Forty persons with disabilities have improved their prospects for employment with the acquisition of new skill sets under the Recognising Abilities Through Training Employment and Development (RATED) programme. The individuals,...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to play a greater role in protecting the rights of the disabled, and helping to remove the barriers to inclusion, participation, and development of persons with...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, said that 30 housing units are slated to be constructed by March 31 to benefit families under the Programme for Advancement...

Thousands of Jamaica’s most vulnerable benefitted from the Government’s strategic policy of Social Inclusion during 2013. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, told the nation during her 2013...

The final draft of a comprehensive social protection strategy being developed as part of the Government’s growth agenda for the economy, has been completed and is slated for review in...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is hoping that the signing of Jamaica’s first ever social partnership agreement will be the start of the transformation, which will...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is urging Jamaicans to be more supportive of children with special needs. “They need us more than ever to assist in...

More than 1,000 young people from communities islandwide, deemed socially challenged and vulnerable to crime and violence, will participate in this year’s 21st staging of the Council of Voluntary Services...