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Board Director, National Housing Trust (NHT), Granville Valentine, plants a tree at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, where renovation works are underway, as part of Labour Day activities today (May 25). This project is being done by NHT. This year’s Labour Day is being observed under the theme: ‘Labour of Love, Nurturing Our Children’. The NHT is spending approximately $10 million to renovate four dormitories at the facility.
Board Director, National Housing Trust (NHT), Granville Valentine, plants a tree at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, where renovation works are underway, as part of Labour Day activities today (May 25). This project is being done by NHT. This year’s Labour Day is being observed under the theme: ‘Labour of Love, Nurturing Our Children’. The NHT is spending approximately $10 million to renovate four dormitories at the facility.

Major Renovation Work Underway At Maxfield Park Children’s Home

By: Chris Patterson, May 25, 2015
Major renovation work is being undertaken on four dormitories at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, as part of efforts to improve the living conditions of the wards at...
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith (right), assists in painting a section of the Railway Gardens Basic School in downtown Montego Bay, one of several Labour Day projects which took place in the parish of St. James, today (May 25). Mr. Smith is joined by Principal of the school, Laura Clarke (left); Tasanna Salmon and Davian Ramsay, both of the Tax Administration Jamaica Social Club in Montego Bay.

Much Support For Labour Day Activities In The West

By: Marlon Tingling, May 25, 2015
Acting Principal Director for Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dr. Janice Lindsay.

Gov’t Allocates $4 Million for Labour Day Activities

By: Jemisha Hibbert, May 23, 2015

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