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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service, one of two buses acquired for the Overseas Employment Programme, during a ceremony held at the Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston on Tuesday (February 11). Director of the Overseas Employment Programme, Sonia Ellis-Williams (2nd right), assists the Minister, while (from left) Director, Manpower Services in the Ministry, Andrea Miller-Stennett; and bus drivers, Jerome Hall and Ricardo Nedrick, look on.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (3rd left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service, one of two buses acquired for the Overseas Employment Programme, during a ceremony held at the Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston on Tuesday (February 11). Director of the Overseas Employment Programme, Sonia Ellis-Williams (2nd right), assists the Minister, while (from left) Director, Manpower Services in the Ministry, Andrea Miller-Stennett; and bus drivers, Jerome Hall and Ricardo Nedrick, look on.

Labour Ministry Acquires Buses for Overseas Employment Programme

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 12, 2014
The transportation arrangements for participants in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Programme have now been improved with the acquisition of two new buses. Portfolio Minister, Hon....
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addressing the first batch of farm workers to be dispatched for 2013 to Canada, under the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Programme, on January 2, at East Street in Kingston. The 172 workers will leave the island on January 3, 2013 on a Chartered flight. (FILE)

More Jamaicans Get Jobs Overseas

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 12, 2014
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre) presents the keys to a new home to Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) beneficiary Joslyn Scott (seated), during the handing over ceremony held on February 7 in Plantations Heights, St. James. Among those sharing the happy moment are Food for the Poor representative, Baldwin Powell (right); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (5th left); Advisor to the Minister, Phyllis Mitchell (4th left).

30 Housing Units for PATH Families by March 31

By: Glenis A. Rose, February 11, 2014

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