| Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Government of Jamaica ja-flag

News

Latest Stories

Members of staff at the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), clean a classroom at the McLeod Basic School in Papine, St. Andrew. The institution was the JDIC's project for Labour Day 2019, which was observed nationally under the theme ‘Child Safety… It’s you, It’s me, It’s all ah we.’
Members of staff at the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), clean a classroom at the McLeod Basic School in Papine, St. Andrew. The institution was the JDIC's project for Labour Day 2019, which was observed nationally under the theme ‘Child Safety… It’s you, It’s me, It’s all ah we.’

PHOTOS: JDIC Gives Facelift to Mcleod Basic School

  Manager for Finance and Accounting at the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), Rickie Williams (foreground), and Assistant at the Legal and Corporate Secretariat of the JDIC, Latoya Nicholson (right),...
Volunteers with the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Kingston, Aliesha Facey (left) and Stacy-Ann Cushnie paint the gate at the Children’s Park in downtown Kingston on Labour Day (May 23). The park was established by the club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

PHOTOS: Kiwanis Club of Downtown Kingston at Children’s Park on Labour Day

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett in the House of Representatives on May 22

Debate Begins on Tourism Workers Pension Bill

By: Latonya Linton, May 24, 2019

More Stories

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

Labour Day Tribute for Sam Sharpe

The parish of St. James paid homage to National Hero, The Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe, with a floral tribute on Labour Day, May 23. The event, held at the monument...
Read more
By: Nickieta Sterling, May 23, 2019
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.
Labour

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...
Read more