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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, plants a tree at the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon during today
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, plants a tree at the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon during today's (May 23) Labour Day activities. Labour Day 2025 is being celebrated under the theme 'Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future'. The slogan is 'Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise'.

Focus Placed on Mason River Environment Park for Labour Day

The Government has spent $8 million to improve the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (May 23) led a group of government officials, stakeholders and scores of other volunteers...
Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.
Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

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Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre in St. Andrew, which included painting, general cleaning, and drain cover repairs.
Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre in St. Andrew, which included painting, general cleaning, and drain cover repairs.

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Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, plants a flower as part of activities for the St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project in Maggotty on May 23.
Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, plants a flower as part of activities for the St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project in Maggotty on May 23.

Maggotty Gets Facelift on Labour Day
Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell (left), engages in discussion with Parochial Inspector at the Manchester Municipal Corporation, Derick Bailey (right), during the removal of a mini dump site at Patrick Road in Mandeville on Friday (May 23). The area was also beautified. The activity formed part of the parish’s Labour Day project under the theme ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future and the accompanying slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.
Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell (left), engages in discussion with Parochial Inspector at the Manchester Municipal Corporation, Derick Bailey (right), during the removal of a mini dump site at Patrick Road in Mandeville on Friday (May 23). The area was also beautified. The activity formed part of the parish’s Labour Day project under the theme ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future and the accompanying slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.

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Residents of Cooke Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, paint a wall in the community as part of Labour Day activities spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on Friday (May 23).
Labour Day 2025

JSIF Leads Labour Day Beautification Efforts in Savanna-La-Mar

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Ibex volunteers, Sourcing Specialist, Sharlene Wilson (left) and Talent Acquisition Manager, Britannia Bennett (right), paint a section of the newly erected sidewalk along George Lee Boulevard in Portmore on Friday (May 23) which forms part of the Portmore Municipal Corporation’s Labour Day Project. The Corporation is also carrying out tree-planting activities in the community of Portsmouth, which aligns with this year’s Labour Day theme, ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future’ and slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.
Labour Day 2025

Portmore Municipal Corporation Improves Pedestrian Safety, Green Spaces on Labour Day

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Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.
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Society Urged To Protect Children From Violence

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Cabinet Secretary, Audrey Sewell, delivers the keynote address at the North Street Seventh-day Adventist Education and Career Expo 2025, held Thursday (May 22) on the church compound in Kingston.
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Cabinet Secretary Highlights Importance of Education

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The Vineyards Toll Plaza featuring the newly constructed TAG lane to the left of the canopy.
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Freetown Interchange Is A Community Investment – Minister Vaz

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