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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), assists in preparing an area for expansion of the vegetable garden at the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew on Labour Day, May 23. Manager of the Home, Jean Duhaney (2nd right), and volunteers of the Scotiabank Foundation, participate in the work day.

Homestead Place of Safety gets Facelift on Labour Day

The Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, received a facelift as part of Labour Day activities yesterday (May 23). Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, joined representatives from the Child Development...

Members of the Catherine Hall Citizens Association building one of three concrete skips in their community on Labour Day (May 23).

Volunteers Work on Charles Gordon Market

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.

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).

Good Support for Labour Day Projects in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth

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Majesty Gardens Residents Rehabilitate Sanitary Facility

Residents of Majesty Gardens in Kingston came out to rehabilitate their community sanitary facility on Labour Day (May 23). The activity entailed replacing toilets, repair and painting works, and general clean-up and garbage removal. The exercise, organised by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), involved partnership with the Ministry of Health’s ‘Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy’ vector control campaign. It...

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140 Projects Registered in St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland for Labour Day

Over 140 Labour Day projects have been registered in the parishes of St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland. The projects will focus on the eradication of breeding sites for the aedes aegypti mosquito which causes Chik-V and Zik-V. Secretary Manager of the Westmoreland Parish Council, Opal Beharrie told JIS News that the parish project will see interest groups assisting the Council in...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), tests one of the wheelchairs donated by the Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association (EREA) in partnership with international non-profit organisations, Free Wheelchair Mission and Ja’ Mobility, at a ceremony held at the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ in Kingston, on May 19. Others (from left) are: Evangelist Errol Rattray, Chairman of the EREA; Rev. Dr. Peter Garth and EREA Board Member, Sam Cooper. This year the charity will be donating 1,100 wheelchairs to persons islandwide; 550 of which are now available with an additional 550 to be distributed later this year.

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Health Ministry to Streamline Donation Process

The Ministry of Health will be streamlining the process to make it easier for local and international charities to donate medical supplies. “Over the next couple of months, we will be strengthening the Secretariat which deals with charities and charitable activities in Jamaica, because too often persons want to do good, but hit roadblocks along the way,” Minister of Health,...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, addresses a ceremony to mark International Nurses’ Day, held recently, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

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Health Ministry to Improve System for Charitable Donations

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is moving to make it easier for charitable organisations and individuals to support the health sector. He informed that the unit in the Ministry, which deals with such contributions, will be strengthened within the next two to three months. The Minister, who was addressing an International Nurses Day function held...

Director, Child Labour Unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and member of the National Planning Committee for National Workers’ Week and Labour Day, Marva Pringle-Ximinnies, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May 17, at the company’s head office.

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March for Occupational Safety and Health May 20

Members of the public are invited to participate in a silent march on May 20 to emphasise the importance of occupational safety and health. The march, organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will begin at 1F North Street, Downtown Kingston at 10:00 a.m. and end at the Social Security offices at Heroes Circle. Participants will be carrying...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), looks on as General Manager for Corporate Services, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Rhonda Lumsden-Lue (right), presents a letter of commitment to Chair of the Barrett Town Community Development Committee, Anthony Murray (2nd left), during a presentation ceremony held at JSIF’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston yesterday (May 18). Barrett Town is among the 18 communities that will receive up to $100,000 in funding support from JSIF for Labour Day projects.
General Manager, Project Management, JSIF, Loy Malcolm (left), and other community representatives share the moment.

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JSIF Provides $2 Million for Labour Day Projects

Several communities across the island are to receive financial assistance totalling $2 million from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to carry out various Labour Day activities. The 18 communities, which fall under the JSIF’s Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), will be given up to $100,000 each. The ICDP, which is funded by the World Bank, aims to promote public...

10 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t Making it Mandatory for Fathers’ Names to Appear on Birth Certificates

The Government is preparing legislation, which will make it mandatory for fathers’ names to be placed on their children’s birth certificates. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, who made the disclosure, said the move is aimed at promoting responsible parenting. “There are too many (birth certificates) that have “unidentified” where the father’s name is supposed to be and that...