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MANDEVILLE — The Child Development Agency (CDA) has launched a self sufficiency programme to promote sustainable development through agriculture, from a US$34,000 grant from the Australian Direct Aid Programme. Participating facilities are Homestead, Glenhope, Granville and St. Augustine Places of Safety, as well as Summerfield, Muirton and Manning’s Boys’ Homes. “The programme not only offers the possibility for self reliance...

KINGSTON — A total of 330 projects have been registered by communities across the island for Labour Day 2011. Of the sum, 150 were registered via the E-Labour Day form located at the JIS website at www.jis.gov.jm, while the other 180 were submitted to the parish councils and the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) parish offices. Minister of Youth, Sports and...

KINGSTON — The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, MP has said that she is satisfied with the support of the Local Government authorities in organising Labour Day projects in the municipalities this year. The Government of Jamaica is encouraging voluntary work on Labour Day - Monday, 23 May 2011 - focusing on the care and protection of...

PORT ANTONIO — Home and kitchen appliances and  other items worth more than  $1 million were presented to the Muirton Child Care Facility in Manchioneal, Portland, by Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO), a New York-based Jamaican charity, on May 17. Included in the items were a clothes dryer, computers, a deep freeze, a commercial stove and shoes. Chairman and Founder...

KINGSTON — Jamaicans are being encouraged to show they care, by supporting projects in their communities that will benefit children, the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, on Labour Day, Monday, May 23. This Labour Day, which is being observed under the theme, “It takes a village to raise a child,” focuses on the care and protection of children. Fourteen parish projects,...

OCHO RIOS — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has called on Jamaicans to help the nation’s children shine this Labour Day. She said that in addition to traditional activities such as painting buildings, planting of trees, and bushing of open lots, community members  could come together to offer mentoring services, extra lessons, health checks and other...

PORT ANTONIO — As plans for Labour Day gain momentum in Portland, a total of 20 projects have so far being registered for the parish. The plans were extensively discussed at a Labour Day Committee meeting, held at the Portland Parish Council, on May 13. Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 23, under the theme: ‘It takes a...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is collaborating with several stakeholder groups to stage a series of activities to mark 2011 as the International Year of People of African Descent (IPAD). These events, which will coincide with celebrations for Workers Week and Labour Day, Emancipation, Independence, Heritage Week and National Heroes’ Day, were unveiled by portfolio Minister,...

MIAMI — Renowned Jamaican jazz musician, Monty Alexander, C.D., will be special guest at the celebration of Reggae Jazz Fusion, to be held on Sunday, May 22, at the Broward Centre for the Performing Arts (BCPA), in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Under the patronage of the Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths, the special performance will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of...

WASHINGTON — The colourful and stunning display of native flowers from Jamaica was the talk of the town in Washington D.C. at the weekend at Flower Mart’s Flowers Around the World festival. The island’s display dubbed, To the World, wowed the more than 20,000 visitors, who streamed into the historic Washington National Cathedral for the May 6 to 7 event,...

MONTEGO BAY — Residents of Westmoreland are being urged to come out on Labour Day 2011 to support the Westmoreland parish/national project at the Clifton Boys Home in Darliston. The scope of work to be carried out at the facility involves the rebuilding of the front porch at an estimated cost of $665,000. The technical department of the Westmoreland Parish...

MONTEGO BAY — The work which is to be carried out on the Clifton Boys' Home, Darliston, Westmoreland, on Labour Day will carry a price tag of approximately $665,000. The Home has been chosen as the Westmoreland parish/national project for Labour Day 2011. The project also involves the rebuilding of the front porch. A meeting of the parish's Labour Day...