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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...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has pointed to the need for a new approach to labour relations in Jamaica, which is built on greater understanding and partnership between workers and employers. He noted that the industrial climate, as it now stands, is very challenging with interests on both sides making demands to counter economic realities. "We...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has advised middle managers to recognise the crucial role they have to play in ensuring the success of their businesses. "It is the middle managers who will have to motivate staff towards greater productivity," he said in his address at the inaugural Middle Managers' Conference held under the theme, 'Middle Managers:...

Many fathers are often taken to task for not taking care of their children, or for not playing an active role in their lives. Additionally, if one mentions the phrase: 'a parent who provides unconditional love, continuously makes sacrifices and totally devotes resources, time and energy to the development of a child', it is very likely that it would be...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, says that the excellent record of students who are being supported by the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), shows that the programme is reaching the most vulnerable groups in the society. Mr. Charles said that since February, 2010 the total number of registered student beneficiaries stood at 201,414,...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon Pearnel Charles, has said that if registered nurses employed at public institutions do not resume normality by Thursday morning (April 8), the Ministry will take the matter of their sick-out to the Supreme Court. "We will wait and see what happens Thursday morning, before we decide whether to proceed to the Court...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has predicted that the implementation of Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) will allow for increased employment opportunities for Jamaicans. "We expect that more workers will go to work, more employers will be able to afford you working and the Decent Work Agenda, certainly, will be realised," he told Tuesday's (March 30) seminar...

An additional $2.9 billion has been earmarked in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to complete construction of the Montego Bay Convention Centre this year. The project, being executed by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), aims to provide the resort city and its environs with adequate space to facilitate meetings, exhibitions and event-type activities. Additionally,...

The Government's capacity to analyse and manage development data is to be further improved with the provision of $ 7 million for the Support to National Development Planning Goals, Millennium Development Goals and the Human Development project in the 2010/2011 Estimates of Expenditure. Being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), through funding from the United Nations Development Programme...