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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness speaking during the National Labour Day Project at Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon on Friday (May 23).

Jamaica Poised to Surpass 30 Per Cent Land Mass Protection Target Ahead of 2030 Deadline

Jamaica is on track to meet and exceed the goal of protecting 30 per cent of its land mass by 2030. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says 25 percent of Jamaica’s land mass has already been protected,...

Justice Minister and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Eastern, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right) and Territorial Officer, Community Safety and Security branch, St. Andrew North Division, Inspector Cheree Greaves, repaint the grid along a section of Grants Pen Road, during Labour Day 2025 activities in the community on Friday (May 23)

Grants Pen Residents, Police Work Together to Beautify Community

Volunteers seen here assisting with the cleaning of the main drain also known as the drag line, in Falmouth, Trelawny, on May 23.

Major Drain Cleaning in Falmouth Ahead of Hurricane Season

Councillor for the Port Antonio Division, Dexter Rowland, participates in the Bryan’s Bay beautification project in Portland on Labour Day, Friday, May 23.

Volunteers Beautify Bryan’s Bay in Portland for Labour Day

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, joined students of St. Martin de Porres Primary and Infant School in Gordon Town, St. Andrew, and volunteers in transforming the institution’s playground with a vibrant makeover on Labour Day, Friday, May 23.

St. Martin De Porres Primary and Infant School Gets Double Labour Day Treat

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, lays a floral arrangement at the monument of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, during the annual Labour Day tribute held in his honour on Friday, May 23, at Sam Sharpe Square, St. James.

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Sam Sharpe Honoured at Labour Day Floral Tribute

The enduring legacy of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe, was honoured at the annual Labour Day floral tribute held at Sam Sharpe Square, St. James, on Friday, May 23, 2025. The event, hosted by the St. James Municipal Corporation in collaboration with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), brought together government leaders, civic representatives, and members of the...

General Manager of Sandals Montego Bay, Christopher Elliott (right), and Principal of the Whitehouse Early Childhood Centre, Ann Blake-Reid (left), paint the exterior of the institution during Labour Day activities on Friday, May 23 in St James.

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Citizens, Private Sector Revitalise Community Spaces In Montego Bay

Residents of St. James were out in full force on Labour Day, May 23, to participate in a range of community development projects. The day, which has strong private-sector support, fostered a renewed sense of civic pride as citizens came together to revitalise key community spaces. As part of the activities, the Whitehouse Early Childhood Centre in Montego Bay received...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (right), and Deputy Mayor, Councillor Richard Crawford, participate in Labour Day clean-up activities outside the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (May 23). The initiative forms part of the parish project, which focused on revitalising the market district under the national slogan

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Charles Gordon Market Gets Labour Day Cleaning

The Charles Gordon Market and the surrounding market district in Montego Bay, St. James, experienced major clean-up and infrastructural upgrades as part of the Labour Day 2025 activities. The Market was designated the official parish project for Labour Day, at a cost of approximately $5 million. Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, said the initiative underscores the Corporation’s commitment...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, plants a tree at the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon during today

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Focus Placed on Mason River Environment Park for Labour Day

The Government has spent $8 million to improve the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (May 23) led a group of government officials, stakeholders and scores of other volunteers to undertake improvement works at the facility, which was selected as this year’s Labour Day National Project. In 2022, the...

Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Wreath-Laying Ceremony for Sam Sharpe – Photos Only

Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre in St. Andrew, which included painting, general cleaning, and drain cover repairs.

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

KSAMC Labour Day Activities – Photos Only

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre...

Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, plants a flower as part of activities for the St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project in Maggotty on May 23.

12 months ago Labour Day 2025

Maggotty Gets Facelift on Labour Day

Maggotty was the focal point of Labour Day activities in St. Elizabeth on Friday (May 23) as dozens of volunteers came out to undertake cleaning and beautification works throughout the town. In keeping with the Labour Day 2025 theme, ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future’, the day's activities entailed the planting of flowers and trees, particularly at...