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Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second right), presents a gift basket to 103-year-old, Mercella Wan (seated), during a visit to her home in Liguanea, St. Andrew, in observance of Centenarians’ Day on Monday (May 20). Others (from left) are caregivers Enid Lyn and Andrea Lyn; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden.

PHOTOS: Centenarians’ Day

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), visits with Jamaica’s second oldest living person on record, 109-year-old Uton Samuels (second right), at his residence in Green Island, Hanover, on May 17. The occasion of Mr. Charles visit was to present Mr. Samuels with a gift basket as part of the Ministry’s activities to mark Centenarians’ Day on Monday (May 20). Sharing the moment are (from left) Manager for the Ministry’s Hanover parish office, Devon Malcolm, and Mr. Samuels’ grandson, Everton Neil.

PHOTOS: Minister Charles and State Minister Dunn Visit Jamaica’s Oldest Citizens

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), greets Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett, during Sunday’s (May 19) Workers’ Week Thanksgiving Service at Morant Bay Parish Church. Ms. Grange represented Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

PHOTOS: National Workers’ Week Church Service

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, emphasises a point during the opening ceremony of the Early Childhood Commission’s fifth annual Professional Development Institute on Monday (May 20) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

PHOTOS: ECC Fifth Annual Professional Development Institute

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

Minister Vaz Commits to Creating an Empowering Maritime Career Environment for Women

Acting Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Nickieta Sterling (centre) and Special Projects Manager, Sharon Earle (fifth right), are flanked by the 2024 contestants in the Miss Hanover Festival Queen Pageant, during a courtesy call on at the JIS office in St. James on May 15. The competition, organised by the Hanover office of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), will be held on June 1 at the Rusea’s High School in Lucea.

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PHOTO: Hanover Festival Queens Call at JIS Regional Office

Acting Manager, Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Nickieta Sterling (centre) and Special Projects Manager, Sharon Earle (fifth right), are flanked by the 2024 contestants in the Miss Hanover Festival Queen Pageant, during a courtesy call on at the JIS office in St. James on May 15. The competition, organised by the Hanover office of the Jamaica Cultural...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, at one of the new Caribbean Broilers (CB) Group solar plants, at the Peninsula Hatchery Farms in Linstead, St. Catherine, recently.

2 years ago Agriculture

Solar-Powered Cooling Systems for Dairy Farmers

In a move to reduce energy costs, the Government will soon commence distributing solar-powered cooling systems to dairy farmers, according to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green. “This is to reduce the cost of producing water, to get more water to our farmers, especially in times of drought,” the Minister said, while speaking at the recent commissioning...

General Manager, Banana Board, Janet Conie.

2 years ago Agriculture

Banana Board Urges Vigilance to Prevent TR4 Disease from Entering Island

Jamaicans travelling to countries where Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is present are urged to be cautious in their movements to prevent transmission of the disease. TR4 disease of banana or fusarium wilt is a deadly disease of bananas and plantains. Currently in Venezuela, the disease is soil borne and can spread rapidly, potentially devastating the local banana sector if brought...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

2 years ago Labour Day 2024

Use Stipulated Specifications to Build Wheelchair Ramps on Labour Day – Minister Grange

Persons are being advised to use the correct specifications when building wheelchair ramps on Labour Day, Thursday, May 23. The building of wheelchair ramps at public and private-sector institutions is one of the national areas of focus for the day, under the theme ‘Ramp Up Di Access… Show That You Care’, with emphasis on people with ‘Disabilities, the Elderly and...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (front row, second left), hands a contribution to Senior Pastor at the Montego Bay New Testament Church, Bishop Ruel Robinson (third left), for the church’s charity fund, on behalf of the St. James Municipal Corporation. With them are Councillors from the municipality. Occasion was a Workers’ Week/Labour Day Thanksgiving Service, held at the church on Sunday (May 19).

2 years ago Labour Day 2024

St. James Municipal Corporation to Install Free Car Park Spaces for the Disabled

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says the St. James Municipal Corporation plans to install free public car park spaces across the Second City for the disabled who are registered members of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). Councillor Vernon made the disclosure during a Workers’ Week/Labour Day Thanksgiving Service, held at the Montego Bay New Testament...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. ( second right) and Minister of State in the Ministry, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (left), dance with a member of the Hanover Senior Citizens’ Group, and a member of the Hatfield Cultural Group, during the Frome Workers’ Park Reflection at Workers

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Labour Minister Says Workers Must Know That They are Valued and Empowered

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that in every legislation, policy and action taken in the country, workers must know that they are valued and empowered. He noted that Workers’ Week is an important period for the Ministry, as it continues the advancement of the protection of rights for the island’s workers, and to ensure...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, in discussion with Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., during the Oral History Project launch, held recently at the Roof Terrace, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, 4-6 Trafalgar Road in Kingston. The project, to be undertaken by the National Council for Senior Citizens and the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank, (ACIJ/JMB), will document oral histories of centenarians and older adults with interesting recollections of Jamaica’s history.

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Culture Ministry Launches Oral History Project

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has launched an Oral History Project to document Jamaica’s heritage by recording the memories of senior citizens for future generations. The project is an initiative of the Ministry through its African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s National Council for Senior Citizens. They...