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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.
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.

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...
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.
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.

Prime Minister Joins Volunteers on National Labour Day Project
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.
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.

Melrose Primary to Get Mini Conference 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).
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).

Good Support for Labour Day Projects in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth
Deputy High Commissioner, Mrs. Diedre Mills, welcoming guests to a special Literary Event on Claude McKay, at the Jamaican High Commission in London, on May 19.
Deputy High Commissioner, Mrs. Diedre Mills, welcoming guests to a special Literary Event on Claude McKay, at the Jamaican High Commission in London, on May 19.

Literary Tribute to Claude McKay

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), leads a tour of the resort town of Ocho Rios with Ministry officials and tourism stakeholders on May 20.
Tourism

Tourism Minister Wants Courtesy Corps to Have Power of Arrest

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Courtesy Corps will have to be more responsive and given the legal authority to act. “The duties of the Courtesy Corps simply need an enforcement component, where they can complement the police by having power of arrest and where they are more proactive in crime prevention and the harassment of our visitors,”...
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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
Office of the Prime Minister

2016 Labour Day Message [Prime Minister]

My Fellow Jamaicans, As we mark Labour Day, we recall the heroic and landmark struggles of the Jamaican worker from the cane fields of Frome in Westmoreland to the docks of the Kingston Waterfront. It was these workers’ struggles that seeded and catalyzed the national movement towards self government and independence, and developed the first truly mass national organization which...
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Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, O.N, M.P
Opposition

2016 Labour Day Message [Leader of the Opposition]

My fellow Jamaicans; Labour Day signals the end of Workers’ Week, in which the nation pays tribute to all our workers. It is also a time when we reflect on Jamaica’s proud history of struggle and the triumph of our workers and their representatives. We celebrate the pioneering efforts of the early stalwarts and leaders of the Trade Union Movement....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros, following a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, May 22. The briefing followed bilateral discussions between government delegates of the two countries on trade, energy and culture. The Venezuelan President was on a working visit to Jamaica.
Foreign AffairsPetroCaribe

Venezuela Committed to PetroCaribe

Despite facing economic challenges, the Venezuelan Government has reiterated its commitment to maintaining its arrangements with Jamaica under the PetroCaribe Agreement. The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros, along with a delegation of government officials, was in Jamaica on a working visit from May 21-22. In his remarks at a press briefing at the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros (right), ahead of a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, May 22. The briefing followed bilateral talks between the two countries on trade, energy and culture. The Venezuelan President was on a working visit to Jamaica.
Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Courtesy Call on the Prime Minister of Jamaica by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Members of the Jamaican Press, Members of the Press from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon! Buenas tardes! We are delighted that His Excellency Nicolas Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has paid this brief working visit to Jamaica. We are also happy that the President is joined on this visit by the...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second left) greets visitors during a tour of the Ocho Rios Bay Beach, in St. Ann on May 20. At Left is Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company, Dennis Hickey.
Tourism

Gov’t to Tackle Visitor Harassment

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