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Additional classrooms constructed at the Discovery Bay All-Age School, to remove the institution from the shift system. They were built through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. (File)

JSIF Has Spent $18.6 Billion on Social Development Projects

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has spent some $18.6 billion on social development projects in the country over the past 20 years, resulting in some two million persons being impacted. Chairman of JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the fund...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

Minister Robinson Welcomes Upgrading Works in Ocho Rios

Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison.

Do Not Abuse the Elderly

Rodney Rose of the Charles Town Maroon Council (right), blows an abeng to welcome persons to the launch of a National Community Tourism Portal by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at the Devonshire, Devon House on September 28. Looking on are (from left) Tourism Specialist with JSIF, Beverly Stewart; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; Managing Director at JSIF, Omar Sweeney; and World Bank Country Manager, Galina Sotirova. In the background (at right) is Marcia Douglas of the Charles Town Maroon Council. The National Community Tourism Portal is a web-based platform to promote registered community-based tourism enterprises in Jamaica.

National Community Tourism Portal Launched

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Mrs. Christine Hendricks. (File)

Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) Commends Tourism Ministry

9 years ago LabourParliament

Actuarial Review of NIS Every Three Years

The House of Representatives has approved amendments to the National Insurance (Amendment) Act, allowing for an actuarial review of the national insurance scheme (NIS) every three years, instead of the current five years. The Bill was piloted by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, in the House on September 28. Mrs. Robinson said the reduction in the...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, examine one of two wood chipper machines which, along with 30 bins, were handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) by JSIF for use in a waste separation and compost project to be jointly undertaken by the agencies in collaboration with Recycling Partners of Jamaica.

9 years ago CommunityLabourLocal Government

JSIF, NSWMA Embarking on Waste Separation Project

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided just over 2,000 bins and two wood-chipping machines, valuing nearly $22 million, to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). These will be used to assist in improving garbage collection and disposal in 30 communities islandwide under a waste-separation and compost project being jointly undertaken by the agencies with input from the...

Winner of the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) 2016 Spelling Bee Competition, Lenworth Wright (centre), receives his awards from NCSC Chairperson, Dorothy Finlayson (right), following the final for the event’s 12th staging at the St. Andrew Parish Church hall in Kingston on September 15. Sharing the moment is Acting NCSC Parish Coordinator for Trelawny, Lloydia Williams.

9 years ago Labour

History Created in National Senior Citizens Spelling Bee Competition

Sixty-three-year-old Lenworth Wright from Trelawny created history after winning the 2016 National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) Spelling Bee championship. In winning the annual tournament during the final at the St. Andrew Parish Church hall in Kingston on September 15, Mr. Wright earned the distinction of being the first male to do so since the competition’s inception in 2004 He...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings, delivering portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson’s message at the opening of the Centre of Excellence in Catherine Hall, St. James, on September 21.

9 years ago Labour

Minister Says Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Top Priority

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Ministry is giving priority to the welfare and advancement of persons with disabilities. In her message, read by the Ministry’s Chief Technical Director, Dionne Jennings, at the official opening of the Montego Bay Learning Centre in Catherine Hall, St. James, on September 21, she applauded the commitment of the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (back row, second right), with the 2015 and 2016 Margaret Moody Scholarship recipients, after the awards ceremony on September 21, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Seated are (from left) Jade Morgan (2015) and Ian Smith (2016). In the back row (from left) are Executive Director at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks; Delon Smith (2016); Taskeka Payne (2015) and Shamar Bennett (2016).

9 years ago LabourSocial SecurityVision 2030Youth

Three Disabled Young Men Receive Scholarships

Three young men are this year’s recipients of the Margaret Moody Scholarship Fund administered by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). The awardees, Delon Smith, Ian Smith and Shamar Bennett, who have varying forms of disabilities, were selected out of a competitive group of 13 applicants. Margaret Moody, who was a nurse at the University Hospital of the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, delivers her keynote address at the media launch of Senior Citizens’ Week on September 20 at the Church of God in Jamaica in Kingston. Listening are Director of Senior Citizens, East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Carl Cunningham; and Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dione Jennings.

9 years ago Labour

Seniors Urged to Assist Moral and Ethics Revival

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is calling on senior citizens to pass on good morals and ethics to the youth in Jamaica. “Jamaica is in need of a revival. We have become so crass, so boorish [and] so rude. It is just the roof that is leaking and we know that with your help we can...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

9 years ago Labour

Staff of NIF-Owned Hotel Congratulated by Minister

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has congratulated the new Melia Braco Hotel in Trelawny for winning the prestigious tourism award for being named ‘Best new hotel for the Caribbean 2016’ by World Travel Awards. Addressing a grand celebration at the hotel on September 18, the Minister said that she is pleased and proud that such a...