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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

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...

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.

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.

NIS Continues to Protect the Most Vulnerable

Executive Director of the Jamaican Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Christine Rodriguez, makes a point during a recent JIS Think Tank.

Intellectual Disabilities Association Focuses on Partnerships

10 years ago 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...

10 years ago 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...

10 years ago 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...

10 years ago 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...

10 years ago 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...

10 years ago LabourOffice of the Prime Minister

PSOJ Hails Gov’t’s Focus on Growth and Job Creation

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is lauding Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, for focusing on the area of economic growth and job creation for which a new Ministry has been created. The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is under the purview of the Office of the Prime Minister. “That is one of the things...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), is in discussion with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Niu Qingbao, during the opening ceremony for the Regional Disability Studies Conference on March 16, at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

10 years ago Labour

Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

Persons who are blind or visually impaired will benefit from assistive technology to help them access the Internet. This is being facilitated by the Government under the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP), which is aimed at contributing to the deepening of the regional integration process. “This is an exciting development partnership and I thank the CARICOM Secretariat...