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The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica .
The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica .

2024 Labour Day Message from the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP Prime Minister of Jamaica

Labour day in Jamaica is recognized as a time to volunteer your labour for the upliftment of our communities. It is a time I personally look forward to because I love to lend a helping hand while interacting with community...
State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon Norman Dunn and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden (right), greet 101-year-old Adlin Sang (left), during a visit to her home on Rudolph Burke Avenue, Kingston 20, on Monday (May 20), as part of activities in observance of Centenarians’ Day.
State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon Norman Dunn and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden (right), greet 101-year-old Adlin Sang (left), during a visit to her home on Rudolph Burke Avenue, Kingston 20, on Monday (May 20), as part of activities in observance of Centenarians’ Day.

PHOTOS: Centenarians’ Day Activities
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.
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.

Jamaicans Urged to Value Nation’s Workers
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. places a wreath at the Agnes “Aggie” Benard Monument, downtown Kingston, during the National Workers’ Week/Labour Day wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday (May 21) . The monument pays tribute to Jamaicans who participated in the 1938 labour strike, which have resulted in improved work conditions for today’s workers. National Workers’ Week, under the theme ‘Recognising abilities, fostering greater inclusion of our workers’, culminates with the observance on Labour Day on May 23.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. places a wreath at the Agnes “Aggie” Benard Monument, downtown Kingston, during the National Workers’ Week/Labour Day wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday (May 21) . The monument pays tribute to Jamaicans who participated in the 1938 labour strike, which have resulted in improved work conditions for today’s workers. National Workers’ Week, under the theme ‘Recognising abilities, fostering greater inclusion of our workers’, culminates with the observance on Labour Day on May 23.

PHOTOS: Wreath-Laying at Aggie Bernard Monument
Deputy Mayor of Lucea and Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s Public and Civic Affairs Committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, provides details about the parish project for Labour Day 2024, during a recent meeting of the committee in Lucea.
Deputy Mayor of Lucea and Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s Public and Civic Affairs Committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, provides details about the parish project for Labour Day 2024, during a recent meeting of the committee in Lucea.

Hanover Municipal Corporation to Build House for Indigent Resident on Labour Day

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

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...
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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.  
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...
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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).
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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...
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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...
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