Path beneficiaries are to be reduced

Over the next two years it is projected that there will be a reduction in the number of persons who receive welfare support from the State.
The Social Security Ministry is introducing a J$600m welfare-to-work programme for 2,000 beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH).
The initiative will be carried out under the Steps-To-Work programme.
It will target working age members of families on PATH, providing them with training and on-the-job experience to enable them to seek and retain employment.
Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier says the programme will support the Ministry’s graduation strategy, which will see one thousand PATH families participating in the phased implementation of the initiative.

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Path beneficiaries are to be reduced

Magistrate refuses request for reduced bail

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Friday, July 26, 2013

A teenage boy who was reportedly part of a gang that beat a street boy and kicked him into the Kingston Harbour, resulting in his death, failed in his efforts Wednesday to get his $200,000 bail reduced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.The 19-year-old accused, Neco Harris, is charged with the May 23 murder of Curtis Thomas, who was reportedly beaten all over his body then kicked into the sea. Thomas’ body was found floating in the water the following day.Harris, who was implicated in the murder, was offered bail last Thursday, but his attorney Hadrian Christie, told Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday that the teenager’s mother was having difficulties posting bail in the sum of $200,000.Pusey, however, told the lawyer that she could not comply with his request but would accept his client’s mother as a surety.Harris is scheduled to return to court on August 20.

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Magistrate refuses request for reduced bail