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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.

More Than 8,000 Jamaicans to Benefit from Employment Opportunities in Canada

By: Rochelle Williams, January 6, 2016
More than 8,000 Jamaicans are to benefit from employment opportunities in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), this year. The farm workers, 310 of whom will leave on...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), is greeted by Chief Technical Director of Social Services in the Ministry, Miss Dionne Jennings (right), ahead of a tour of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, on Thursday (December 31). Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, Mr. Errol Greene (second left) and General Manager, Mrs. Laurette Adams-Thomas (second right), look on.

Social Security Minister Pledges Continued Support for Golden Age Home

By: Denise Dennis, December 31, 2015
Dana-Gaye Weller (in wheelchair), is all smiles after receiving a plaque and laptop from Internet Income Jamaica at Emancipation Park recently, after successfully completing a training programme with the company. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Parent with disabled child, Denise Williams; Executive Director at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Christine Hendricks, and Chief Executive Officer at Internet Income Jamaica, Alicia Lyttle.

Dana-Gaye Overcomes Disability to Excel

By: Shari-Ann Palmer , December 31, 2015

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Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses members of staff at the Ministry's Falmouth offices in Trelawny, during a familiarization tour on December 11. He also visited Melia Braco Village Resort, owned by the National Insurance Fund (NIF).
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Minister Pleased With Work on NIF Hotel

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the 226-room Melia Braco Village Resort in Trelawny. The 24-acre property, which...
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By: Marlon Tingling, December 14, 2015
Disabled Medical Student Evrich Watson (2nd right), engages in discussion with his fellow medical students (from left), Orlando Clarke, Sushanna Pryce, and Jade-Evette Strachan.
Labour

Disability No Obstacle for Medical Student

Partially deaf student Evrich Watson is proof that living with a disability is no obstacle to success. The fourth-year medical student at the University of the West Indies (UWI), who...
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By: Shari-Ann Palmer, December 3, 2015