Across the nation
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Saturday | May 3, 2008
Alpart wage agreement contract signed
NAIN, ST ELIZABETH:
Salaried employees of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) now have a new wage agreement contract.
The contract, which was signed between the company's management and the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP), will cover the period January 2008 to December 2010.
The salaried employees will receive a 40 per cent increase in basic salaries for the next three years.
- Neville Paul
FFP renovates inner-city basic school
SPANISH TOWN, ST CATHERINE:
Food For the Poor (FFP) officially opened a $1.3-million early childhood education facility at the Little Angels Early Childhood Centre in Tawes Pen, St Catherine, on Tuesday. The organisation constructed a new school structure, which includes three classrooms, a kitchen, an office area, and renovated the school's bathroom facilities.
According to a release from FFP, with several schools facing possible closure due to new standards set by the Early Childhood Commission, the organisation has been actively assisting institutions islandwide with meeting the requirements.
- Contributed
Past student turns benefactor
MAY PEN, CLARENDON:
The May Pen High School in Clarendon, a Seventh-day Adventist institution, was recently boosted with 12 computers and four electron microscopes, along with a fully refurbished lab.
Dr Witford Reid, past student of May Pen High's graduating class of 1980, presented the gift and urged others to give back to their institutions.
During a brief handover ceremony, Witford said giving back was the key to improving the education system in Jamaica.
Winston Preedie, principal of May Pen High, who accepted the gift on behalf of the institution, was grateful and, as a mark of honour, plans to name the refurbished centre the Dr Witford Reid Lab.
- Dwight Nelson
JNHT to celebrate annual Taino Day
OCHO RIOS, ST ANN:
In honour of Jamaica's earliest inhabitants, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be hosting 'Taino Day' on Monday at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann, beginning at 10 a.m.
