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Residents of St. Ann turned out in their numbers this morning (May 23) to participate in various community clean-up and beautification works, as the parish marked National Labour Day 2006. A total of 25 projects were registered in the parish and the scope of work included the cleaning of drains, river training activities, the painting of bus shelters and pedestrian...

Several projects were undertaken in Portland today as the communities of the parish put work into Labour Day. The JIS News team visited a number of projects which included the bushing of roadways, the refurbishing of community amenities, including churches, schools and community centres, and other government buildings, the cleaning up of playfields and the beautification of communities. A total...

The Safe Schools Secretariat will be hosting a series of 'School Community Consultation' fora, in order to foster partnerships between problem schools and the communities in which they are located. The discussion sessions will commence on May 24 at the Trench Town High School and will continue on the 29th and 31st at the Vauxhall and Jonathan Grant High Schools,...

Scores of residents as well as members of the St. Thomas Labour Day Committee turned up today (May 23), to participate in the beautification and clean-up of the park, the round-a-bout and the Paul Bogle Square in Morant Bay. This was the parish project for Labour Day 2006, observed under the theme: 'Jamaica's Beauty - Our Duty'. It was one...

Residents of Manchester turned out from all walks of life today (May 22) to carry out much needed work on two very important areas of the capital town of Mandeville, for Labour Day 2006, which is being observed under the theme ' Jamaica's Beauty - Our Duty'. The projects include work on the historic Mandeville courthouse and the Cecil Charlton...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith, has said that the Ministry has spent over US$3.3 million to ensure that schools have the kind of managers that could positively affect the transformation process in education. He pointed out that the training has been done through the Primary Education Support Project (PESP). Senator Monteith was speaking...

Some 80, 000 bags of cement arrived in the island from Venezuela yesterday (May 22), and will be distributed to local hardware and retail merchants, Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell has said. Minister Campbell, who was speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said the imported cement "should bring some measure of ease for the...

Cabinet yesterday (May 22), gave its full support to a proposal from the Ministry of Education and Youth to establish a Consortium of Institutions for Teacher Education (CITE), which will institute a four-year degree course of study at teacher colleges, instead of the current three-year diploma programme. Providing details of the CITE programme at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing, Information...

This is my first broadcast to you, my Jamaican Family, since assuming office as Prime Minister. I can think of no better occasion than that of Labour Day to speak to my extended Family. I am taking the opportunity to call this great nation to action. Our history of survival and success is rooted in organized labour and collective endeavours...

The St. Ann Health Department will be engaged in a clean-up of the Discovery Bay area on Labour Day, May 23. Vector Control Officer at the St. Ann Health Department, Mark Miller, told JIS News that the clean-up exercise was a part of the Rodent Control Programme, which was currently underway in the Discovery Bay area. He explained that the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has stated that she will be keeping a close watch on the sale of cement to the construction industry to ensure that the benefits of lower prices for the product arising from the waiver of import duties are passed on to consumers. She was speaking on Saturday (May 20) at the 10th Anniversary and Awards...

Minister of Housing, Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, has stressed that the Government was committed to the stimulation of Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs), as this sector has the potential to be the major driving force of Jamaica's economy. "To do this, we must be prepared to extend credit on favourable terms to SMEs with sound business plans," he said....