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JAM | May 24, 2023

A look at Labour Day activities across Jamaica

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On May 23 each year, unless it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Jamaicans observe Labour Day by volunteering their time and energy towards the beautification and enhancement of communities across the island.

On Labour Day, Jamaicans from “all walks of life ” engage in a variety of activities – whether its planting trees, repairing the elderly neighbour’s homes or giving community centres a fresh coat of paint. Labour Day in Jamaica is synonymous with all these undertakings.

Labour Day 2023 was no different! Here are some highlights from Labour Day activities across the island.

St. James

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (second right) and Custos of St James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin (right), look on as Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Lance Corporal, Aston Slue, assists two-year-old Javier Dennis to water a tree planted at the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School in St. James on Labour Day Tuesday (May 23).
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (left) and Custos of St James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin (right) observe as Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Lance Corporal, Sheree-Ann Wheatly, waters an ackee seedling planted at the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School in St. James on Labour Day, Tuesday (May 23).
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (second left); Custos of St James, Bishop Conrad Pitkin (second right) and Major Anthony Lysight (right) acting commanding officer for the second battalion, Jamaica Regiment, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), observe as Principal of the Salt Spring Primary and Infant school, Norma Brydson, plants a mango seedling on the school grounds on Labour Day Tuesday (May 23).

Clarendon

Minister with responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan (second right), looks on as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), joins students in planting a tree on the grounds of the Woodhall Primary School, during Labour Day activities on Tuesday (May 23).
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (left), gives a high five to a student, after a successful tree-planting exercise at Woodhall Primary School in Clarendon, on Labour Day, Tuesday (May 23).
Minister with responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan (left), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), observe as Principal of Woodhall Primary School, Elisa Craig attends to a poui tree, which was planted on the school’s playfield during Labour Day activities on Tuesday (May 23).
 

St. Catherine

Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas (left), plants a tree along George Lee Boulevard during Labour Day activities in the municipality on Tuesday (May 23). Looking on are other volunteers and members of the community. Twenty trees were planted along the Boulevard from the Portmore Town Centre to Portmore HEART Academy in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Portmore City Municipality.
Disaster Coordinator, Portmore Municipal Corporation, Shanique Marsh, paints a sidewalk along George Lee Boulevard on Labour Day (May 23).
Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas (right), paints the sidewalk along George Lee Boulevard during Labour Day activities in the municipality on Tuesday (May 23).  Joining him are Chief Executive Officer, Portmore Municipal Corporation, Rovel Morris (second right), along with other volunteers.

St. Andrew

 Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, paints a crosswalk off Olympic Way in his constituency, St Andrew West Central, on Labour Day (May 23).


 
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness (right, stooping), helps to pave the waiting area at the Olympic Gardens Health Centre in St Andrew West Central, for which he is the member of Parliament, on Tuesday (May 23), as part of Labour Day activities in the constituency. Looking on are residents and volunteers of the community.
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness (left), helps residents in his St Andrew West Central constituency to remove waste off Olympic Way, during his visit to the community on Tuesday (May 23) to participate in Labour Day activities.
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck (left), is presented with a palm seedling for planting by Councillor, Barbican Division, Joy Cotterel (right), during a Labour Day exercise at the Grant’s Pen Peace Park in St. Andrew on May 23. Looking on is Deputy Mayor, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Winston Ennis.
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck (second left), plants a palm tree at the Grant’s Pen Peace Park in St Andrew, during Labour Day activities on Tuesday (May 23). Looking on (from left) are Deputy Mayor, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Winston Ennis; Councillor, Barbican Division, Joy Cotterel and Inspector of Police, Berhane Barnes.
Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck (left) prepares to cover a palm seedling with soil, during a Labour Day tree planting exercise at the Grant’s Pen Peace Park in St Andrew on Tuesday (May 23). Assisting is Deputy Mayor, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Winston Ennis (second left), while Councillor, Barbican Division, Joy Cotterel and Police Inspector Berhane Barnes, look on.
Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams (second left) is flanked by Captain Marlon Sunders (first left) from the Jamaica Defence Force, Jennifer Solomon, principal of August Town Primary and Celia Champagnie, director, donor and partnership management from the National Education Trust and students from August Town Primary as they paint a rock located in one of the play areas at the school.
Lt Col Carl Clarke of the Jamaica Defence Force and Celia Champagnie of the National Education Trust salute a young student at August Town Primary as they toured the grounds of the school while projects were underway for Labour Day 2023.

St. Thomas

Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hubert Williams (right) and Acting Principal of Morant Bay High School, Marsha Ford-Bryan, pause for a photo as trucks pull up at the institution with material for resurfacing of the institution’s driveway on Labour Day (May 23). The school was the St Thomas Municipal Corporation’s parish project.
Founder and President of the St Thomas Parenting Club, Lenna Campbell, participates in the Morant Bay High School Library clean-up exercise on Labour Day (May 23).
Coconut trees (foreground) that were planted at Morant Bay High School for Labour Day, on Tuesday (May 23).

Kingston

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (right), participates in Labour Day activities at Maverley Park in Kingston on Tuesday (May 23). He is joined by a team from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (second right), is assisted by Councillor, Stony Hill Division, Tosha Schwapp (second left), in the planting of a tree in Maverley Park. A team from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMA) and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) participated in the Labour Day exercise on Tuesday (May 23).
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (right), plants a tree at a green space being created in the Duhaney Park community in St Andrew, as part of Labour Day activities on Tuesday (May 23). He is joined by a team from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).
 

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