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Volunteerism was at a high in Western Jamaica today (May 25), as hundreds of residents from across that region turned out to participate in Labour Day 2009 activities. With over 160 registered projects across the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, inclusive of four parish projects and three national projects, the overcast conditions did not dampen the spirit...

Having the children under her care getting the mental stimulation they need, is a "dream come true" for Child Care Manager of the Best Care Lodge, in Kingston, Margaret Loney. Her dream has been fulfilled through the help of the Digicel Foundation, which made the home for children with mental and physical challenges its project for Labour Day, today (May...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding visited the Blue Hole Nature Park in South St. James today (May 25), and spent quality time getting involved in Labour Day activities including handing out trees to students and planting fruit and food trees on the 1200-acre nature reserve. The Blue Hole Nature Park was one of six Labour Day projects across the...

Several Labour Day projects were carried out in Portland today (May 25) despite the inclement weather affecting sections of the parish since last week. The scope of work included bushing of roadways; painting of pedestrian signs, and school buildings; constructing houses for indigent persons; and refurbishing of community centres. The parish project was the refurbishing of the Portland Infirmary in...

Despite early morning rains, and intermittent mid-morning showers, there was a full turnout of participants for the Ministry of Health's Labour Day project, which was the beautification of the Comprehensive Health Centre located on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston. The scheduled activities included landscaping and painting, planting of fruit trees and vegetable plots at various sections of the compound by...

Twenty-one year old law student, Zuleika Jess was crowned Miss Clarendon Festival Queen, at the grand coronation show held recently at the Versalles Hotel in May Pen, Clarendon. Staged under the theme: "Jamaican Woman: Our National Treasure", the Festival Queen Competition has sought for the past several years, to showcase the cultural awareness, talent and creativity of young women, and...

Residents of St. Thomas will be restoring the Easington Memorial Park in Yallahs, for Labour Day. The St. Thomas Labour Day Planning Committee has chosen this activity as the parish project from the over 170 projects that were submitted. Sixty-nine of these were from Western St Thomas, while 51 were from the Eastern side of the parish. His Worship the...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke is expressing grief and regret over the death of five girls in a fire, at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in Alexandra, St. Ann last night. "It is a tragedy. It is a sad day for all Jamaica, that five children should have died in a fire this way. The staff and the girls are very...

Fifty-three projects have so far been registered with the Portland Labour Day Committee for Labour Day, Monday, May 25. They include the parish project to beautify the Portland Infirmary in Port Antonio, as well as the painting of schools, paving of roadways, painting of road signs and refurbishing of Government buildings. The parish project will involve the painting of the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has given instructions to hastily relocate the inmates of the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in Alexandra, St Ann, following last night's (May 20) fire in which five girls were killed and thirteen others injured. The girls will be removed to the Stony Hill HEART Academy and buses are now being sent to Armadale to...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the University of Technology (UTech), will be 'sprucing up' the Papine Park in St. Andrew, as part of activities for Labour Day, May 25. Project Co-ordinator, Marline Stephenson Dalley, told JIS News that the scope of work will include the cleaning up and painting of the walls, benches, sanitary conveniences; pruning of trees;...

A total of 65 projects have so far been registered with the St. Mary Labour Day Committee, as preparations for Labour Day in the parish get into high gear. Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission (SDC), in St. Mary, Janet Rose-Bryan, said the projects include road repairs, the cleaning-up of communities, the refurbishing of Government buildings, the painting of...