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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is briefed by Inbound Supervisor, Cari-Med Group, Christopher Meikle (second right), during a tour of the company’s new distribution centre in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, which was officially opened on Friday (January 27). Others (from left) are Co-Founders, Cari-Med Group, Marva and Glen Christian, and Custos Rotulorum for St. Catherine, Hon. Icilyn Golding.

Cari-Med Group to Recruit 60 Per Cent of Workforce for New Distribution Centre from Bernard Lodge

By: Chanel Spence, January 30, 2023

The Cari-Med Group has committed to recruiting residents of Bernard Lodge in St. Catherine to fill 60 per cent of the workforce required for the entity’s new state-of-the-art warehouse distribution...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, gives the keynote address during the opening ceremony of the Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme annual review meeting at the Hilton Resort in St. James on Tuesday ( November 15). The meeting ends on November 17.

Farm Workers in Canada Highly Regarded by Employers

By: Serena Grant, November 16, 2022

Caribbean Employers’ Confederation President, Wayne Chen (left), interacts with a Jamaican agricultural worker in the production area of a rutabaga farm in Canada. A special factfinding team from Jamaica travelled to Canada to analyse the status of locals participating in that country’s seasonal agricultural workers programme.

Jamaica’s Farm Work Programme Fact-Finding Team Returns from Canada

By: Mickella Anderson, November 2, 2022

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By: Tracey Thompson, December 2, 2022
Labour 3 years ago Jamaican Farm Workers in Canada Welcome Factfinders
By: Mickella Anderson, October 13, 2022
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By: Mickella Anderson, October 12, 2022

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Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left) along with others (from second left), Rev. Dr. Henroy Samuels; Host Minister at the Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Delroy Harris; and former chairperson, Webster Memorial United Church Harvest Planning Committee, Andrea C. Whyte, view the fruits displayed at the Church in Kingston on September 25.

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PHOTOS: Senior Citizens Church Service

Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left) along with others (from second left), Rev. Dr. Henroy Samuels; Host Minister at the Webster Memorial...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the semi-virtual launch of National Senior Citizens Week 2022, at the AC Hotel by Marriott, Kingston on Wednesday (September 21).

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Framework Being Instituted to Implement Revised National Policy for Senior Citizens

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is instituting a programme framework for the effective and efficient implementation of the Revised National Policy for Senior Citizens. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl...

By: Rochelle Williams, September 22, 2022

Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison.

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Revised National Policy for Senior Citizens to be Presented Sept. 21

The revised National Policy for Senior Citizens will be presented to the country on Wednesday, September 21. “This is a very important occasion, because the National Policy has been in...

By: Judith Hunter, September 19, 2022

Acting Coordinator for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Intervention Programme, Sylvester Anderson.

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Labour Ministry to Host Recruitment and Job Opportunity Fair

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Jamaica Labour Market Information System and Social Intervention Propramme (SIP) will host a recruitment and job opportunity fair on Friday (September 16). The...

By: Judith Hunter, September 15, 2022

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, observes students in their information technology (IT) class at the new St. John Bosco Vocational Training Centre, which was officially opened on September 7, in Mandeville, Manchester. At right is Custos of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green.

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Jamaica Is Entering a New Phase of Growth and Development

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaican workers are free to move into countries that want and accept them, and “we are not going to try, in any...

By: Barbara Ellington, September 8, 2022