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A 2018 ‘Advancing Disaster Risk Finance in Jamaica’ World Bank Report suggests that, on average, losses from natural disasters would cost Jamaica about 16 billion dollars annually. Of this amount, it is estimated that 9 billion would be required to address hurricane damage to public and private buildings alone. Listen to Road to Resilience to discover the plans and policies...

The Ministry of Health is Wellness is urging the public to take the flu seriously as the country moves into the Influenza ‘flu’ season. There’s also a call to be on the lookout for hand, foot and mouth disease. Listen to week’s Healthline as we track these two conditions.

Digital skills, such as social media marketing, graphic design, transcribing and virtual assisting, are become increasingly essential to all industries, fueling a demand for digital experts and the creation of digital careers. But how does one get started? Listen to this edition of Career Talk to find out.

A new National Identification Bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament by the end of March 2020. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement in the Lower House Tuesday, while providing an update on planned government Information, Communications Technology (ICT) upgrades.

Prime Minister calls on NHT board to explore new construction styles; Health and Wellness minister appeals to public to give vector control workers access to communities; and Prime Minister’s youth awards to close out youth month activities.

Health Minister encouraging use of additional tools to fight dengue, Institute of Forensic Science expanded and schools urged to be on the look-out for Hand Foot and Mouth Disease.

Visitors to Jamaica’s north coast will have an even wider variety of places to stay in coming years, as several new hotels are set to come on stream. Work has begun on a new hotel in Trelawny, and several more developments will get underway in 2020. Listen to this week’s Tourism Round Up as we talk about rooms.

There are only 11 days remaining in the 100-day celebration of the centenary of cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley. Launched on September 1, the activities hosted to celebrate Miss Lou 100 have ranged from concerts to lectures to exhibits, poetry readings and so much more. Listen to the Arts Page to get the details.

November 29 is the deadline to send in those applications for the annual Take a Child Home for the Holiday Initiative. Listen to Get the Facts as we tell you how the programme has been doing over the past few years and how you can get involved.

A new National Identification Bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament by the end of March 2020 as the government works to craft new drafting instructions with strengthened oversight and security provisions.

The Planning Institute of Jamaica says there is a window of opportunity for economic growth resulting from the demographic dividend which now has the country’s working age citizens comprising the largest portion of the population.