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.
Some 12,000 Jamaicans 75 years and older are now benefitting from the Government’s Social Pension Programme.
Steps are also being taken to assist another 2,000 would-be beneficiaries to enroll under .
Many of us fear growing old, not because growing old is bad, but because of the discriminatory practices in the society toward older people. But ageing is inevitable.
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