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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), goes over documents with Minister of State in the Ministry, Fayval Williams, before opening the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 9.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), goes over documents with Minister of State in the Ministry, Fayval Williams, before opening the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 9.

Government Provides Addition of $3.68 Billion to PATH

The Government is providing an increase of 47 per cent to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), in a move to strengthen the country’s social safety net. This addition of $3.68 billion in the Budget for the...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the $86-million upgraded Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) Assessment Centre, located on Hanover Street, in downtown Kingston, Friday (March 3). Others (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Social Protection and Health Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Donna Harris, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden. In the background (from left) are Director for the ESP, Antonica Gunter-Gayle; Opposition Spokesman on Labour and Social Security, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dione Jennings.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), cuts the ribbon to open the $86-million upgraded Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) Assessment Centre, located on Hanover Street, in downtown Kingston, Friday (March 3). Others (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Social Protection and Health Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Donna Harris, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden. In the background (from left) are Director for the ESP, Antonica Gunter-Gayle; Opposition Spokesman on Labour and Social Security, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dione Jennings.

ESP Assessment Centre Upgraded
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), converses with Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder (centre); and Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Government of the Virgin Islands, Dr. the Hon. Kedrick Pickering. Occasion was the opening of the 10th ILO meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 23.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), converses with Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder (centre); and Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Government of the Virgin Islands, Dr. the Hon. Kedrick Pickering. Occasion was the opening of the 10th ILO meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 23.

Caribbean Labour Ministers Discuss Growth and Employment
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), observes as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, Richard Byles (left), explains an interactive chart depicting various aspects of retirement planning which was mounted as part of Sagicor
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), observes as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, Richard Byles (left), explains an interactive chart depicting various aspects of retirement planning which was mounted as part of Sagicor's Pension Investment Seminar, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, yesterday (February 21). At right is Sagicor Chairman, R. Danny Williams.

Prime Minister Says Government will Work to Amicably Resolve Pension Issues
In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is in discussion with Chairman, Jamaica Society for the Blind, Daemion McLean, at a World Sight Day health fair held at the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Old Hope Road offices in St. Andrew last year.
In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is in discussion with Chairman, Jamaica Society for the Blind, Daemion McLean, at a World Sight Day health fair held at the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Old Hope Road offices in St. Andrew last year.

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Budget 2017/2018Social Security

Govt Improving Effectiveness of Social Protection Programmes

The Government has budgeted $211 million to continue work to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of key social protection programmes in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The allocation, contained in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditures now before the House of Representatives, will go towards the ‘Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme,’ which is being funded by the Inter-American...
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Budget 2017/2018Social Security

$6.7 Billion Allocated to PATH

The Government has set aside $6.7 billion for the continuation of projects under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) in the next fiscal year. The money has been made available in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The initiative, which falls under the Social Protection Project II, is being implemented by the...
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Legislators in the House of Representatives. (File)
Budget 2017/2018Social Security

Gov’t to Increase PATH Benefits

The Government will be increasing the benefits paid to approximately 380,000 Jamaicans under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). PATH is the Government’s flagship social intervention initiative, which is aimed at delivering benefits by way of cash grants to the most needy and vulnerable in the society. Delivering the 2017-18 Throne Speech in Gordon House on February...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), delivers the Throne Speech during the opening of the 2017-18 session of Parliament at Gordon House today (February 9). The Speech was delivered under the theme: ‘A Firm Foundation for Prosperity’. At left is the Governor- General’s Aide-de-Camp, Major Eldon Morgan.
Social Security

New Public Employees Pensions System to “Go Live” this Year

The ‘Go-Live’ project, which is the new Public Employees Pensions Administration System (PEPAS), will be implemented this year. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure while delivering the Throne Speech in Gordon House on February 9 under the theme: ‘A Firm Foundation for Prosperity’. The system will enable the Government to better prepare forecasts budgets...
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Tourism Minister and Member of Parliament for St. James East Central, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left); Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (3rd right), affix their signatures to the financing arrangement between JSIF and the Barrett Town Community Development Committee Benevolent Society for the removal of zinc fences from several areas of the community. Others signing (from left) are: General Manager for Project Management at JSIF, Loy Malcolm; Vice President, Barrett Town Community Development Committee Benevolent Society, Roxroy Dinham; and Councillor, Rose Hall Division, Anthony Murray. In the background are Programmes Officer, JSIF, Dawn Allison (3rd left); and Treasurer/Assistant Secretary, Barrett Town Community Development Committee Benevolent Society, Murine Dixon. The agreement was signed during a ceremony held today (February 7) at the JSIF’s head office on Oxford Road, New Kingston.
Social Security

Zinc Fences to be Removed From Barrett Town Communities

Several communities in Barrett Town in St. James are to be rid of the zinc fences, which make the areas unsightly and hinder effective policing. The $18 million project will see the removal and substitution of 492 metres of fencing along Bottom Vietnam Road, Top Vietnam Road, Walkway linking Bottom and Top Vietnam, Saigon top side (from Blount Street), and...
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Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison.
LabourSocial Security

Over 40 to be Honoured by National Council for Senior Citizens

Over 40 persons will be honoured by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) for outstanding contribution in advancing the work of the entity during an awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 8. The function, which will culminate the NCSC’s 40th anniversary celebrations, will be held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme: ‘Showcasing Our Legacy: Promoting...
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