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Dementia, including the most popular form, Alzheimer’s disease, can cause people to act in unpredictable ways. In some cases, persons with the condition may become anxious or aggressive. Others may tend to repeat certain questions or gestures or misinterpret what they hear. According to the 2019 World Alzheimer report, a number of persons with dementia have met unfair treatment at home,...

Child support normally refers to the ongoing periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship. The law stresses that the responsibility of the child should fall equally on both parents or legal guardians but there are situations where a mother may be brought to court to pay...

University Of Technology (UTech), rolls out two new graduate programmes across five disciplines in its Built Environment Faculty. Listen to Career Talk to get the details

Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, says heightened security measures will be rolled out in major towns and commercial areas heading into the Festive season. Major General Anderson says Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Divisional Commanders have been given a mandate to concentrate their efforts in these areas, while also focusing on gangs, guns and criminal leaders also known as dons, over...

New all-inclusive hotel to be built in Trelawny: Bank of Jamaica releases additional 20 million US dollars into forex market; and Government working to boost productivity levels across country.

Prime Minister Holness touts Jamaica as place of choice to do business: Government to help truck cane crop to St. Catherine and St Elizabeth; and Industry Minister encouraging more social enterprises.

Since its launch in February 2017, the Kingston Creative Movement, has taken on new layers, newer facets with a mountain of work being put into upholding Kingston’s UNESCO Creative City designation and realising the vision of Kingston as the Creative Capital of the Caribbean. Listen to Arts Page and get the details.

Since its launch earlier this the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre has been expanding its footprint across the world. More countries are showing interest in partnering with the entity and establish satellite locations. Stay tuned to find out more about the work the entity has been doing on this week’s Tourism Round Up.

Civil Service Week 2019 will be observed from November 17 to 22 under the theme: ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’. Activities to mark Civil Service Week are organised by the Civil Service Week Steering Committee (CSWSC) in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Listen to Get the facts to learn more. 

The Ministry of Transport and Mining is planning a series of activities geared at stimulating investment in the mining sector during national minerals week 2019, November 17 – 23.

The Bank of Jamaica says its recent interventions in the foreign exchange market are intended to address temporary demand and supply imbalances.

The People’s Choice and winning architectural design for Jamaica’s new Parliament building, ‘Out of Many One People’, is moving closer to the construction stage. Find out more on today’s edition of Urbanscope.