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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.

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...

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.

Social Security Minister Pledges Continued Support for Golden Age Home

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.

Dana-Gaye Overcomes Disability to Excel

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.

Persons with Disabilities Accessing Training Through HEART/NTA

Director of Legal Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Camille Bennett Campbell. (FILE)

Boxing Day Will Be Observed on Saturday, December 26

10 years ago Labour

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...

10 years ago Labour

New Pensioners Encouraged To Open Bank Accounts

New pensioners are being encouraged to open bank accounts to enable direct deposit of their monies. Under a new system implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, direct deposits are now mandatory for new pensioners, as the Ministry moves to eliminate the use of pension vouchers. This was noted by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts-Risden, during...

Past Board Chairperson of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Patricia Dunwell (right), receives an award for her years of service to the Council from immediate Past Executive Director, Ransford Wright (left). Sharing the moment is JCPD Executive Director, Christine Hendricks. The Council recently held its inaugural staff awards luncheon at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston.

10 years ago Labour

Disabilities Council Honours Staff for Long and Outstanding Service

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) has recognised 57 employees for long service and outstanding contribution to the disabled community. At the inaugural staff awards luncheon, held at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston, recently, presentations were made to the most outstanding staff in an employment support programme; most outstanding administrative staff; most outstanding social worker;...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts-Risden (centre), look at something in a document being pointed out by Administrator, Canadian Flight Department, Overseas Employment Services Centre, Claudett Barnett. The new Labour Minister was on a tour of the Centre’s East Street location in downtown Kingston today (December 16) to familiarise himself with portfolio matters.

10 years ago Labour

Labour Minister Pleased with Operations at Overseas Employment Centre

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says he is pleased with operations at the Overseas Employment Programme, which deals with the processing of workers for the Seasonal Agricultural Employment (Farm Work) Programmes. Citing improvements in processing time, Dr. Ferguson noted that “with each passing period, you are seeing greater productivity, greater efficiency.” The newly appointed Labour...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses members of staff at the Ministry

10 years ago Labour

Minister Pleased With Work on NIF Hotel

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the 226-room Melia Braco Village Resort in Trelawny. The 24-acre property, which is owned by the National Insurance Fund (NIF), is being managed by Melia Hotel group, under a 15-year lease agreement with the Government. In an interview with JIS News, following...

Minister of Labour and Social security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is greeted by Saleen Samuels (right), NIS Records Clerk in the Public Assistance Department of the Ministry

10 years ago LabourVision 2030

Labour Ministry to Play Critical Role in Growth Agenda – Dr. Ferguson

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says under his leadership, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will play an even more critical role in Jamaica’s growth agenda. The Minister, who recently assumed leadership of the Ministry, was addressing members of staff during a familiarization tour of the Ministry’s offices in Falmouth, Trelawny, on December 11. “My...

Disabled Medical Student Evrich Watson (2nd right), engages in discussion with his fellow medical students (from left), Orlando Clarke, Sushanna Pryce, and Jade-Evette Strachan.

10 years ago Labour

Disability No Obstacle for Medical Student

Partially deaf student Evrich Watson is proof that living with a disability is no obstacle to success. The fourth-year medical student at the University of the West Indies (UWI), who is completely deaf in one ear, is well on his way to realising his dream of becoming a specialist in the medical field. Twenty-four-year-old Watson lost hearing in his left...