The birth of the Old Age Pensions Law
AT THE sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 25, 1945, Iris Collins, the Member for North West St. James, moved a motion calling for the introduction of an Old Age Pensions Law.
Redundancy payments to become a priority
COMPANIES WILL soon be required to make redundancy payments to laid-off workers a priority when closing their doors for the last time, according to new companies legislation.
City & Guilds mock exams this month
FOLLOWING ON the success of their January workshops, City & Guilds is organising mock examinations for 17 of their approved centres on March 12.
Teachers get help with CXC syllabus
MORE THAN two dozen English teachers from the 14 technical high schools across the island met at the Medallion Hall Hotel last week for a training session in effective ways to teach some components of the CXC syllabus.
Kingston blaze leaves 11 homeless
AT LEAST 11 persons were left homeless on Saturday when a massive fire razed a two-storey board house and a section of another house in the same yard on Lissant Street, downtown Kingston.
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