Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon Pearnel Charles, has said that if registered nurses employed at public institutions do not resume normality by Thursday morning (April 8), the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has predicted that the implementation of Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) will allow for increased employment opportunities for Jamaicans. "We expect that...

An additional $2.9 billion has been earmarked in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to complete construction of the Montego Bay Convention Centre this year....

The Government's capacity to analyse and manage development data is to be further improved with the provision of $ 7 million for the Support to National Development Planning Goals, Millennium...

The late Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, the Most Rev. Lawrence Burke, was hailed for his devotion to education and the Catholic Church at a memorial mass held last week at...

The Government will be providing increased social protection support for the country's poor and vulnerable, who have been severely impacted by rising world food prices. A sum of $105 million...

"Who am I? Black and beautiful Who am I? Smart and sensitive Who am I? Phenomenal and philosophical Who am I? I am me". The year 2007 was when Claudette...

The sum of $3.7 billion has been earmarked for the Social Protection Project in the 2010/2011 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, has called on the Jamaica Manufactures' Association (JMA) to encourage members to expand employment opportunities for...

Residents in Central Jamaica had a chance to air their views as to whether or not there should be an increase in the national minimum wage, as the Minimum Wage...

The Minimum Wage Advisory Commission says it will ask Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, to provide a consultant to assist the Commission in determining when and...