Collette Roberts Risden News Today

Jamaica now has an official Accessibility Checklist for persons living with disabilities which complements the long called for Disabilities Act 2022, that was made effective on Valentine’s Day that year by the Government. This checklist is...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that work continues in earnest to reach persons being targeted for the Government’s Social Pension Programme. The programme, which officially came on stream in 2021, is geared towards Jamaican...

Reverend Howard Gregory, head of the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica, is among five people who will be inducted into the Order of Jamaica (OJ) as the island today bestows national honours on 126 exemplary Jamaicans. Membership in the OJ is the country’...

It is not Star Trek or some corny analogy, but the women have crossed another frontier yet to be celebrated by the deadlocked lawyer and the Chinese businessman. From one single defensive error, by Deneisha Blackwood, the hybrid of Carl Brown and...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government of Jamaica’s flagship social protection programme - the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) - will undergo an overhaul of its services to be...

One hundred and twenty-six Jamaicans have been selected for recognition through Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the National Honours and Awards Ceremony to be held at King’s House next October on Heroes Day. The 2023 list of recipients...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is appealing for more senior...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is appealing for more senior...

BEGINNING January 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will start to transiti...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will start to transition pension payments from fortnightly to monthly for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners, who use the pension order books, in January 2022.          &