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Retirement promises many opportunities for individuals who have made the necessary preparation for this stage in their lives. Some take up a hobby, others volunteer, or start a home-based business, while others may choose to further their studies, take up a sport, or travel the world. However others may find this period boring and for others, still, challenging. This is...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) will be undertaking beautification and improvement work at the Salvation Army School for the Blind, in Kingston, and the Wesleyan Basic School, in St. James, as part of activities for Labour Day, May 24. Executive Director of TPDCo, Earl Patrick, told JIS News that some 50 members of staff from its Kingston office would...

As Labour Day approaches, the St. Mary Labour Day Committee is reporting that six major projects have so far been registered in the parish. Speaking in an interview with JIS News on Tuesday (May 18), Secretary Manager of the St. Mary Parish Council, Ethlyn Douglas, said the projects include the painting and beautification of schools, bushing of roadways, erection of...

Church leaders and their congregations have been called upon "to sponsor a child", in an effort to tackle the problem of crime and violence. The call came from the President of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Adrian Cotterell, at the Workers' Week and Labour Day 2010 Thanksgiving Service on Sunday (May 16) at Seaview Chapel in Harbour...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to show they care by supporting projects in their communities and parishes that will benefit children on Labour Day. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank at the agency's head office on Half-Way-Tree Road on May 13, Chairperson of the Projects Sub-committee, National Labour Day Planning Committee, Dorothea Clarke, said the focus this year is on children...

Volunteers will gather at the Newell High School, in St. Elizabeth, on Labour Day (May 24), to continue constructing a new classroom, as this has been selected as the parish's national project by the Labour Day Secretariat. Work has already started on the facility, which will accommodate the welding department of the school. "We will be attempting to put a...

The beautification of the Institute of Jamaica Junior Centre in Portmore, St. Catherine, is the national project for Action Day on May 21. On the day, adults and children from the centre and surrounding communities will be engaged in the painting of the building and erecting a concrete sign to display the services offered at the facility. Additionally, a mural...

Residents of St. Thomas will construct a covered seating area at the Yallahs Courthouse as part of Labour Day activities on May 24. The National Labour Day project, which will cost some $250,000, was chosen by the St. Thomas Labour Day Planning Committee. Mayor of Morant Bay, Hanif Brown told JIS News that the seats were being constructed for children,...

A total of 12 projects have so far been registered with the Portland Labour Day Committee as preparations for the day get into high gear in the parish. The projects, which include activities such as drain cleaning, bridge rehabilitation, road sign painting, community clean-up and beautification of public buildings, have been submitted by various communities including Balcarres, Rodney Hall, Bangor...

Director of Administration at the St. Ann Parish Council, Claudiah Carter, has predicted that Labour Day 2010 in the parish will be very active. "We intend to kick off with our parish project, which is going to be at the Rhoden Hall Basic School, and that is situated in 8 miles into the Calderwood Division," she said. She noted that...

Residents of Windsor, in the Rio Grande Valley area of Portland, have designated May 24 and 25 as community clean-up days, as part of a mosquito eradication programme in the area. The programme will be carried out jointly with the Portland Health Department, with support from other organisations, including the Portland Parish Council and the National Solid Waste Management Authority...

Customer Relations Officer at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Staceyann Anderson, has been promoting the importance of storing garbage which is awaiting pick-up by the Authority's disposal trucks. She says that the garbage must be properly bagged, and suggested the use of 'scandal' bags to do so, if necessary. Mrs. Anderson urged that certain items should not be...