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Citizens, including teachers, parents, students and workmen from across the Bethel Town and adjoining areas turned out to carry out refurbishing works on the Bethel Town Community Centre and Basic School, which has been selected as the parish project for Labour Day 2014. Work is also being carried out on the Whithorn police station, the second parish project for Westmoreland.

Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth Labour Day Projects Receive Full Support

Enthusiasm was high among a group of 65 persons on Friday morning, May 23, at the Bethel Town Community Centre and Basic School in eastern Westmoreland, as men, women and children turned out from as early as 8:00 a.m. to...

Volunteers at the St. James parish project for Labour Day 2014, the St. James Infirmary, passing building blocks for the construction of a perimeter wall at the facility. Over 300 volunteers turned out to participate in the project.

Western Jamaica Abuzz With Labour Day Activities

Volunteers undertake beautification activities at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston as part of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) Labour Day project Friday, May 23.

JCDC Labour Day Project Receives Strong Support

Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Western Westmoreland, Hon. Roger Clarke, paints a section of the Whithorn Police Station in Westmoreland on Labour Day (May 23). The Station was chosen as the main activity for Labour Day. Assisting the Minister is Woman Corporal Joan Evans (left).

Minister Clarke Joins Volunteers to Refurbish Police Station

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (left), and new Chairman, Jamaica Public Service Company, Jin Won Kim, join in painting the Vineyard Town Police Station, located in Mr. Robinson’s South East St. Andrew constituency, on Labour Day (May 23).

Vineyard Town Police Station Gets Facelift

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right) and Chairman of the Inner-City Development Committee, Sameer Younis present participant in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee youth leadership programme, Woman Constable Shamadeen Johnson, with a plaque after she was selected as the top police officer in the group. Occasion was the graduation exercise at the JCC’s Headquarters in downtown Kingston on May 22.

12 years ago CommunityInformation

59 Persons from Inner-City Communities Graduate from Youth Leadership Programme

Fifty-nine persons from various inner-city communities in the Corporate Area, including nine police officers, have completed their training in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Civic Affairs/Inner-city Development Committee youth leadership programme. The aim of the programme is to improve the relationship between citizens and the police, in order to reduce crime and to provide residents with the skills to...

Children from Portmore communities participate in the cleaning and beautification of the National Climate Change Park, in the area, today (May 23). The park was chosen as the national Labour Day project.

12 years ago Culture

Scores of Volunteers Turn Out To Develop Climate Change Park

Scores of volunteers representing various community groups and business entities responded on May 23, in giving of their time to develop the Climate Change Park in Portmore, the national project for Labour Day 2014. The beautification and upgrading work also included the planting of over 120 trees. Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, who was part of the...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (3rd right), participates in the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to officially open the Eric Malcolm Basic School, Parks Road, St. Andrew, on May 22. The school was built by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $38.6 million, with financing provided under its Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme, and contributions from residents of Parks Road. The school is affiliated with the Church of God of Prophecy in Jamaica. Also participating in the exercise are (from left): the School Board’s Chairman, Pastor Spencer Maitland; Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Overseer for the Church of God of Prophecy, Pastor Rudolph Daley; National Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy in Jamaica, Bishop Winston Leith; JSIF’s General Manager in charge of Finance, Orville Hall; and School Principal, Audrey Wallace.

12 years ago Education

New Basic School for Children of Parks Road

Forty-one infants, aged four to six years, of Eric Malcolm Basic School, in the community of Parks Road, West Rural St. Andrew, now have a new facility, which was constructed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of $38.6 million. The institution, which is affiliated with the Parks Road Church of God of Prophecy, was constructed under...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), is greeted by Lt. Col. Dillon Lobban (right), at the 47th annual Victoria Cross Dinner, held at the Jamaica Officers’ Club, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on May 22. At centre is Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Importance of the JDF Highlighted

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) remains an essential element of the nation’s institutional framework. “It has its own unique and autonomous space in the nation’s framework of institutions and it is for that reason that we have continued, within our limited resources, to provide, such as we have, to...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton (left), in conversation with State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, before making a presentation in the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on May 21.

12 years ago CommerceParliamentSectoral Debate 2014/2015

150 Jobs for First Phase of Kingston Wharves Logistics Project

Kingston Wharves Limited, in its first phase of its port infrastructure renewal programme, will invest $2.2 billion (US$20 million) in the construction of a state-of-the-art logistics facility in Newport West. Construction of the warehouse is expected to commence within the next three months and is estimated to be completed in twelve months. The entire project is expected to be completed...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton addresses journalists at the post sectoral debate press briefing, held at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on May 22.

12 years ago CommerceSectoral Debate 2014/2015

Cabinet to Receive Regulatory Framework Draft for Industrial Hemp

A draft of the proposed regulatory framework for industrial hemp will be submitted to Cabinet shortly. “This will pave the way for a viable chain to be developed around the hemp industry in Jamaica,” Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has said. The Minister was speaking at the post sectoral debate press briefing, held at the Ministry’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan (left) commends St. Elizabeth Parish Council for efforts in making St Elizabeth a disaster resilient parish. He was addressing the Disaster Preparedness Parish Forum hosted by the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management Committee of the St Elizabeth Parish Council at the St Matthews Anglican Church Hall in Santa Cruz on Tuesday May 20. Social Development Commission field officer, Elizabeth Sanderson, is at right.

12 years ago Local Government

‘Bread Basket’ Parish Commended For Disaster Preparedness

Minister of State for Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan has commended the St. Elizabeth Parish Council for the parish’s state of readiness ahead of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which begins on June 1. Mr. Fagan commended the parish’s Community Resilience Initiative, which involves the training of community and agency representatives in shelter management, damage assessment, and...