Prime Minister Andrew Holness, on Friday officially launched the Government’s $800 million Social Pension Programme, which provides a guaranteed income for vulnerable persons 75 years and older.
Seniors targeted are those not currently in receipt of a pension, disability benefit or other retirement benefits, cash grants from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), or Poor Relief Programme, and who do not reside in a government institutional care facility.
Holness said the programme, which is the first of its kind in Jamaica, is a landmark achievement in the development of the nation’s social protection framework for the most […]
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