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Public Education and Public Relations Manager at the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Analisa Allen, speaking with JIS News, recently.

SLB Reminds Students to Apply for Loans by May 31

New and returning tertiary students are being reminded that the deadline to apply for Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) funding is May 31, 2016. “This is only for the general loan that people repay after they have completed their programme of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), tries his hand at carving in the Ocho Rios craft market, during his visit on May 20. The Minister also addressed tourism stakeholders in the town.

Government to Invest in Hospitality School

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Warren Smith, addresses the 46th annual CDB Board of Governors meeting at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Rose Hall, St. James on May 18.

CDB President Emphasizes Importance of Agriculture to Region

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Dr. Angela Brown Burke (2nd right), participates in digging a trench for construction of an earth drain at the St. Tekle Haimanot Early Childhood Development Centre in Taylor Lands, Bull Bay, St. Andrew yesterday (May 23). At right is Town Clerk, Robert Hill, while the school’s Principal, Garfield Bennett (left), captures the moment on his camera phone. The school was the main activity for the KSAC for Labour Day 2016.

KSAC Labours with Bull Bay Residents at St. Tekle Haimanot

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), paints a section of wall at the Allman Town Primary School, Downtown Kingston, on Labour Day, May 23. Others (from left) are: Vice President of Finance at Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited, Rohan Harrison, and Lasco Top Cop for 2015, Sergeant Ava Lindo.

Renovation Carried out at Allman Town Primary

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), assists in preparing an area for expansion of the vegetable garden at the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew on Labour Day, May 23. Manager of the Home, Jean Duhaney (2nd right), and volunteers of the Scotiabank Foundation, participate in the work day.

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Homestead Place of Safety gets Facelift on Labour Day

The Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, received a facelift as part of Labour Day activities yesterday (May 23). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, joined representatives from the Child Development Agency (CDA) and Scotiabank Foundation in cleaning the dormitories, painting the building, cutting shrubs, and expanding a vegetable garden. Speaking...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 46th Board of Governors meeting, held from May 16 to 20 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

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CDB Leaders Have Left Indelible Mark – PM Holness

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is an example of regionalisation that works and has been blessed with outstanding leadership over its 46 years of existence. “The CDB has had some great leaders, who have left an indelible mark on this institution,” Mr. Holness said. “Their leadership and vision have made the CDB...

Members of the Catherine Hall Citizens Association building one of three concrete skips in their community on Labour Day (May 23).

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Volunteers Work on Charles Gordon Market

Work on Labour Day in St. James and Hanover got off to an early start, with more than 50 projects receiving support from community volunteers. The Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay headed the list of 37 registered projects in St James. Work was completed on the vendors’ stalls, paved areas surrounding the market compound as well as the chain...

General Manager at Monumental Partners, Christopher Goulbourne (left), leads in painting the classrooms at the Abilities Foundation, in St. Andrew, yesterday (May 23). The group partnered with World Brands Services to give the institution a facelift as their Labour Day project. Others (from second left) are: Director, Monumental Partners, Kahlil Harris; Marketing Executive at World Brands Services,Tania Christie, and Managing Director at the Foundation, Susanne Hamilton.

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Abilities Foundation gets Facelift

The 75 students and teachers at the Abilities Foundation are beaming after the institution received a major facelift yesterday (May 23), from over 60 volunteers attached to Monumental Partners and World Brands Services. From as early as 7:30 a.m. volunteers began painting the building located on Constant Spring Road, in St. Andrew, and planting various crops in the garden operated by...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), interacts with two youngsters from the Gregory Park Basic School at a ceremony at the school to open the National Labour Day Project on Labour Day, May 23. Looking on are: Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right). The National Labour Day project was carried out in the Washington Mews and Gregory Park communities of Portmore and included major cleanup activities to identify and eradicate mosquito breeding sites. The Gregory Park Basic School also benefited from work to uplift the school environment.

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Prime Minister Joins Volunteers on National Labour Day Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, joined hands with volunteers in Gregory Park and Washington Mews in Portmore who took part in activities for the National Labour Day project in the communities. Accompanied by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Hon. Christopher Tufton; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment...

Acting Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Colonel (Ret’d) Audley Carter (left), applies concrete mix to a section of the wall in an old storeroom at Melrose Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston, which is being converted into a mini conference room, during Labour Day activities on Monday, May 23. Looking on is Maintenance Technician in the agency’s Property Department, Adrian Wilson.

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Melrose Primary to Get Mini Conference Room

Melrose Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston is to benefit from a mini conference room, which is being developed by the Transport Authority (TA). The work, which got underway on Labour Day (May 23), entails the conversion of an old storeroom at the institution’s Little Kew Road campus, off Lyndhurst Road, into the multi-purpose resource facility. The room...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles, Jnr. (right), is joined by Superintendent of Police in charge of Westmoreland, David Whyte, in painting a section of the Bethel Town Police station in Westmoreland on Labour Day (May 23). The project was an initiative of the National Water Commission (NWC).

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Good Support for Labour Day Projects in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth

Residents of Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth were out in their numbers yesterday (May 23), to participate in projects across the parishes for Labour Day. State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., was on hand to take part in the activity at the Bethel Town Police Station in Westmoreland, which was one of 75 projects...