Jamaica’s Labor Minister Dies

Jamaica’s Minister of Labor and Social Security Shahine Robinson lost her long battle with cancer late last month.

Robinson, who succumbed to the disease at age 66, had been member of Parliament for St. Ann North East since 2001.

She became labor and social security minister in 2016 after her Jamaica Labor Party was won the general elections earlier that year. Robinson also served as minister of state in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Transport and Works.