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Debate on Occupational Safety and Health Bill Gets Underway

Debate on the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill started in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 13). The legislation addresses safety and health in the Jamaican workplace within a framework that balances the competing interests of employers and...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), presents Portland resident, Andrea Rhoden, with an emergency relief cheque, at the Ministry’s parish office, in Port Antonio, on February 2. Approximately 112 persons in Portland, who suffered losses during heavy rains in January, are selected to receive grants.

Relief Grants Presented to Flood Victims

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), hands over relief supplies to Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, for fire victims of the Walkers Place of Safety. The presentation was made at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston on Friday (Jan. 19).

At left is Manager of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Winston Bowen. — Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), hands over relief supplies to Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, for fire victims of the Walkers Place of Safety. The presentation was made at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston on Friday (Jan. 19). At left is Manager of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Winston Bowen.

Walkers Place of Safety Wards Get Relief Supplies

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

More Female Participants for Overseas Work Programme

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon., Shahine Robinson (left), greets Renford Lewis (third right), one of 300 persons comprising the first batch of farm workers who will take up employment opportunities for this year in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). Minister Robinson hosted a send-off ceremony for them at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (January 3). Others (from right) are Deneva Codner, Trevayne Gayle, and Jeffeth Tennant. The workers, who will be employed in greenhouse crop production, food processing, tobacco planting, vegetable farming and fruit tree cultivation, will depart the island starting on Thursday (January 4), while another group will leave on Friday (January 5). The majority of them will be deployed to the Ontario region of Canada.

300 Farmworkers Leave This Week for Canada

- Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), presents a cheque to Tavia McPherson, who was impacted by the flood in Montego Bay on November 22. The presentation was made at the Ministry’s temporary Regional Office on Cottage Road in the city on December 22.

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Flood Victims in Mobay Receive Help from Ministry

Residents of Montego Bay, St. James, whose houses and other belongings were destroyed by the flood that swept through sections of the city on November 22, have received assistance from the Government. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, presented cheques to the first set of 80 recipients on December 22, at the temporary Montego Bay regional offices...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

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Labour Market Forum Dec. 13

A Labour Market Forum, to be hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Wednesday (December 13), will seek to facilitate a robust discussion on access to employment opportunities for youth, the labour market needs and the existing skills gaps in the sector. According to Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, the forum will bring together academic professionals, employers...

Regional Case Management Officer, Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III Central Region, Alva Marie Graham (second left), addresses a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

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CSJP Tackles Crime Through Parenting Programme

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is seeking to tackle antisocial behaviour that can lead to criminal activity, through a Parenting Education Programme now under way. The initiative aims to modify the behaviour of parents who practise coercive styles of discipline, which research has shown can result in the development of conduct disorder in children. Implementation of the...

Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon Fayval Williams. (FILE)

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Finance State Minister Welcomes App for Young Jobseekers

Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, has welcomed the Labour and Social Security Ministry’s planned development of a mobile app targeting young jobseekers that will make it easier for them to be matched with employment. Mrs. Williams anticipates that the Labour Market Information System app, slated for roll-out during the first quarter of the 2018/19 fiscal...

Equality and Inclusion Consultant, United Kingdom (UK), Haqeeq Bostan (foreground), addresses an Inclusion and Diversity Summit at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Wednesday (November 29). Also pictured in the background (from left), are State Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

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Jamaica can Tap into Huge Economic Potential of Disabled Community – Consultant

Equality and Inclusion Consultant, United Kingdom (UK), Haqeeq Bostan, says Jamaica can seek to tap into the huge economic potential of the disabled community by creating a more inclusive society. Mr. Bostan said this concept of inclusivity, deemed the ‘purple economy’, has been working in the UK, where persons with disabilities are now being adequately accommodated and are participating in...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaking during the launch of the Abilities Foundation’s Beauty Services Unit on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston.

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Schools Being Retrofitted to Improve Disabled Access

Work is under way to retrofit all primary and secondary schools across the island with lifts and ramps to improve access by persons with disabilities. The initiative is being undertaken at a cost of $50 million by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in collaboration with the Digicel Foundation. “It is in the budget for the next five years,”...

Project Director for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s PATH Programme, Elsa Marks-Willis (left), gets a manicure from Beauty Services Trainee, Tiana Lopez, at the launch of the Abilities Foundation’s Beauty Services Unit and Digicel Foundation’s 2017 Annual Report on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston. The unit was established at a cost of $1 million from proceeds of the 2016 Digicel 5K Run for Special Needs initiative, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The unit will facilitate training in a range of beauty services.

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Abilities Foundation Launches Unit for Training

The Abilities Foundation has launched its new Beauty Services Unit, as part of its mandate to provide more training opportunities for persons with disabilities. The unit, which was launched on November 28 at the Abilities Foundation’s Constant Spring Road address in Kingston, is a renovated classroom outfitted with five stations for nail and make-up artistry as well as a hair...