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Gospel artiste, Calvin Curtis Whilby (standing), popularly known as ‘Prodigal Son', acknowledges music producer, Donovan Germain, during the Labour Day Praise and Worship Concert at Emancipation Park in St. Andrew on Monday (May 25). Looking on are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right); Reggae Songbird Marcia Griffiths (second right), and other patrons. Labour Day 2026 was observed under the theme ‘One People, One Purpose: In All Things Jamaica Wins’.

PHOTOS: Labour Day Praise And Worship Concert

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, addresses Tuesday's (May 26) Quarterly Monetary Policy Press Conference at the Garden Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

BOJ Holds Policy Rate At 5.5 Per Cent

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency's office in Kingston.

Youth Engagement to Take Centre Stage At Diaspora Conference

Miss St. Mary Festival Queen 2025, Anya Graham (second left), is given an overview by Annotto Bay High School student Adrian East of dishes on display at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Culinary Arts Competition and Showcase held in Port Maria, St. Mary, on May 21. Sharing in the moment are adjudicators (from left) Jaseth Jackson, Christopher Brown and Kenard Swaby.

JCDC Culinary Arts Showcase Celebrates Jamaican Creativity and Tradition

Commanding Officer for the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Senior Superintendent (SSP) Lloyd Darby, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Speeding and Distracted Driving Dangerous Combination – JCF

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), is joined by Police Inspector Devon Gordon in painting a pedestrian crossing during Labour Day activities in Grants Pen, St. Andrew, on Monday (May 25).

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PHOTOS: Labour Day Activities In Grants Pen, St. Andrew

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Marlon Morgan (right), participates in the 16th anniversary Church Service of the National Education Trust (NET), held earlier this year at the Christian Fellowship World Outreach in Kingston. He is joined by staff from NET.

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PHOTOS: NET Celebrates 16 Years

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), shares in dialogue with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, Roberto Canseco Martínez, during a recent call by the Ambassador at the Ministry in Kingston.

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PHOTOS: Ambassador of Mexico Calls on Foreign Affairs Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), shares in dialogue with Ambassador of Mexico to Jamaica, Roberto Canseco Martínez, during a recent call by the Ambassador at the Ministry in Kingston.

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).

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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 Grand Gala at Hotel Grand-A-View in St. James on Sunday (May 24), he noted that the institution has stood as...

The Norwood Community Centre in St. James.

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Improvement At Norwood Community Centre

The Norwood Community Centre in St. James has been improved following a painting exercise on Labour Day (May 25) and the commissioning of a $4.5-million solar unit, which will provide electrical power to the facility. The project was completed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). In an interview with JIS News, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security...

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

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

President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland, Dr. Derrick Deslandes, has underscored the importance of the partnership in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture forged with the National Energy Skills Centre Technical Institute (NESC-TI) in Trinidad and Tobago through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Similar sentiments have been expressed by NESC-TI Subject Matter...

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

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Guanaboa Vale Police Laboured At Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School

The St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale Police stepped out of their usual law enforcement role on Monday (May 25) to clean and beautify the grounds of the nearby Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School. Armed with brooms, rakes, shovels and machetes, they cut overgrown shrubs, cleared debris and planted palm trees along the perimeter fence to enhance the landscape. The Labour...