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Members of the Royal Rangers Marching Band perform during the third annual Marching Band Festival staged by the St. James Chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) at the Catherine Hall Stadium in St. James on Labour Day, Tuesday (May 23).
Members of the Royal Rangers Marching Band perform during the third annual Marching Band Festival staged by the St. James Chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) at the Catherine Hall Stadium in St. James on Labour Day, Tuesday (May 23).

Young People Show Off Musical Talent at Marching Band Festival

Eight marching bands comprising more than 400 youth from several at-risk communities across the island showed off their musical talents at the third annual Marching Band Festival on Tuesday (May 23). The Labour Day event, organised by the Lay Magistrates...
Ananda Alert Officer at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Annadjae Roberts.
Ananda Alert Officer at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Annadjae Roberts.

CPFSA Stages Youth Forum May 25
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the Jamaica Blue Economy Framework Project stakeholders’ validation workshop held at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston on May 24. The Government is working on a framework to take advantage of the blue economy and expand the fisheries sector.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the Jamaica Blue Economy Framework Project stakeholders’ validation workshop held at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston on May 24. The Government is working on a framework to take advantage of the blue economy and expand the fisheries sector.

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Addresses Blue Economy Validation Workshop
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (left) and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Thomas Parish Advisory Board Committee Chairman, Dean Jones, plant Scotch bonnet peppers in the garden established at the Trinityville Primary School on Labour Day (May 23).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Franklin Witter (left) and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Thomas Parish Advisory Board Committee Chairman, Dean Jones, plant Scotch bonnet peppers in the garden established at the Trinityville Primary School on Labour Day (May 23).

Trinityville Primary School Garden Established
Volunteers at the St Ann Infirmary, giving the place a much-needed facelift on Labour Day (May 23).
Volunteers at the St Ann Infirmary, giving the place a much-needed facelift on Labour Day (May 23).

Learning Centre of Paediatric Ward at St. Ann’s Bay Hospital Renovated

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Lucea Deputy Mayor, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant (right), and Acting Senior Librarian for Hanover Parish Library, Ms Vonnette Jones, paint wall of Library on Labour Day (May 23).
Labour Day 2023

Labour Day Projects Undertaken by Hanover and Trelawny Municipal Corporations

Scores of residents and corporate entities joined the Hanover Municipal Corporation to work at several locations across the parish on Labour Day (May 23). Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, told JIS News that this year’s theme, 'Plant a Tree for Life – Promoting Climate Change Mitigation, Food Security and Road Safety', served as an inspiration and guide for...
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Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South Western, Hon. Floyd Green (front, centre), plants an apple seedling during the Labour Day parish project at Prosperity Park in the Parottee community on Tuesday, May 23. He is assisted by Regional Manager of SPM Waste Management Limited, Edward Muir (front, left). Looking on (from second left) are Labour Day Project Coordinator, Marcine Whitter; Assistant Secretary for the Parottee Citizens Association, Debbie Rosegreen; President of the Parottee Community Development Committee, Eric Samuels; and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster.
Labour Day 2023

Prosperity Park in St. Elizabeth Gets Facelift on Labour Day

Residents of Parottee in St. Elizabeth came out in their numbers on Tuesday (May 23) to give a facelift to Prosperity Park, which was the parish project for Labour Day 2023. More than a dozen trees were planted at the site in keeping with the theme of the day, ‘Plant a Tree for Life – Promoting Climate Change Mitigation, Food...
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Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second left), delivers remarks during the signing ceremony for the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) ‘Adopt-A-Mangrove’ programme. The ceremony was held at NEPA’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (May 18). Listening (from left) are NEPA’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Knight; Chief Operating Officer, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Limited, Gary Barrow and Deputy Chairman, JPS Foundation Limited, Ramsay McDonald.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Ban on Plastic Lunch Boxes Effective December 2023

A ban will be imposed on the use of plastic lunch boxes, effective December 31, 2023, as government efforts continue to shift to more sustainable options. This was announced by Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, while addressing Thursday’s (May 18) non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony for...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right, stooping), helps to pave the waiting area at the Olympic Gardens Health Centre in St. Andrew West Central, for which he is the member of Parliament, on Tuesday (May 23), as part of Labour Day activities in the constituency. Looking on are residents and volunteers of the community.
Labour Day 2023Works / Construction

Olympic Gardens Health Centre’s Waiting Area Paved for Labour Day

Paving of the waiting area at the Olympic Gardens Health Centre in St. Andrew West Central to minimise dust was among the projects that Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, participated in on Labour Day (May 23). Prime Minister Holness, who is the constituency’s Member of Parliament, said prior to the waiting area’s renovation, “it was not a comfortable...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), plants a tree along the P.J. Patterson Highway (Highway 2000), in the vicinity of the Hartlands underpass in the parish of St. Catherine. He is assisted by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (third left). Looking on (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry.
Finance & Public ServiceLabour Day 2023

Gov’t Well Underway with Public Sector Compensation Review and Transformation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is well under way with the implementation of the public-sector compensation review and transformation. Addressing Tuesday’s (May 23) Labour Day tree-planting exercise in Hartlands, St. Catherine, Mr. Holness said the review covers, among other things, increased payment for workers as well as the establishment of a performance evaluation and management...
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