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Today we learn more about the agriculture programme offered at the Newell’s High School in St Elizabeth on today’s edition of Calling Farmers.

Ocho Rios High School offers around 21 technical and vocational areas to students, in an effort to equip them for the demands of a changing workforce. Principal, Marvin Clowson, says it is important that each student is competent in at least one technical or vocational subject.

Ministry of Agriculture working to ensure all export packaging facilities are up the FDA standards.

Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James gets new mammogram machine as part of efforts to improve access to early breast cancer detection in western Jamaica. More on this week’s Healthline. Stay tuned.

Failing to observe silence zones is an offence under the Road Traffic Act. Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, PSTEB Assistant Commissioner of Police Gary McKenzie says silence zones are areas around schools, hospitals, infirmaries, courts, and other designated government buildings such as the Houses of Parliament. He outlines that the honking of horns, loud engines, mufflers...

Those who attended a recent job fair held by the Ministry of National Security had the chance to network and get guidance from nutritionist, and corporate wellness consultant coach, Patricia Fletcher. In an interview with JIS radio Miss Fletcher spoke about the value of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and maintaining good mental health.

In 2021 Jamaica assembled a 61-member team to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and in addition to the many track and field athletes who qualified, Jamaica also had competitors in swimming, diving, boxing, gymnastics, and judo. On today’s program we hear from Jamaica's first Olympic Judoka - Ebony Drysdale Daley, about her Tokyo Olympics experience and her journey to Paris...

Tourism Ministry calling on entrepreneurs to invest in new events that will expand experiences for visitors to the island.

Goat farmers to get support from the Ministry of Agriculture to expand their herds.

The show must go on. That was the thinking that spurred the return of the European Union Film Festival to Jamaica for the first time since COVID-19. On the big screen: 11 movies from countries across Europe, including Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Austria,(the) Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Sweden. The  curtains opened on this culturally diverse celebration of...

The Good Book says “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.” One Jamaican in particular can attest to this, having used his special talent for writing to earn for himself a special invitation to Buckingham Palace. Stay tuned to hear more about winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Kwame McPherson.

Groundsmen at schools in St. Mary are getting militant against mosquitoes! Members of this group are receiving training from the St. Mary Health Department in identifying and destroying mosquito breeding sites, as part of the agency’s ‘Search and Destroy Initiative’