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Domestic Workers Encouraged To Sign Up For NIS

President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU), Shirley Pryce, is encouraging domestic workers to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Speaking on the JIS Television programme ‘Get the Facts’ recently, Ms. Pryce noted that NIS take-up by domestic...

Detective Inspector Georgia Lowe of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Community Safety and Security Branch, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

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Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, displays her Instrument of Appointment during Thursday’s (January 20) swearing-in and installation ceremony at King’s House.

New Chief of Defence Staff Says Work Will Be Anchored in JDF’s Pillars of Transformation

Correctional Officer at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre, in St. Catherine, Donovan Small (left), presents a box of cooked meal and bottled water to Ashton Houston during a visit to his home in Philadelphia, St. Ann, on January 1, as part of his annual New Year’s Day feeding programme.

Correctional Officer Feeds St. Ann Shut-Ins On January 1

$100B for Social Protection Without Increase in Borrowing

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (second left) examines a point of sale machine from WiPay (Jamaica) Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), WiPay Jamaica Limited, Aldwyn Wayne; Charge D’affaires, Canadian High Commission, Audrey Loney; and United Nations World Food Programme Jamaica Office Lead, Segen Tewelde. The occasion was the launch of the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme at the Ministry on Tuesday (December 22).

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27,357 Jamaicans To Receive Cash Grants Under COVID-19 Assistance Programme

Approximately 27,357 Jamaicans will receive a one-off $16,000 payment under the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme. The $155 million cash transfer initiative, which was officially launched on Tuesday (December 22), is aimed at aiding poor and needy persons, who are not benefiting from Government social assistance. The United Nations World Food Programme, through the Canadian Government, provided a grant...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden is given a demonstration of the WiPay cash transaction system by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), WiPay Jamaica Limited, Aldwyn Wayne. The occasion was the launch of the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme on Tuesday (December 22).

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Labour Ministry Urges Greater Take Up Of Social Pension Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is appealing for more senior citizens to apply for benefits under the Government’s Social Pension Programme. Launched in July of this year, the $800 million programme provides a guaranteed income for vulnerable persons 75 years and older. Seniors targeted are those not currently in receipt of a pension, disability benefit or other retirement...

Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Lyndon Ford.

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Labour Ministry To Host Job Fair Dec. 28-30

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) will host another in the series of job fairs to provide jobs for Jamaicans, especially those who are seeking employment in the hospitality sector. The final job fair for 2021 is scheduled to take place from December 28 to 30. Speaking with JIS News, Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) in...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), communicates by sign language with student of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit, Dillanno Lawrence. Occasion was the presentation of eight tablets, donated by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union to students of the school, at the credit union’s May Pen Branch office in Clarendon on Monday (December 13).

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PHOTOS: Tablets handed over to students of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.

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360,000 Beneficiaries To Receive One-Off $10,000 Grant December

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans, who are beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) and the Social Pension Programme will receive a one-off $10,000 grant this month. This is being facilitated through an allocation of $1.9 billion under the Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine (SERVE) Jamaica Programme. Some pensioners under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS)...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is presented with a symbolic US$1.085-million cheque by Head of Office at United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP), Regis Chapman, during a handover ceremony at the New Kingston offices of the National Insurance Fund (NIF) on Tuesday (November 16). The funds will support selected poor families in Jamaica that have been impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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10,000 Families To Benefit From US$1.085-Million World Food Programme Grant

Approximately 10,000 poor families impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica are to benefit from the disbursement of US$1.085 million over a three-month period. The funds, which have been provided through a grant under the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP), will support families that are not beneficiaries of the Government’s Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)....

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (left), leads a symbolic clock chiming and wreath-laying ceremony to honour Jamaica’s World War II veterans and reflect on the ultimate sacrifice Jamaican men and women paid for freedom. The ceremony was held at the Cross Roads Clock Tower in Kingston on November 11. The Mayor is joined by (from second left) Chief Executive Officer (Town Clerk), Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yvette Burgess; Retired Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Sergeant, Peter Xavier Williams; Deputy Mayor, KSAMC, Winston Ennis; Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Dr Patricia Dunwell; Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Hon Steadman Fuller; and Minority Leader, KSAMC, Andrew Swaby.

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KSAMC World War II Veterans

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (left), leads a symbolic clock chiming and wreath-laying ceremony to honour Jamaica’s World War II veterans and reflect on the ultimate sacrifice Jamaican men and women paid for freedom. The ceremony was held at the Cross Roads Clock Tower in Kingston on November 11. The Mayor is joined by (from second left) Chief...