SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Labour Day in St Elizabeth seemed at a lower key than in previous years but still much was achieved, parish and community leaders say.
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SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Labour Day in St Elizabeth seemed at a lower key than in previous years but still much was achieved, parish and community leaders say.
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DESPITE a decrease in participation, there were a number of activities across the island yesterday as Jamaicans joined hands to carry out Labour Day projects to enhance and rehabilitate recreational sites and play areas for children.
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Each year, scores of volunteer doctors, nurses, educators and other professionals from around the world take time off from their jobs for weeks and months to live and work among the people in the deep rural community of Hagley Gap in St Thomas where the international charity Blue Mountain Project (BMP) has set up its base.
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The driver of a passenger bus slows down to join curious onlookers viewing the remains of the Nissan Wingroad at left, which crashed near Berger along Spanish Town Road in St Andrew yesterday evening. The car driver, who said he was heading to a funeral, said his tyre blew out while he was travelling in the direction of Six Miles and the car almost ended up on the opposite side of the road. No one was injured. (PHOTO: PETULIA CLARKE)
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CONTROVERSIAL Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal has hinted that there may be plans afoot to unseat the acting president of the Islamic Council of Jamaica, Al-Hajj Mekaeel Maknoon.
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UNITED States Ambassador to Jamaica Luis Moreno says he is proud of his country’s push for respect for human rights here, and vowed that Washington would not relent in this effort.
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THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited are partnering with Hi Pro Farm Store today to provide support for farmers who were affected by the fires in rural St Andrew.
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Employees of tour company Jaital Tours celebrated some of the nation’s children last week when they visited several schools in and around Ocho Rios, St Ann, bearing gifts for the young ones.
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THE Westmoreland Police on Friday charged a pastor with having sexual intercourse with a person under 16 as well as grievous sexual assault.
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TEF supports push to designate Blue and John Crow mountains World Heritage Site
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AS part of Jamaica’s continued push to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains designated as a World Heritage Site, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has provided over $13 million to date to support the venture.
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EIGHTY-NINE farmers joined Jamaica’s apiculture industry following their graduation from the USAID-funded Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries apiculture training programme.
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WATERFORD High School may not be known for too many major non-academic achievements, but what the St Catherine institution is quickly becoming recognised for is its interesting array of natural products, made from scratch, by the eager hands of the enthusiastic students of the Science and Environmental Club.
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Below are the Labour Day messages of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Andrew Holness.
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