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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (May 15), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (May 15), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Register Labour Day Projects

By: E. Hartman Reckord, May 17, 2018
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging citizens to register their projects for Labour Day, which will be observed on May 23 under the theme...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right); and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (third left), point to the top of the Workers’ Monument where an image will be erected to honour those persons who fought during the labour movement 80 years ago. Occasion was the annual Commemoration and Remembrance Ceremony at the monument, downown Kingston on Tuesday (May 15). Looking on (from left) are Chief Financial Officer, Kingston Wharves Limited, Clover Moodie; President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation, David Wan; Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Lorraine Brown; and Councillor, Tivoli Gardens Division, Donovan Samuels.

Workers’ Monument to be Upgraded

By: Ainsworth Morris, May 16, 2018
Former Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis (left), shares in light discusion with (from second left): Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Steven Golding; Researcher at the Centre for Reparation, Jodi-Ann Quarrie; Head of the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, Danny Roberts; and Director of the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Bernard Jankee. Occasion was a panel discussion on 'Reparation and the Modern Labour Movement in Jamaica', held on May 14 at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), downtown Kingston.

IOJ Hosts Discussion on Reparation and Modern Labour Movement

By: Chad Bryan, May 15, 2018

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National Project Coordinator, Regional Initiative, International Labour Organization (ILO), Resel Melville, addresses the launch of the Jamaica Youth Activity Survey 2016, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on Wednesday (April 25).
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ILO Official Commends Statin for Youth Activity Survey

National Project Coordinator, Regional Initiative, International Labour Organization (ILO), Resel Melville, has commended the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) on completing the Jamaica Youth Activity Survey 2016, which aims to...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, April 27, 2018