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Refurbishing work on a building situated next to the site of the tissue culture ginger project in Top Alston, Clarendon, one of the four projects selected by the National Labour Day Planning Committee for special focus, is almost complete. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' today (May 20), Chairman of the National Labour Day Planning Committee, Dorothea Clarke, said that...

Labour Day activities this year will include a ginger resuscitation project in Butlers Run, in the Top Alston area of Clarendon. "Small farmers in and around the area will benefit from practical demonstrations on pest eradication, as well as greenhouse and open field planting methodologies, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, RADA and the Scientific Research Council," said project...

Activities for Labour Day 2009 have moved into high gear in Western Jamaica, with approximately 123 projects registered to date, and expectations are that more registration forms for projects will be turned in over the next few days. Checks with the Labour Day Planning Committees in the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, have revealed that there are...

Overseas performers for the classical concert, 'An Evening of the Classics', will arrive in the island this afternoon (May 19). Meanwhile, Jamaican youth performers are fine tuning their acts for the two-day series scheduled for Montego Bay and Kingston this weekend. Founder and Director of Jamaica Early Childhood Development Foundation (JACDF), Mrs. Lorna Golding, says that in Child Month it...

Students from high schools and tertiary institutions in the county of Middlesex had the opportunity to share their concerns, dreams, aspirations and vision for Jamaica with Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Dr. Patrick Allen, at a youth consultative breakfast, held last Friday (May 15), at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club. The Youth Consultative Breakfast was held under the...

Several Jamalco volunteers participated in pre-Labour Day activities at the Lionel Town Hospital in Clarendon, on Friday(May 15). The day was largely dedicated to the painting of the main walkway connecting the administrative block and outpatient departments to the wards. Community Relations Officer for the Clarendon-based bauxite company, Phillip Biggs, said that only a third of the work has already...

Jamaica's third Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer, was today (May 18) honoured with a monument at National Heroes Park. The monument, titled 'Tower of Stature', designed by well known architect, Paul Thorbourne, and funded by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) at a cost of just over $6 million, was unveiled on what would have been Mr....

Co-ordinator of National Labour Day activities, Pat Amos, and a team from the Labour Day Secretariat in Kingston, toured the Blue Hole Nature Park, South St. James, one of four Labour Day projects being given national focus, today (May 18). The tour also included Member of Parliament for South St. James, Derrick Kellier, as well as representatives of a number...

Work is proceeding on the multi-purpose court in Riversdale, St. Catherine, one of the four Labour Day projects selected this year for national focus. Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 25, under the theme: 'Ketch the Vibes: Volunteerism, Intervention, Beautification, Empowerment for Success (VIBES)'. A sum of $500,000 has been committed towards the project by the National Labour...

The St. Ann's Bay Hospital in St. Ann is to receive a face-lift on Labour Day, Monday, May 25. This is one of four national projects that will receive special attention on that day. The others are located in Clarendon, St. James and St. Catherine. The hospital's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ian Jarrett, told JIS News that the focus on...

Georgina Harley-Smith, a talented British designer of Jamaican heritage, has been named among the top talents in the United Kingdom to watch for 2009, by Courvoisier The Future 500. Courvoisier The Future 500 is an exclusive network for rising stars across the UK. Being awarded a place within the network shows dedication and commitment to achieving success. A total of...

Parent Educator with the Rural Family Support Organisation (RUFAMSO), Hyacinth Pinnock, has called on Jamaica's children to demand that their rights to life and safety are protected at all times. She was addressing students of the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, at a recent Jamalco Mentorship Programme meeting held on the school grounds. "That is a right that everybody...