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Minister of Youth and Culture, the Hon. Lisa Hanna. (FILE)

Youth Minister Says Thanks

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has lauded the work and support from volunteers for this year’s Labour Day projects. “Today we are humbled and we are so proud of the outpouring of support which came through the...

Principal of the Salvation Army Rae Town Basic School, Nicole Facey and Deputy General Manager, Subsidiaries Management and Revenue Generation at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Stephens paint the wall of one of the classrooms during Labour Day activities at the school, today (May 25), in Downtown Kingston.

Basic School in Rae Town Gets Facelift

Volunteers repair a section of the ceiling at the Community Based Rehabilitation Jamaica (CBRJ) centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, during Labour Day activities on Monday (May 25). The facility, formerly known as 3D Projects, was the St. Catherine Labour Day parish project.

Children’s Institution in Spanish Town Renovated

Board Director, National Housing Trust (NHT), Granville Valentine, plants a tree at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, where renovation works are underway, as part of Labour Day activities today (May 25). This project is being done by NHT. This year’s Labour Day is being observed under the theme: ‘Labour of Love, Nurturing Our Children’. The NHT is spending approximately $10 million to renovate four dormitories at the facility.

Major Renovation Work Underway At Maxfield Park Children’s Home

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith (right), assists in painting a section of the Railway Gardens Basic School in downtown Montego Bay, one of several Labour Day projects which took place in the parish of St. James, today (May 25). Mr. Smith is joined by Principal of the school, Laura Clarke (left); Tasanna Salmon and Davian Ramsay, both of the Tax Administration Jamaica Social Club in Montego Bay.

Much Support For Labour Day Activities In The West

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith (left) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right), take part in the St. James Parish Labour Day Church Service, held on May 24 at the Mt. Zion United Church in St. James, under the theme,

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Says Workers Continue To Build The Nation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says workers in both the private and public sectors are a special group who continue to build the country. “As we celebrate Workers’ Week 2015, I therefore salute and thank our workers for their sacrifice, support and understanding in an environment of economic challenges over the past several years. Their cooperation has...

Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry, Greig Smith (left), listens to Simonia Bradbury (right), during one of her visits to the OCR’s office in Kingston, in relation to her 13-year old daughter, Jennira Jane,*who has frequently run away from home. The teen has been recovered and is now in the care of the state. Listening at centre is Mrs. Bradbury’s older daughter, Shoquana Miller.

11 years ago Youth

State Assumes Care of Runaway Teen as Focus on Missing Children Intensifies

Simonia Bradbury is relieved that her daughter Jennira Jane* is safe and no longer missing. The 13-year old, who has frequently run away from home, was recently recovered after she disappeared for the third time on January 26, 2015. She is now in the care of the state, where she is being supervised and is receiving psychosocial treatment. Her mother...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (2nd left);former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson (2nd right); Transport, Works, and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (left); and Managing Director of TransJamaican Highway, Guillaume Allain, stand in front of the sign bearing the new name of the Kingston to May Pen segment of Highway 2000. The sign was unveiled during the recent ceremony to rename the roadway the ‘P.J. Patterson Highway’.

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

PJ Patterson Hailed As Nation Builder

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, was the toast of his peers and contemporaries, at a recent ceremony in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, to officially rename the East-West segment of Highway 2000, in his honour. The administration’s decision to rename the 44-kilometre toll road, which runs from the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine to the May Pen round-a-bout...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), looks on as water gushes from a fire hydrant, at the official commissioning into service of the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System in West Central St. James on Friday (May 22). Others (from right) are: Minister of State for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; and Councillor for the Granville Division, and Deputy Mayor Michael Troupe.

11 years ago Environment

Minister Pickergsill Turns on Gutters/Retirement Water System

Residents of Gutters, Retirement and adjoining communities in West Central, St. James, now have access to more reliable water supply. This follows the competition of work on the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System at a cost of $26.3 million. The project, undertaken by the Rural Water Supply Limited, involved installation of over six kilometers of pipelines to provide potable water to...

State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (centre), peruses details of the smart farm prototype, developed by technology business start-up, GSP.E Solution, during Thursday’s (May 21) pitch session held at Start-Up Jamaica’s (SUJ) downtown Kingston’s offices. The members of GSP.E Solution (from left),are: Davian Anderson, Sean Miller, Oldane Graham; and Bruce McKenzie. The pitch session provided the opportunity for 10 of the 19 technology business start-ups, operating out of SUJ, to present their innovations to American venture capital investment group, Devlabs.

11 years ago Technology

Govt Looking to Source Funding for Technology Start-Ups

The Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining is in talks with several potential investors to provide funding and business development support for young technology innovators and entrepreneurs benefitting under Start-Up Jamaica (SUJ). State Minister, Hon. Julian Robinson, said the Government is looking to partner with these investors in order to provide the budding entrepreneurs with a “broad range of...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Labour Day Message by the Prime Minister Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller

My fellow Jamaicans: Once again, we pause to observe Labour Day and to reflect on the many struggles, sacrifices and achievements of those Jamaicans who paved the way in securing the rights and freedoms that Jamaican workers enjoy today. The campaign for a fair day’s wages in return for a fair day’s work started from the time of...

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON., MP., Prime Minister

11 years ago Opposition

2015 Labour Day Message From the Leader of the Opposition

The latest report of the Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica, shows that poverty has increased in Jamaica. Compared to our Caricom partners, Jamaica ranks in the bottom quintile in terms of our Gross National Income per Capita. Even more disturbing, is Jamaica’s persistent fall in the Human Development Index over the last 4 years. This shows a general deterioration...