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The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has won the inaugural ‘Best Communication Initiative Award’ in the British-based Central Banking Publications’ seventh annual central banking awards in recognition of their use of reggae music to simplify inflation targeting.

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr, says the Water IQ initiative, which will see students trained as water monitors, will be ramped up in the coming months.

Creating educational opportunities for the nation’s youth continues to be a major objective of the Government. The National Irrigation Commission (NIC), under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is working to realize that mission by awarding over $1 million in scholarships and grants to secondary and tertiary level students across the island. Listen to Round About Ja to get...

Beekeeping is big business, and if you’re interested in learning how to start your own hive, today’s edition of Calling Farmers is for you. Listen to this edition of Calling Farmers as beekeeper Oronde McNeish shares the equipment you’ll need to get started.

Public encouraged to use drive safe app, Health ministry says western children hospital to be largest in Caribbean and Government to fund athletes for 2020 Olympics.

Statue of Asafa Powel unveiled, JPs urged to join restorative justice programme and Agriculture Ministry set to boost citrus production.

Every day a new baby is born. For that baby to survive its important the both baby and mother receive quality care at our nation’s hospitals. The problem, however, is that some hospitals have issues meeting the growing demand for quality care due to resource challenges. Listen to Sharing the Love to find out how The Victoria Jubilee Hospital is benefiting...

Prime Minister delivers Black History Month lecture in Missouri, announces By-election and welcomes home Grammy-winning Reggae Artiste, Koffee.

The country is being urged to maintain water conservation practices as a sustained period of dryness is being projected for the region up to April. Director of the Meteorological Services Branch in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Evan Thompson says the Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum’s projection is in line with local analyses, that also point to a near...

Plea Negotiations, or Plea Bargaining as it’s more commonly called, is an integral part of any advanced justice system. In Jamaica, the law that governs this is known as The Plea Negotiations and Agreement Act. But what are the stipulations of the Act? Listen to this edition of You and the Law as Attorney-at-law with the law firm Althea McBean and Company...

Global healthcare is changing as science continues to evolve. In a few years we might not be talking about kidney or liver transplants but instead be looking at how we can regenerate those organs. It’s all being studied under the umbrella of regenerative medicine, aspects of which have already been introduced in Jamaica, such as stem cell therapies. With the range of...