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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), addresses a meeting with the Labour Advisory Council at her North Street offices in Kingston on April 20. Listening is Advisor to the Minister, Beatrice Rhoden.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), addresses a meeting with the Labour Advisory Council at her North Street offices in Kingston on April 20. Listening is Advisor to the Minister, Beatrice Rhoden.

Government to Expand Overseas Employment Programme

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has announced plans for the expansion of the Overseas Employment Programme. She said the objective is to provide more job opportunities for Jamaicans. She noted, for example, that the programme with...
Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Mrs. Colette Roberts Risden (right), and Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith (second right), in conversation with Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment in St. Lucia, Ms. Juliana Alfred (second left), at the Pegasus Hotel on April 18 . At left is Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Mrs. Dione Jennings. Ms. Alfred is leading a five-member St. Lucian delegation that is studying the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH).
Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Mrs. Colette Roberts Risden (right), and Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith (second right), in conversation with Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment in St. Lucia, Ms. Juliana Alfred (second left), at the Pegasus Hotel on April 18 . At left is Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Mrs. Dione Jennings. Ms. Alfred is leading a five-member St. Lucian delegation that is studying the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH).

Team from St. Lucia Studies PATH Programme
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), greets United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Luis G. Moreno. Occasion was a visit by the United States Ambassador to the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices on April 15, for talks on a range of issues.
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), greets United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Luis G. Moreno. Occasion was a visit by the United States Ambassador to the Ministry’s downtown Kingston offices on April 15, for talks on a range of issues.

Gov’t Committed to Eradicating Child Labour and Human Trafficking – Labour Minister
Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses the launch of the CMI/Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College Campus in Granville, St. James on April 7.
Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses the launch of the CMI/Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College Campus in Granville, St. James on April 7.

Young People in St. James to be Prepared for Jobs in Maritime Sector
Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings.
Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings.

NIS Continues to Protect the Most Vulnerable

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Budget 2016/2017Labour

$243 Million Earmarked for Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme

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...
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Budget 2016/2017LabourVision 2030

Poverty Reduction Programme Receives $400 Million

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...
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Budget 2016/2017EnvironmentLabour

$305 Million for Integrated Community Development Project

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...
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Budget 2016/2017Labour

Gov’t Continues Support for Persons with Disabilities

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...
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Budget 2016/2017Labour

$592 Million to Improve Market Access

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...
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Labour

Centre for Special Needs Children Opens in Portland

Special needs children in Portland and surrounding parishes now have access to a fully equipped centre that will facilitate their holistic development. The Mickhail Betancourt Building, located in Orange Bay, was established through partnership between the Government and the Digicel Foundation. It will be operated by the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The...
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Executive Director of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Christine Rodriguez, makes a point during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Labour

Intellectual Disabilities Association Focuses on Partnerships

The Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID) is looking to forge new partnerships, while strengthening existing collaborations, in order to better serve the intellectually disabled community. Addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, JAID’s Executive Director, Christine Rodriguez, said partnerships are needed with Government and non-government entities to ensure the sustainability of programmes being undertaken by the association. She cited for...
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