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Oct 11, 20232 min read

PATH Being Overhauled

The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) is to be overhauled to address primary issues in relation to the...

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Oct 9, 20232 min read

Evaluation of skilled labour from overseas on the horizon - Charles Jr

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, has announced that the Government will soon embark on evaluating the types of...

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Oct 2, 20232 min read

Labour Ministry’s St. Elizabeth Parish Office to Be Revamped

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has given an undertaking to improve the Ministry’s parish office in...

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Sep 26, 20232 min read

Charles Jr urges respect for senior citizens

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr is urging Jamaicans to be more intentionally respectful, caring, and supportive...

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Sep 24, 20232 min read

Grandparents a living testament to Jamaica's resilience enduring spirit

National Grandparents Day message from Pearnel Charles Jr, Minister of Labour and Social Security National Grandparents Day serves as a...

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Sep 20, 20232 min read

Gov’t to set up steering committee to overhaul PATH – Charles Jr

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr. says a steering committee is to be established to oversee the overhaul of the...

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Sep 19, 20232 min read

Reform of PATH now under way

Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has indicated that the reform of the Programme of Advancement through Health and...

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Sep 16, 20233 min read

Dismissed farm workers to be re-engaged

The labour ministry has indicated that it will be re-engaging the group of farm workers who were unceremoniously shipped back here last...

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Sep 14, 20232 min read

Statement Re: United Nations Rapporteur Report on Temporary Farm Workers

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) has taken note of recent news items in response to United Nations Special Rapporteur...

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Sep 14, 20232 min read

Labour Minister to hold more talks with Canada on working conditions of Jamaican farm workers

Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. says further discussions will he held with Canadian authorities on the working...

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Aug 30, 20232 min read

70 students in St Ann North Western awarded education grants

Approximately 70 students in St Ann North Western were awarded education grants and book vouchers during the constituency’s third annual...

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Aug 24, 20231 min read

Minister Charles Jr assists fire victims in Clarendon

CLARENDON, Jamaica - The Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr, on Tuesday provided assistance to a family in the...

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Aug 22, 20232 min read

Labour Minister to visit farms in North America amid victimisation allegations probe

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr., will be visiting several farms under the Overseas Farm Work Programme in North...

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Aug 22, 20232 min read

Digicel Foundation Donates School Supplies to Special Needs Students

Eighty-eight students enrolled in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) have been assisted in...

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Aug 21, 20232 min read

Labour Minister says fewer Jamaicans could participate in Canadian farm work programme amid complain

Labour Minister Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. says there could be a reduction in the number of Jamaicans participating in the Canadian...

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Aug 20, 20232 min read

High-level taskforce set up to drive PATH's reform process - Charles

Minister outlines details on programme’s road to transformation Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, says the reform...

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Aug 18, 20232 min read

Labour ministry officials to meet with axed farm workers

LABOUR ministry officials have heeded a call by five of the six Jamaican men for a meeting to put on the table their concerns over their...

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Aug 18, 20232 min read

Charles endorses UNWFP’s training on shock-responsive social protection

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr on Monday endorsed the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP)...

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Aug 17, 20232 min read

PATH to Be Reformed

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is moving to reform the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to make...

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Aug 17, 20233 min read

All's well with Canadian farm work programme, says Charles Jr

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr says there have mainly been positive reports coming from overseas farm workers,...

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