Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) is working to increase the number of processing depots available across the island.

256 recruits are the newest members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), after successfully completing a one-year service period through the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) programme.

Programme Director for the Global Services Sector (GSS) Project, Marjorie Straw, is reiterating that a variety of jobs and personal development opportunities exist within the industry.

The Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs (MLCA) will be embarking on a public education campaign to sensitize Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora about the laws of Jamaica and the rights of citizens.

Jamaicans are being invited to showcase their tilapia cooking skills, for a chance to win cash and prizes. The cooking competition, dubbed ‘Many Moods of Tilapia’ is being spearheaded by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), as part of efforts to further promote the aquaculture sector and increase consumption of the freshwater fish locally.

Construction on the new state-of-the-art Frome Police Station in Westmoreland is underway. The station, being built at a cost of 175 million dollars with funding from the National Housing Trust (NHT), is expected to provide a more comfortable working and living environment for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Volunteers cleared more than 1500 pounds of garbage from the One-Man Beach along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay on International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) on September 17 under the theme the theme: ‘Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica’.

International Peace Day will be observed on Wednesday, September 21 under the locally adopted theme ''End Violence. Build Peace’’.