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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second left), exchanging pleasantries with (from left), Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Errol Miller; Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Mrs. Christine Hendricks and Project Director, Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), Dunstan Bryan, at a Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities national stakeholder consultation, which was held at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on July 30.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (second left), exchanging pleasantries with (from left), Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Errol Miller; Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Mrs. Christine Hendricks and Project Director, Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), Dunstan Bryan, at a Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities national stakeholder consultation, which was held at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on July 30.

Social Protection Strategy Document Being Drafted

By: Latonya Linton, July 31, 2013
The Government is currently drafting a Social Protection Strategy document which, when completed, will guide the ongoing focus on reform of the social safety net process. This was disclosed by...
Winner of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning’s (JFLL) poster competition, Allan Morrison (left) accepts his prize from Board Chairman of the JFLL, Audrey Hinchcliffe. The presentation was made during the staging of the JFLL’s ‘Opportunities Fair’, at Emancipation Park in Kingston on July 23.

JFLL to Roll Out High School Diploma Equivalency Programme in September

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, July 23, 2013
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), addresses Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) 10th anniversary scholarship awardees, during their courtesy call on him on Tuesday, July 9, at the Ministry’s North Street offices, Kingston. Seated beside the Minister is his Advisor, Phyllis Mitchell.

PATH Advancing Education Development of Young People

By: Douglas McIntosh, July 10, 2013

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Golden Age Home gets Generator

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has collaborated with the Golden Age Home (GAH) in Vineyard Town, Kingston, to procure a generator  for the home. General Manager of the...
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Labour

Over 80 percent of Needy Receiving PATH Benefit

Over 80 per cent of Jamaica's neediest are receiving assistance under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) initiative. This was disclosed by Consultant to the Ministry of...
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Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe (right) conversing with Professor Godfrey Gibbison during an editor’s forum on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) initiative at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on June 14. The forum focused on the Beneficiary Identification Systems (BIS) and Findings of the 2012 Targeting Assessment of the PATH which was undertaken by Professor Godfrey Gibbison.
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PATH Recertification on Track

Some $35 million is being spent by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to re-certify 38,000 families who are beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...
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By: CHRIS PATTERSON, June 16, 2013