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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), and Special Advisor in the Ministry, Everton Pryce, observe a recruitment session for the Overseas Hospitality Employment Programme, at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, in Montego Bay, on January 13. Margaret Harris of Sea Island Resort (USA) interviews applicant, Kaniel Ottey .
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), and Special Advisor in the Ministry, Everton Pryce, observe a recruitment session for the Overseas Hospitality Employment Programme, at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, in Montego Bay, on January 13. Margaret Harris of Sea Island Resort (USA) interviews applicant, Kaniel Ottey .

Labour Minister Calls on Overseas Hospitality Workers to be Positive

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has encouraged participants in the United States Hospitality Employment Programme to go overseas with a positive attitude, thereby ensuring they are consistently showcasing the best of Jamaica. “You all represent...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses the opening of a two-day training workshop, hosted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, on January 12. The workshop is to provide participants with technical training in preparation for carrying out Jamaica’s National Child Labour Survey, which will be done between April and June 2016.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses the opening of a two-day training workshop, hosted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, on January 12. The workshop is to provide participants with technical training in preparation for carrying out Jamaica’s National Child Labour Survey, which will be done between April and June 2016.

Labour Minister Proposes Strategies to Combat Child Labour
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), speaks with Regional Vice President of Malia Hotels International, Alvaro Schroder, during the official opening of Melia Braco Resort in Trelawny on Thursday, January 7.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), speaks with Regional Vice President of Malia Hotels International, Alvaro Schroder, during the official opening of Melia Braco Resort in Trelawny on Thursday, January 7.

Meliá Braco a Solid Investment – Dr. Ferguson
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), acknowledges the warm welcome she received, at the official opening of the Meliá Braco Village in Trelawny on Thursday (January 7). At left is General Manager of the hotel, Dimitris Kosvogiannis.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), acknowledges the warm welcome she received, at the official opening of the Meliá Braco Village in Trelawny on Thursday (January 7). At left is General Manager of the hotel, Dimitris Kosvogiannis.

Opening of Meliá Braco a Signal of Confidence in Jamaica – PM
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.

Labour Ministry Seeking to Expand SAWP

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Check Legitimacy of Overseas Employment Agencies

Director of Manpower Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Andrea Miller-Stennett, is imploring members of the public to contact the Ministry to verify the legitimacy of agencies offering jobs overseas, in order to guard against employment scams. “We have situations out there where persons are being scammed. Persons are coming to them promising jobs overseas... and we...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
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Labour Ministry Wants Females Involved in Overseas Work Programmes

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Ministry is seeking to put measures in place to increase the participation of female workers in the overseas employment programmes. The Minister was speaking at the 2016 dispatch ceremony for some 310 participants in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SWAP) at the Overseas Employment Services Centre at...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
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More Than 8,000 Jamaicans to Benefit from Employment Opportunities in Canada

More than 8,000 Jamaicans are to benefit from employment opportunities in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), this year. The farm workers, 310 of whom will leave on January 6 as the first batch, will be engaged in various agricultural industries, including greenhouse crop production, food processing, vegetable and plant nurseries as well as other agricultural activities. Director...
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GM of Golden Age Home Calls for More Support from Corporate Jamaica

General Manager of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, Laurette Adams-Thomas, is imploring corporate Jamaica to increase  its support of the elderly and destitute. Mrs. Adams-Thomas made the call during an interview with JIS News, following a tour of the Kingston-based facility by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, on December  31. She said some organisations...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is greeted by Chief Technical Director of Social Services in the Ministry, Miss Dionne Jennings (right), ahead of a tour of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, on Thursday (December 31). Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, Mr. Errol Greene (second left) and General Manager, Mrs. Laurette Adams-Thomas (second right), look on.
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Social Security Minister Pledges Continued Support for Golden Age Home

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has pledged the Ministry’s continued support of the staff and residents of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in Kingston. Speaking  on Thursday, December 31,  ahead of a tour of the facility, he said social protection is the responsibility of the Jamaican Government, and its work in this area, in...
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Dana-Gaye Weller (in wheelchair), is all smiles after receiving a plaque and laptop from Internet Income Jamaica at Emancipation Park recently, after successfully completing a training programme with the company. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Parent with disabled child, Denise Williams; Executive Director at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks, and Chief Executive Officer at Internet Income Jamaica, Alicia Lyttle.
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Dana-Gaye Overcomes Disability to Excel

Dana-Gaye Weller is living proof that there are no boundaries to excelling. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age three, a genetic disorder that progressively weakens and results in the loss of muscle mass over time, she was given until age eight to live. Now 27 years old, she has surpassed all expectations. A contrast for many persons with disabilities (PWDs),...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd right), and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), observe as HEART Trust/NTA Executive Director, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), explains aspects of the agency’s new mobile services programme, during the initiative’s recent launch at the St. Thomas Technical High School in Eastern St. Thomas. Also observing is HEART’s Client Service Representative, Mervis Laing.
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Persons with Disabilities Accessing Training Through HEART/NTA

Persons with disabilities are being afforded greater opportunities to pursue technical and vocational education, through the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (HEART/NTA). Executive Director, Dr. Wayne Wesley, says since 2014, over 40 of these persons have enrolled in programmes at HEART academies and training institutions island wide. This facilitation, he noted, is consistent with a mandate from Prime Minister, the Most...
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