The Government has signed a US$20 million loan agreement with the World Bank for a project that will see the establishment of a national unemployment insurance scheme.
A total of 14,932 persons are currently registered on the Social Pension Programme, which recorded more than $408 million in benefits paid out during fiscal year 2023/24. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr., made the.
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The almost 30 per cent increase in funds allocated to the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is not enough to address the needs of those it serves, sociologist Dr Orville Taylor has asserted.