A sum of $1.6 billion has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, towards the continuation of the Integrated Support to the Jamaica Social Protection Strategy project. The project, which commenced in November 2015, is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....

The Government has allocated $4.3 billion towards the improvement of the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) through the Social Protection Project II. The funds have been made available in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The initiative is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security through funding provided by...

The Government is continuing work on the Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme with an allocation of $243 million. The funds have been made available in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the project aims to support...

The Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) IV, directed at the attainment of Goals One and Two of Jamaica’s National Development Plan, Vision 2030, has received a further allotment of $400 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), through funding from the European Union, aims...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will continue its implementation of the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, through a further allotment of $305 million. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is also to contribute to increased community safety in selected...

A sum of $70 million has been earmarked in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure for the continuation of the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities project. The project, which started August 2013, is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security with funding provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). It aims to...

A sum of $592.79 million will be spent this year on a project to improve the market access for micro and small-scale rural agricultural producers and tourism product and service providers. This allocation to the project, titled ‘Rural Economic Development Initiative’, is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Through this project, which started...

A delegation from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, in St. Lucia, is currently in the island for a one-week study tour of the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH). The five-member team, headed by Permanent Secretary, Ms. Juliana Alfred, was welcomed on April 18 by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, at...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Government remains committed to the eradication of child labour and human trafficking in Jamaica. She was addressing a meeting with United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Luis G. Moreno, and other officials from the US Embassy, at the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices on April 15. Minister Robinson informed...