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Labour Day Project To Help Children’s Hospital Reduce Surgeries Backlog

Twenty children, aged four to 12, will benefit from free surgical procedures at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Labour Day. The day, which is celebrated each year on May 23, encourages national volunteerism and collective acts of service that...
Director and Representative, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Saadia Sanchez-Vegas, symbolically hands over the 300-page ‘Reshaping Policies for Creativity Global Report’ held at the AC Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (May 19).
Director and Representative, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Saadia Sanchez-Vegas, symbolically hands over the 300-page ‘Reshaping Policies for Creativity Global Report’ held at the AC Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (May 19).

Jamaica Cited For Best Practices In UNESCO ‘Reshaping Policies For Creativity’ Report
Events Coordinator for National Religious Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Andrea McCurdy.
Events Coordinator for National Religious Services, Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Andrea McCurdy.

Workers’ Week And Labour Day Thanksgiving Service On Sunday
A National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) worker clears branches from Mandela Park, Half-Way Tree, the site selected for the National Labour Day project. Preparatory work has begun at the Park by the NSWMA and the Jamaica Defence Force. Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 23 under the theme ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness – Protect our Heritage and Environment’.
A National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) worker clears branches from Mandela Park, Half-Way Tree, the site selected for the National Labour Day project. Preparatory work has begun at the Park by the NSWMA and the Jamaica Defence Force. Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 23 under the theme ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness – Protect our Heritage and Environment’.

Work Begins On National Labour Day Project
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right), place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 18, in recognition of National Workers Week/Labour Day. Others looking on are (from left), Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dione Jennings; Goddaughter of Agnes Bernard, Cordelia Forbes; and President of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation, David Wan. A bust, mounted atop the monument, was unveiled at the event.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right), place wreaths at the Aggie Bernard monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 18, in recognition of National Workers Week/Labour Day. Others looking on are (from left), Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dione Jennings; Goddaughter of Agnes Bernard, Cordelia Forbes; and President of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation, David Wan. A bust, mounted atop the monument, was unveiled at the event.

Bust Of Labour Movement Activist Agnes Bernard Unveiled

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange CD, MP
Labour Day 2022

Grange: Mandela Park is National Labour Day project

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced that the National Labour Day project will be the renovation of Mandela Park in Half Way Tree. The Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, will lead the National Project which will involve landscaping, masonry, carpentry, painting, electrical works, lighting as well as disinfecting and sanitising....
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Jamaica’s Consul-General in Miami, Oliver Mair, delivering the message from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at the Atlanta launch of Jamaica-60 celebration activities. Seated is Jamaica’s honorary consul in Atlanta, Dr. Elaine Bryan.
Culture

Jamaica 60 Celebrations Building On History Of Greatness

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon, Olivia Grange, says if Jamaica is to realise its dreams of being “a land of peace and love, we must find a way to instil hope in our young people”. In a message to launch the “Jamaica-60” celebrations in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday, the Minister, in a speech delivered by Jamaica’s Consul-General...
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Senior Director for Corporate Communications and Marketing at the Forestry Department, Francine Black Richards.
EnvironmentLabour Day 2022

Forestry Department To Distribute Free Seedlings For Labour Day

The Forestry Department, the lead agency responsible for Jamaica’s forest resources, is providing free seedlings to the public for Labour Day, Monday, May 23. Labour Day will be observed under the theme ‘Reigniting a Nation for Greatness –Protect our Heritage and Environment’. Persons can get up to 10 timber and ornamental tree seedlings free of cost from the Forestry Department’s...
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Jamaican iguana
CultureEducationEnvironmentYouth

Students To Be Taught How To Preserve Endemic Plants And Animals

The National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), has launched a programme to teach students about the preservation of Jamaica’s endemic plants and animals. About 60 students and their teachers from three primary schools, as well as members of the downtown community, Kingston, will participate in a presentation on the preservation of iguanas on Tuesday,...
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President of the Republic of India, His Excellency the Hon. Ram Nath Kovind, lays a floral tribute at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, at National Heroes Park, Kingston, on Monday ((May 16). Assisting him is First Lady of India, Savita Kovind (centre). Looking on is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. President Kovind arrived in the island on Sunday (May 15) for a four-day State Visit.
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PHOTOS: Indian President Kovind Lays Floral Tribute At Garvey’s Shrine

President of the Republic of India, His Excellency the Hon. Ram Nath Kovind, lays a floral tribute at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, at National Heroes Park, Kingston, on Monday ((May 16). Assisting him is First Lady of India, Savita Kovind (centre). Looking on is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, converses with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, at the global launch of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference at the Ministry’s headquarters located at 2 Port Royal Street in Kingston on Friday, May 6.
CultureForeign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference To Focus On Business Opportunities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that next month’s staging of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference provides an opportunity to encourage more overseas Jamaicans to take advantage of the business and investment opportunities that the country offers. “I would love this conference, this year, to focus on the business opportunities here. Our capital markets, real estate, business process...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, seen here interacting with local chefs at a recent Culinary Arts and Gastronomy Symposium at the Cardiff Hotel & Spa, Runaway Bay, St. Ann.
Culture

Jamaican Cuisine Should Be On Every Hotel Menu – Terrelonge

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says Jamaica’s amazing local cuisine is underutilised and could be an important tourism value-added product. Minister Terrelonge, who was speaking at a recent Culinary Arts and Gastronomy Symposium at the Cardiff Hotel & Spa, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, said there is a tendency by some...
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