of the citizens. As such they are subscribing to the philosophy of social reinvestment, to aid in national development, thereby creating a more socially equitable society. Three organisations, the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), National Commercial Bank...

Amidst the global economic challenge and fear of job losses, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is continuing its $47 million Special Youth Employment and Training project (SYEAT). Approximately 500 young persons will be trained under the SYEAT project in collaboration with the Institute for Workforce Education and Development (IWED) a subsidiary of Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited (MMS)....

The National Policy for Persons with Disabilities indicates that negative perception and attitude towards disability, has resulted in the isolation and exclusion of persons with disabilities from the mainstream of society. As a result, they are faced with a number of problems, especially in the areas of education, training, employment, medical care, housing, and recreation. Those with disabilities are amongst...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that some 941 cases of loss and property damage have been recorded for the parish of St. James. According to the Ministry's Regional Manager for St. James, Devon Malcolm, 33 homes were totally destroyed, 241 received severe damage, 112 experienced major damage, and 555 received minor damage. "To date we have...

A commemorative civic ceremony was held in Islington, St. Mary on Tuesday, May 30, to honor four citizens of the parish who lost their lives during the labor unrest of 1938. Caleb Barrett, Archibald Franklin, Thaddeus Smith and Felix McLeggon were killed by police in Islington on Friday, June 3, 1938, when they joined in the nationwide protest against the...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) should be fully operational within another year with a board of management in place, said Consultant Advisor in Labour Relations at the Labour and Social Security Ministry, Gresford Smith. Mr. Smith, who made the disclosure at a recent JIS Think Tank said, "I expect that in another year or so, we would have the staffing...

The efforts of the Pesticides Control Authority to register premises to sell restricted pesticides and to license pest control operators, is being met with some measure of success. According to information contained in the 2004 Annual Report of the Health Ministry, during the 2003/04 reporting period, 18 new products were registered and 42 applications were received, 34 of which were...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris has said that in order for the abuse of illicit drugs to cease, the demand cycle must be broken. He was giving the keynote address at the opening ceremony for a Joint Research Symposium and Regional Meeting of National Drug Councils, being hosted by the CARICOM...