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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Chetwood Memorial Primary School Grand Gala, held at the Grand-A-View Hotel in St. James on Sunday (May 24).

Deputy Prime Minister Commends Chetwood Primary’s Century of Excellence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has commended Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, for its century-long tradition of academic excellence, discipline, and character development. Speaking during the school’s...

The Norwood Community Centre in St. James.

Improvement At Norwood Community Centre

Representatives from the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland, and the National Energy Skills Center Technical Institute (NESC-TI) in Trinidad and Tobago, pause for a photo while touring CASE's agrovoltaic farm recently. The visit highlighted the institutions' partnership in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Pictured (front row, from left) are Director of Continuing Education and Extra Mural Studies at CASE, Ivonne Drysdale; Subject Matter Expert and Curriculum Lead at NESC-TI, Adrian Dipchand; Curriculum Officer at CASE, Denise Dennis, along with NESC-TI students.

Educators Underscore Importance of CASE-Trinidad Technical Institute Renewable Energy Partnership

Head of the Guanaboa Vale Police in St. Catherine, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman (right), along with Principal of the Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School, Sheryl Thomas Lawes (left), and Paul Mountain resident, Deloris Plummer, plant palm trees along the school's perimeter fence during Labour Day activities at the institution on Monday (May 25).

Guanaboa Vale Police Laboured At Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School

Social Development Commission (SDC) St. Mary Parish Manager, Shawin Reynolds, participates in Labour Day clean-up activities at Clembhard’s Park in Port Maria, on Monday (May 25).

St. Mary Labour Day Effort Centres On Revitalising Clembhard’s Park

3 days ago Health & WellnessPress Release

Health Alert: Travel Caution to Ebola Affected Countries

Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Ministry of Health and Wellness wishes to advise members of the public to review their travel plans and avoid traveling to or transiting through affected countries. Although the WHO assesses the risk...

Chairman of the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott (right), along with Parish Manager at the Social Development Commission (SDC), Shana-Lee Archibald (centre), break ground for the construction of sanitary facilities at the Barry and Lloyd Cemetery in Kitson Town, St. Catherine on Monday (May 25). Looking on at left is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, Marvalyn Pitter. The cemetery was the St. Catherine Parish Project for Labour Day 2026.

3 days ago Labour Day 2026Local Government

Strong Turnout for St. Catherine Parish Project

Scores of persons turned out to participate in the clean-up of the Barry and Lloyd Cemetery in Kitson Town, St. Catherine on Monday (May 25). The Labour Day Parish Project, spearheaded by the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, focused on the removal of overgrown shrubs and general cleaning. Ground was also broken for the construction of sanitary facilities. “Today, we are...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), is joined by Major Phillip Edwards of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in painting a grill, during Labour Day activities at St. Anne

3 days ago EducationLabour Day 2026Youth

St. Anne’s Primary Gets Facelift for Labour Day

Students at St. Anne’s Primary School in Kingston will return to classes to find much cleaner and brighter surroundings following Labour Day works carried out by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at the institution on Monday, May 25. The project, which was also in observance of Child Month, focused on cleaning and painting the entire school. Portfolio...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (left), and President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League, Stephen Golding, join forces to paint a wall during the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSAMC) Labour Day activities at Franklin Town Primary School in Kingston on Monday (May 25). The KSAMC carried out work at three project sites: Franklin Town Primary School, the St. William Grant Monument in Brandon Hill, and Liberty Hall in downtown Kingston.

3 days ago Labour Day 2026Local Government

Three Major Projects Highlight Labour Day Activities for KSAMC

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) marked Labour Day on Monday (May 25) with three major projects, highlighting the theme: ‘Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safer Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goal of Agenda 2063’. The project sites were Franklin Town Primary School in the Allman Town Division, the St. William Grant Monument in the Brandon Hill Division,...

Volunteers from Edge Chem and the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston assist with painting and other renovation work as part of Labour Day activities at the Denham Town Golden Age Home on May 25.

3 days ago Labour Day 2026

Cottages At Denham Town Golden Age Home Renovated By Local Government Ministry

Six of the thirty-one self-contained cottages at the Denham Town Golden Age Home in Kingston were renovated in a project led by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, on Labour Day (May 25). The grounds of the facility were also beautified by volunteers, which included representatives from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), members of the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), applauds after unveiling a newly designed storyboard illustrating the history of Sabina Park as part of the National Labour Day Project being undertaken at the site. Joining her (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Dr. Leslie Harrow; President of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr. Donovan Bennett; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.; Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill; and former Jamaican cricketer, Nehemiah Perry.

3 days ago CultureLabour Day 2026Sport

Major Upgrades for Sabina Park As National Labour Day Project

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, through the National Labour Day Secretariat, is spearheading renovation and improvement works at Sabina Park in Kingston. The facility is one of two national projects for Labour Day 2026, observed on Monday (May 25) under the theme ‘One People, One Purpose: In All Things, Jamaica Wins’, with a focus on the restoration...

The container that will become the new Cedar Valley post office was placed in location on Labour Day, May 25.

3 days ago Labour Day 2026Local Government

Cedar Valley to Get New Post Office

There will be a new post office to serve Cedar Valley, St. Thomas, following a Labour Day project in the community on May 25. Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Louis Chin, told JIS News that the construction of the new post office was designated as the parish’s Labour Day project by the Municipal Corporation given the state of the previous...