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Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.
Ardenne High School Drummers in performance during the wreath-laying ceremony at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday (May 23). The Labour Day activity commemorates the day Sharpe was executed on May 23, 1832 for his leadership in the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

Wreath-Laying Ceremony for Sam Sharpe – Photos Only

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre in St. Andrew, which included painting, general cleaning, and drain cover repairs.
Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby (foreground), and Enforcement Officer at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Yanique Robinson, paint a building at the Rae Town Fishing Village in Kingston on Friday (May 23), as part of Labour Day 2025 activities. In addition to works in Rae Town, volunteers carried out improvements at the Happy Grove Community Centre in St. Andrew, which included painting, general cleaning, and drain cover repairs.

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Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, plants a flower as part of activities for the St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project in Maggotty on May 23.
Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, plants a flower as part of activities for the St. Elizabeth Labour Day Parish Project in Maggotty on May 23.

Maggotty Gets Facelift on Labour Day
Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell (left), engages in discussion with Parochial Inspector at the Manchester Municipal Corporation, Derick Bailey (right), during the removal of a mini dump site at Patrick Road in Mandeville on Friday (May 23). The area was also beautified. The activity formed part of the parish’s Labour Day project under the theme ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future and the accompanying slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.
Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell (left), engages in discussion with Parochial Inspector at the Manchester Municipal Corporation, Derick Bailey (right), during the removal of a mini dump site at Patrick Road in Mandeville on Friday (May 23). The area was also beautified. The activity formed part of the parish’s Labour Day project under the theme ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future and the accompanying slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.

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Residents of Cooke Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, paint a wall in the community as part of Labour Day activities spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on Friday (May 23).
Residents of Cooke Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, paint a wall in the community as part of Labour Day activities spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), on Friday (May 23).

JSIF Leads Labour Day Beautification Efforts in Savanna-La-Mar

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Ibex volunteers, Sourcing Specialist, Sharlene Wilson (left) and Talent Acquisition Manager, Britannia Bennett (right), paint a section of the newly erected sidewalk along George Lee Boulevard in Portmore on Friday (May 23) which forms part of the Portmore Municipal Corporation’s Labour Day Project. The Corporation is also carrying out tree-planting activities in the community of Portsmouth, which aligns with this year’s Labour Day theme, ‘Protect the Environment: Our Land, Our Duty, Our Future’ and slogan ‘Jamaica Nice, Protect Wi Paradise’.
Labour Day 2025

Portmore Municipal Corporation Improves Pedestrian Safety, Green Spaces on Labour Day

The Portmore Municipal Corporation continued its multi-phased Labour Day Project on Friday (May 23) aimed at enhancing safety and improving the quality of life for residents. Members of the Corporation, led by Mayor of Portmore, His Worship Leon Thomas and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Portmore City Municipality, Rovel Morris, joined volunteers from Ibex Global Jamaica Limited, Lions Club...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development and Member of Parliament for Kingston Western, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, removes weeds from the garden area of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) on Friday (May 23). Minister McKenzie was participating in a Labour Day Project organised by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to renovate gardens, prune trees and clean benches at the VJH and Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).
CommunityDevelopmentLabour Day 2025Local Government

Minister McKenzie Joins in Sprucing Up Gardens at VJH and KPH

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, joined the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) team in giving a facelift to the gardens at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) and Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) on Friday, May 23).   Scores of students and other volunteers from surrounding communities, came out to participate in the Labour Day activity, which entailed...
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Pensioners Encouraged to Take Advantage of Mobile Life Certificate Drive

The Accountant General’s Department (AGD) is encouraging pensioners to take advantage of its upcoming mobile life certificate drive to submit their life certificates on time. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the AGD, David King, said timely submission of life certificates is crucial in ensuring that pensioners continue to receive payments. “This allows the...
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General Manager, Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ), Gairy Taylor.
EnvironmentLabour Day 2025

RPJ Supports National Labour Day Project

Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) is reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability through its support of the National Labour Day project in Mason River, Clarendon. The project is the establishment of an Environmental and Research Park at the designated site. General Manager, RPJ, Gairy Taylor, told JIS News that the entity will provide recycling bins and facilitate the collection of...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), explains the importance of trees to students of the Seaward Primary and Junior High School during a National Tree Planting Day exercise at the school on Olympic Way in St Andrew.
EnvironmentLabour Day 2025

JCCF Partners with Entities for Labour Day Tree-Planting Initiative

Scores of cadets from the five islandwide regiments of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) will join forces to plant more than 1,100 tree seedlings at various locations across the island on Labour Day, May 23. The tree-planting initiative will be carried out in collaboration with the Forestry Department’s five regional offices, the lead government agency for managing and conserving...
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