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Volunteers pave the play area at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St. Ann, which was one of the national projects for Labour Day on May 23.
Volunteers pave the play area at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St. Ann, which was one of the national projects for Labour Day on May 23.

Gov’t Committed to Making Schools Disabled-Friendly

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government is committed to ensuring that schools are accessible to all children, including those with disabilities. “We want no child to be left behind. Children are Jamaica’s...
Senior Deputy Superintendent, Kingston and St. Andrew Fire Brigade, Julian Davis Buckle (right), is joined by Superintendent, Kingston and St. Andrew Fire Brigade, Kevin Haughton (centre) and Warehouse Attendant, West Kingston Power Partners, Adrian Wills, in painting the walls of the York Park Fire Station in Kingston during Labour Day activities on Wednesday (May 23).
Senior Deputy Superintendent, Kingston and St. Andrew Fire Brigade, Julian Davis Buckle (right), is joined by Superintendent, Kingston and St. Andrew Fire Brigade, Kevin Haughton (centre) and Warehouse Attendant, West Kingston Power Partners, Adrian Wills, in painting the walls of the York Park Fire Station in Kingston during Labour Day activities on Wednesday (May 23).

Renovations Carried Out At York Park Fire Station
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) workers, Ryan Smellie (left) and Venoi Miller mixing cement as part of preparatory work to install ramps at the Sandhurst Early Childhood Development Centre in Kingston, on Labour Day (May 23). The school was one of three institutions where the engineering company undertook Labour Day projects.
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) workers, Ryan Smellie (left) and Venoi Miller mixing cement as part of preparatory work to install ramps at the Sandhurst Early Childhood Development Centre in Kingston, on Labour Day (May 23). The school was one of three institutions where the engineering company undertook Labour Day projects.

CHEC Installs Ramps at Sandhusrt Early Childhood Centre
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Diedrick (right) paints a picket fence near the Harbour View roundabout in East Kingston today (May 23). Also painting (from left) are Senior Director, Commercial Development and Planning, Alfred McDonald; and AAJ General Counsel, Verona Vacianna.
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Diedrick (right) paints a picket fence near the Harbour View roundabout in East Kingston today (May 23). Also painting (from left) are Senior Director, Commercial Development and Planning, Alfred McDonald; and AAJ General Counsel, Verona Vacianna.

Airports Authority of Jamaica Undertakes Labour Day Projects In East Kingston
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.

Businesses Urged to Support Ramps for Schools Project

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Residents Work on More Than 190 Projects in Western Jamaica

Work was carried out on Labour Day, May 23 on more than 190 projects registered across the parishes of St. James, Hanover, St. Ann, Trelawny, Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth. In St. James, residents came out to work on more than 58 projects, with the major focus on Lethe Primary and Infant School and the St. James Type V clinic. This...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), parcipates in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on May 17. Others (from left) are Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (left); Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.
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UWI to Get New Confucius Institute

A new Confucius Institute, dedicated to promoting the learning of Chinese language (Mandarin) and culture among Jamaicans, is to be built at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, St. Andrew, within the next 12 months. The facility, to be constructed at a cost of US$5 million, will be situated at the former Personnel Office on the Mona campus....
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Chief of Operations at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Adriana La Valley (centre) and the Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, at the launch of the Support for Sustainability of the Education Sector Transformation Plan, at the Courtyard by Marriot Hotel in New Kingston on May 15.
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Government to Build New Schools to Tackle Shift System

The Government is in discussions with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as it relates to the buildout of five of 17 new schools, in order to remove 40 from the shift system. Speaking at the launch of the Support for Sustainability of the Education Sector Transformation Plan, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on May 15, Education,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), share a light moment with Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris, during the launch of activities for Workers
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PM and Education Minister to Lead National Labour Day Projects

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, will lead groups of volunteers in carrying out refurbishing works at the national Labour Day Projects on May 23 at the Cumberland Health Centre in St. Catherine, and the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St. Ann. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) accepting the Declaration on Higher Education in Jamaica from Chairman, Higher Education Summit Committee, Dr. Dameon Black, at the conclusion of the two-day summit at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (May 11).
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Declaration on Higher Education Emerges from Two-Day Summit

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s inaugural Higher Education Summit concluded on Friday (May 11) with the production of a ‘Declaration on higher education in Jamaica'. The document, which emerged out of two days of deliberations by stakeholders at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, is expected to guide the development of legislation on governance, quality assurance and regulation...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaking at the opening of the inaugural Higher Education Summit on Thursday, May 10 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Observed under the theme: ‘Education 4.0: Disrupting Tradition...Transforming Jamaica’, the two-day summit aimed to provide a platform for stakeholders within the higher education sector to discuss and provide feedback on a number of issues critical to the development of the sector.
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Gov’t Looking to Create Integrated Higher Education System

The Government is looking to create an Integrated Higher Education System for Jamaica (IHES-J) aimed at better aligning training to industry demands. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure while addressing the opening of the Ministry’s inaugural Higher Education Summit on May 10 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. “This integration is expected to be...
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