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Executive Director of the JPC, Dr. Charles Douglas.
Executive Director of the JPC, Dr. Charles Douglas.

JPC Intensifies Drive to Improve Productivity

By: Jeneva Gordon, September 26, 2013
The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) will be intensifying its drive to inculcate a productivity culture among Jamaicans, during National Productivity Awareness Week from October 7 to 11. Executive Director of...
Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Poverty Reduction Programme, Dr. Eleanor Henry (left) and Guidance Counsellor at the St. James High School, Radcliff Virgo (right), make a special presentation to valedictorian, Devon Francis, at a closing ceremony for participants in an eight-week summer camp operated by the Family and Parenting Centre (FPC) in St. James on September 22. Sharing the moment in the background is Founder/Administrator at the FPC, Dr. Beverly Scott.

At-Risk Youth Benefit from Life Skills Training

By: Bryan Miller, September 24, 2013
Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Silvera Castro (centre), makes a point during the first national minimum wage consultation held on September 10, at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James. He is flanked by members of the Commission, Danny Roberts and Bernita Locke.

Montego Bay Residents Call for Minimum Wage Increase

By: Glenis A. Rose, September 11, 2013

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Gov’t Increases Benefits Under PATH

The Government has increased benefit levels for the elderly under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) by some 67 per cent. The boost in benefits, which took...
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By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, August 30, 2013
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh; and Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.
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Transport Grant for PATH Students

With less than a week before the start of the 2013/2014 academic year, the Government is set to roll out a transportation allowance initiative to help offset travel expenses for...
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By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, August 29, 2013