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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, participates in work at the Cornwall Court Kiddies Park, which was the St. James parish project for Labour Day.

St. James Residents Turn Out For Labour Day

Labour Day activities in St. James received overwhelming support, as government and corporate entities collaborated on a number of projects. At Cornwall Courts Kiddies Park, which was the St. James parish project, teams of volunteers came out early to carry...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), assists children as they play on the new swings installed today (May 25), at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay, St. Thomas. The facility was designated as the National Labour Day project. Others (from second left) are: Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas, James Robertson; Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson; and State Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan.

All Jamaicans Must Stand In The Interest Of Children – PM

Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Youth Minister Says Thanks

Principal of the Salvation Army Rae Town Basic School, Nicole Facey and Deputy General Manager, Subsidiaries Management and Revenue Generation at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Stephens paint the wall of one of the classrooms during Labour Day activities at the school, today (May 25), in Downtown Kingston.

Basic School in Rae Town Gets Facelift

Volunteers repair a section of the ceiling at the Community Based Rehabilitation Jamaica (CBRJ) centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, during Labour Day activities on Monday (May 25). The facility, formerly known as 3D Projects, was the St. Catherine Labour Day parish project.

Children’s Institution in Spanish Town Renovated

Board Director, National Housing Trust (NHT), Granville Valentine, plants a tree at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, where renovation works are underway, as part of Labour Day activities today (May 25). This project is being done by NHT. This year’s Labour Day is being observed under the theme: ‘Labour of Love, Nurturing Our Children’. The NHT is spending approximately $10 million to renovate four dormitories at the facility.

11 years ago Culture

Major Renovation Work Underway At Maxfield Park Children’s Home

Major renovation work is being undertaken on four dormitories at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, as part of efforts to improve the living conditions of the wards at the facility. Valued at a cost of approximately $10 million, the work, which is being funded by the National Housing Trust (NHT), forms part of the Trust’s 2015 Labour Day...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith (right), assists in painting a section of the Railway Gardens Basic School in downtown Montego Bay, one of several Labour Day projects which took place in the parish of St. James, today (May 25). Mr. Smith is joined by Principal of the school, Laura Clarke (left); Tasanna Salmon and Davian Ramsay, both of the Tax Administration Jamaica Social Club in Montego Bay.

11 years ago Culture

Much Support For Labour Day Activities In The West

Labour Day activities in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, St. Ann, Westmoreland and Hanover received tremendous support from volunteers, on Monday, May 25. The main projects for the parishes were: Manning’s Boys’ Home in St. Elizabeth; the Jerusalem Mountain Community Centre in Westmoreland; The Uriah Rowe Park in Trelawny; The Widow’s Mite Children’s Home in St. Ann; and the...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right), take part in the St. James Parish Labour Day Church Service, held on May 24 at the Mt. Zion United Church in St. James, under the theme,

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Says Workers Continue To Build The Nation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says workers in both the private and public sectors are a special group who continue to build the country. “As we celebrate Workers’ Week 2015, I therefore salute and thank our workers for their sacrifice, support and understanding in an environment of economic challenges over the past several years. Their cooperation has...

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith (left), listens to Simonia Bradbury (right), during one of her visits to the OCR’s office in Kingston, in relation to her 13-year old daughter, Jennira Jane,*who has frequently run away from home. The teen has been recovered and is now in the care of the state. Listening at centre is Mrs. Bradbury’s older daughter, Shoquana Miller.

11 years ago Youth

State Assumes Care of Runaway Teen as Focus on Missing Children Intensifies

Simonia Bradbury is relieved that her daughter Jennira Jane* is safe and no longer missing. The 13-year old, who has frequently run away from home, was recently recovered after she disappeared for the third time on January 26, 2015. She is now in the care of the state, where she is being supervised and is receiving psychosocial treatment. Her mother...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left);former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson (2nd right); Transport, Works, and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left); and Managing Director of TransJamaican Highway, Guillaume Allain, stand in front of the sign bearing the new name of the Kingston to May Pen segment of Highway 2000. The sign was unveiled during the recent ceremony to rename the roadway the ‘P.J. Patterson Highway’.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PJ Patterson Hailed As Nation Builder

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, was the toast of his peers and contemporaries, at a recent ceremony in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, to officially rename the East-West segment of Highway 2000, in his honour. The administration’s decision to rename the 44-kilometre toll road, which runs from the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine to the May Pen round-a-bout...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Luis Moreno (centre), pose with members from the first cohort of Peace Corps volunteers to Jamaica in 1962, during the swearing in ceremony for 36 new volunteers to the island, held on May 22, at the Ambassador’s residence in Kingston.

11 years ago Agriculture

Farmers to be Trained in Environmentally-Friendly Practices

President, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, says educational programmes will be implemented for farmers, particularly in the coffee growing areas of the island, to discourage them from using the slash and burn method for land preparation. He said this, among other measures, form part of the Government’s strategy to encourage farmers to apply safer and more environmentally-friendly practices...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), looks on as water gushes from a fire hydrant, at the official commissioning into service of the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System in West Central St. James on Friday (May 22). Others (from right) are: Minister of State for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; and Councillor for the Granville Division, and Deputy Mayor Michael Troupe.

11 years ago Environment

Minister Pickergsill Turns on Gutters/Retirement Water System

Residents of Gutters, Retirement and adjoining communities in West Central, St. James, now have access to more reliable water supply. This follows the competition of work on the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System at a cost of $26.3 million. The project, undertaken by the Rural Water Supply Limited, involved installation of over six kilometers of pipelines to provide potable water to...