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Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Wednesday’s (September 22) digital Post-Cabinet media briefing.
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Wednesday’s (September 22) digital Post-Cabinet media briefing.

Cabinet Approves Tabling Of Disabilities Act Regulations

Cabinet has approved the tabling of supporting Regulations for the Disabilities Act, 2014 in Parliament. The Act aims to promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of privileges, interests, benefits, and treatment by persons with disabilities, on an...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a three-bedroom house to a family in his West Central St. Andrew, recently. Others pictured (from left)) are Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell, family members for the unit, and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a three-bedroom house to a family in his West Central St. Andrew, recently. Others pictured (from left)) are Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell, family members for the unit, and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams.

$400M More for Indigent Housing
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks. (JIS File Photo)
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks. (JIS File Photo)

Persons With Disabilities Encouraged To Join The JCPD
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Person with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks.
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Person with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks.

Work To Develop Three Codes Of Practice For Persons With Disabilities Completed
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, unveil the logo for the Government
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, unveil the logo for the Government's newly launched $800 million Social Pension Programme, during a virtual ceremony from Jamaica House on Friday (July 30).

PM Launches $800 Million Social Pension Programme

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PSA – Limited Service Delivery at the Ministry of Labour & Social Security’s St. James Parish Office

The Ministry of Labour & Social Security is advising the public that limited services will be offered at the newly relocated Office at 4 Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay from Wednesday, September 1, 2021 through to Friday September 3, 2021. The Ministry appreciates your kind understanding and expects full service to be restored on Monday, September 6, 2021. We apologize...
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Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks
Social Security

Persons In Disabled Community Encouraged To Join JCPD To Access Benefits

Registered members of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) are being encouraged to apply for the various benefits that are available to them through the Council. Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks, told JIS News during a recent interview that the Council has more than 200 assistive devices that its members can access. These include wheelchairs,...
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Project Director for the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) and the new Social Pension Programme, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Elsa Marks Willis.
Social Security

30,000 Persons to Benefit from New Social Pension Programme

It is estimated that more than 30,000 citizens will benefit from the Government’s new Social Pension Programme. This was disclosed by the Project Director for The Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) and the new Social Pension Programme, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Elsa Marks Willis, during an interview with JIS News. The Social Pension...
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Chief Executive Officer at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Charlton McFarlane.
InformationSocial Security

Civil Registration Number To Strengthen Social Security, Welfare Planning

The new Civil Registration Number (CRN) developed by the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is expected to improve planning for social security and welfare programmes. The CRN is a code now applied to the RGD’s Electronic Birth database as part of the process of linking vital life events – birth, marriage and death. Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane,...
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