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Student of Santa Cruz Preparatory in St. Elizabeth, Rovonae Cowan (left) holds the trash bag as Holland Primary School teachers, Osheim Spence (centre) and Samantha Scott, dispose of litter. The engagement formed part of activities carried out at Holland Primary School on Labour Day, Thursday May 23.
Student of Santa Cruz Preparatory in St. Elizabeth, Rovonae Cowan (left) holds the trash bag as Holland Primary School teachers, Osheim Spence (centre) and Samantha Scott, dispose of litter. The engagement formed part of activities carried out at Holland Primary School on Labour Day, Thursday May 23.

Strong Support for National Labour Day Project at Holland Primary School

The spirit of volunteerism was evident at Holland Primary School in St Elizabeth, where many persons turned out to participate in Labour Day activities focusing on children’s safety, on Thursday (May 23). The institution was among four selected as national...
West Kingston Power Partners employee, Clive Smith (right), drills the wall in the new disabled restroom at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) as (from left) colleague, Jermain Hunter; Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals; Colleen Wright; and Administrator/Asset Manager, KPH, Kathleen Cooper Brown look on. The work was part of activities carried out at both hospitals by the energy firm on Labour Day (May 23).
West Kingston Power Partners employee, Clive Smith (right), drills the wall in the new disabled restroom at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) as (from left) colleague, Jermain Hunter; Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals; Colleen Wright; and Administrator/Asset Manager, KPH, Kathleen Cooper Brown look on. The work was part of activities carried out at both hospitals by the energy firm on Labour Day (May 23).

Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals Benefit from Key Upgrades on Labour Day
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), enjoys a light moment with Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; and Former Minister of Labour, Horace Dalley, after the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Awards Banquet in Celebration of the Centenary of the International Labour Organization and the Trade Union Act of Jamaica, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (May 22).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), enjoys a light moment with Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; and Former Minister of Labour, Horace Dalley, after the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Awards Banquet in Celebration of the Centenary of the International Labour Organization and the Trade Union Act of Jamaica, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (May 22).

Gov’t Honours Six Former Labour Ministers
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at the Floral Tribute and Ceremony in honour of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe, held at Sam Sharpe Square on Labour Day, May 23.
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at the Floral Tribute and Ceremony in honour of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe, held at Sam Sharpe Square on Labour Day, May 23.

Labour Day Tribute for Sam Sharpe
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left) engages with (from second left) Commissioner of Corrections, Gary Rowe; Director of Juvenile Services, Department of Correctional Services, Claudeth Hamilton and Superintendent of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional facility, Martin Dryden. Occasion was the ‘We Transform’ Labour Day Project at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in St. Catherine on May 23.
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left) engages with (from second left) Commissioner of Corrections, Gary Rowe; Director of Juvenile Services, Department of Correctional Services, Claudeth Hamilton and Superintendent of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional facility, Martin Dryden. Occasion was the ‘We Transform’ Labour Day Project at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in St. Catherine on May 23.

PHOTOS: Hon Rudyard Spencer at the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre

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Partnership and Development Manager at Jamaica National (JN) Foundation, Shauna-Kaye Rowe (left); Denham Town Primary School Principal, Eugenie Brown (centre); Land Project Management Officer at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Carol Cooke, repaint a pedestrian crossing at the school’s entrance on Spanish Town Road in Kingston during Labour Day activities undertaken by the agency at the institution on Thursday (May 23).
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UDC Spruces Up Denham Town Primary School on Labour Day

A 40-member team led by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) team carried out work at Denham Town Primary School in Kingston as part of Labour Day activities on Thursday (May 23). The scope of works included raising and extending the school’s eastern boundary wall, and filling gaps in and painting a mural on the structure. Additionally, UDC team members repainted...
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Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Heroy Clarke (right), participates in work at the Farm Heights/Rose Heights Community Centre, St. James, the parish’s main project for Labour Day, May 23. At left is Farm Heights resident Dean Morgan.
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Farm Heights/Rose Heights Community Centre Gets Labour Day Spruce Up

The spirit of volunteerism was alive and well at the Farm Heights/Rose Heights Community Centre in St. James on Labour Day (May 23), where scores of persons participated in the main parish project. From as early as 8:30 .a.m., volunteers, including a contingent from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) descended on the community centre, armed with their paint brushes...
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Volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay repaint the pedestrian crossing along Dome Street in the vicinity of the Montego Bay High School for Girls, as part of Labour Day activities in St. James.
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Western Jamaica Abuzz with Activities for Labour Day

Western Jamaica was abuzz with activities on Labour Day, May 23 as volunteers across the parishes of St. James, Hanover, Trelawny, St. Ann, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, turned out to participate in several community development projects. The scope of work is in line with the Labour Day theme ‘Child Safety…it's you, it's me, it's all ah we’, and includes the...
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Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), hangs a wreath on the Aggie Bernard Workers’ Monument, in downtown Kingston, during the National Workers’ Week/Labour Day Wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday (May 21). At left is Custos of Kingston and Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller. The ceremony is held in tribute to Jamaican workers who participated in the 1938 Labour Riots, which led to improved conditions for today’s workers. Workers’ Week runs from May 19 to 23 and is being observed under the theme ‘Yes to Decent Work, No to Child Labour’. Thursday, May 23 is celebrated as Labour Day.
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PHOTO: Workers Monument

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), hangs a wreath on the Aggie Bernard Workers’ Monument, in downtown Kingston, during the National Workers’ Week/Labour Day Wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday (May 21). At left is Custos of Kingston and Deputy Governor-General, Hon. Steadman Fuller. The ceremony is held in tribute to Jamaican workers who participated in the 1938 Labour...
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General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter.
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JMB to Conduct Labour Day Activities at Arnold Road Methodist Basic School

Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), will be conducting Labour Day activities at the Arnold Road Methodist Basic School, in Kingston. Speaking with JIS News, General Manager of the JMB, Courtney Wynter noted that his institution has a strong sense of corporate social responsibility. “We are particularly passionate about learning and development, so, on Labour Day we will be assisting the Arnold...
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