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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier

Path attracts OAS Delegation

Representatives from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are currently in the island for a three-day study tour of the Government-run Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). The six-member delegation, led by Mr....
Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, speaking at a Social Protection and Child Labour Strategy Meeting, held in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. Mr. Thorpe says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island.
Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, speaking at a Social Protection and Child Labour Strategy Meeting, held in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. Mr. Thorpe says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island.

PATH Helping to Reduce Child Labor
President of the Jamaica Government Pensioners Association, Charles Jones (right), hugs retired teacher of English and remedial reading specialist, Iris Burtess Salmon, during the association’s 47th annual general meeting, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on August 14. During the event, Mrs. Burtess Salmon was recognised for her invaluable service to the association.
President of the Jamaica Government Pensioners Association, Charles Jones (right), hugs retired teacher of English and remedial reading specialist, Iris Burtess Salmon, during the association’s 47th annual general meeting, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, on August 14. During the event, Mrs. Burtess Salmon was recognised for her invaluable service to the association.

Vulnerable Groups Benefit from Social Protection Initiatives
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated centre), is pictured with some of the 1,000 students that will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary Bursary intervention for fiscal year 2013/2014. The Minister, November 13, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of the 18 institutions, through which the bursaries will be offered, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (standing 2nd right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh (standing at right), also shared in the moment.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated centre), is pictured with some of the 1,000 students that will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary Bursary intervention for fiscal year 2013/2014. The Minister, November 13, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of the 18 institutions, through which the bursaries will be offered, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (standing 2nd right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh (standing at right), also shared in the moment.

Tertiary Level PATH Students to Benefit from $100 Million in Bursaries
Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe.
Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe.

400,000 Jamaicans Have Benefitted From PATH

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$20.7 Billion to protect the most Vulnerable

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says despite budgetary resource constraints, the Government has established a protected spending floor of $20.7 billion to cover critical social programmes for the society’s most vulnerable. These programmes include: the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH); School Feeding Programme; Indoor and Outdoor Poor Relief Programme; Subsidy to Basic Schools;...
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