Scores of volunteers turned out at the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) on Labour Day (May 23) to beautify and improve accessibility to the facility, located at 111 ½ Old Hope Road in St. Andrew.  The scope of works included redesigning an existing ramp to enhance accessibility to the entity’s vision centre by persons with disabilities; rehabilitation of several...

The St. James Municipal Corporation will not be approving plans for public buildings that do not include access for members of the disabled community, says Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Richard Verron.  The move is in keeping with the Disabilities Act, 2014, which provides that public buildings should be outfitted with the requisite amenities to enable easy access by disabled persons. ...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has been working to improve access for the most vulnerable in society including the poor, elderly and the disabled.  He cited increases in the age relief exemption for pensioners, which came into effect on April 1, and establishment of the Social Pension Programme for elderly persons who are not National...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon (right), and Commanding Officer for the second battalion, Jamaica Regiment, Jamaica Defence Force, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Lysight, paint disabled parking spaces at a car park at the intersection of Creek Street and St. Clavers Avenue in Montego Bay. The work was part of the Labour...

The 196 students of Stimulation Plus Child Development Centre on Ostend Close in Kingston will return to a spruced-up school environment next Monday.   HEART/NSTA Trust, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and National Housing Trust (NHT) carried out a slew of revamping activities on Labour Day (May 23).   Volunteers painted classrooms and the perimeter wall of...

The St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project at Park Mountain Primary and Infant School on Thursday (May 23) was marked by an inspiring display of community spirit and dedication to inclusivity.  Executed under the theme ‘Ramp Up Di Access… Show That You Care’, the day’s activities aimed to enhance the school’s physical infrastructure to provide better access for the institution’s...

2023/24 Civil Servant of the year in the Managerial category, Opal Bryan (right), engages with President of the North St. Andrew Kiwanis Club, Jason McIntosh, during a Labour Day project at Reddies Place of Safety in Kingston on May 23. Looking on are Civil Servants of the Year in the Technical Support and Mid-Managerial categories respectively, Christine Rowe (left) and...