Residents of Mount Salem, St. James, are taking this year’s Labour Day theme ‘Labour at Home’ to heart, as they have embarked on extensive cleaning and sanitization of their homes. The theme for this year’s Labour Day, which was observed on May 25, is relevant in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the social distancing measures implemented by the Government...

My fellow Jamaicans, With giant leaps in science and technology, mankind may sometimes have a false sense of invincibility about the global civilization we have created. The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed just how fragile we are and how vulnerable our connected world can be, ironically, by virtue of that same connectedness. We know that disruption is part of the natural...

My fellow Jamaicans, Labour Day 2020 comes during one of the most severe challenges with unprecedented social problems brought on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social distancing and other restrictions have forced us to adapt to a “new normal” and “Labour at Home” instead of at our usual community building projects. With every challenge, comes an opportunity. However, remember when you build...

Total cases now 552; 211 recoveries In the last 24 hours, 11 more patients have recovered and have been discharged from isolation, bringing the total number of patients recovered and released to 211(38% recovery rate). Meanwhile, two (2) new samples have tested positive for COVID-19, which brings the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 552. Jamaica now has 332...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has commended Caribbean Cement Company and Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited who have sanitised public spaces around three parks in the corporate area as their Labour Day project. The companies collaborated on the sanitisation project at Mandela Park, St William Grant Park and Papine Park on Sunday (today). Minister Grange...

Jamaica’s COVID-19 recoveries hit the 200 mark in the last 24 hours, as nine more Jamaicans were released from care. The island now has a 36 per cent recovery rate. Also in the last 24 hours, the island recorded another six confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 550. Five (5) of the six (6)...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, lays a wreath at the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Samuel Shape, in National Heroes Park, today (May 23), as part of activities to mark Workers’ Week.