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Firefighters from the Santa Cruz Fire Station in St. Elizabeth, Junior Smith (left) and Akeva Graham, at work on Labour Day (Monday, May 25).​
Firefighters from the Santa Cruz Fire Station in St. Elizabeth, Junior Smith (left) and Akeva Graham, at work on Labour Day (Monday, May 25).​

Junction Market In St. Elizabeth Cleaned

The Junction Market in St. Elizabeth was cleaned and sanitised on Labour Day (May 25), which was observed under the theme ‘Labour at Home’. Spearheaded by the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, the activity was carried out by volunteers from the...
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Disembarkation Process Complete for Repatriated Jamaican RCCL Ship Workers – PM
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) interacting with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange during the ceremony for the National Labour Day project at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on Monday (May 25).
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) interacting with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange during the ceremony for the National Labour Day project at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on Monday (May 25).

Jamaicans Urged To Follow Protocols As They Return To Work On June 1
Mount Salem, St. James resident, Balvin Brown, removes bulky waste from a section of his back yard on Labour Day (May 25).
Mount Salem, St. James resident, Balvin Brown, removes bulky waste from a section of his back yard on Labour Day (May 25).

Residents Of Mount Salem Labour At Home
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

Labour Day Message 2020 by Prime Minister The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, MP

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Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.
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Labour Day Message 2020 by Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, MP

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...
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The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (3rd left) and the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (left), join the work crew from Carib Cement Company and Jamaica Pre-Mix in a Labour Day sanitisation project at Mandela Park in Half Way Tree. Also pictured are: Sales Manager at Carib Cement Garen Williams; Managing Director of Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited, John Valentine; and Industrial and Builders Manager at Carib Cement, Andre Nelson.
CommunityCoronavirus

Grange: Sanitising of Public Spaces, an Excellent Labour Day Project

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...
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CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

200 COVID-19 recoveries and counting

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)...
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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.
Culture

PHOTOS: Tribute to Sam Sharpe

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.
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ave Reid Photo State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), engages with Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen (left), during at virtual press briefing on Friday (May 22), to outline details of the Government
CommerceEnergy

$24.5 Million Compensation For Bad Gas

Approximately 380 motorists whose vehicles were affected by “bad gas” in 2015 will benefit from a compensation package valued at $24.5 million, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, announced during a digital press conference on Friday (May 22). She said that Petrojam Ethanol Limited (PEL) had paid over the funds for the settlement to the Consumer Affairs...
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