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Water IQ Initiative to be expanded; Health and Wellness Minister urges public to remain vigilant in dengue fight; and Government to roll out Youth in Agriculture Policy.

How do you prepare for an earthquake? We visited the Sandy Bank Primary School in Treasure Beach where a team from the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation conducted an earthquake simulation exercise. Listen to this feature to learn more.

On House Matters this week, Mount Salem and Denham Town zones of special operations extended, second supplementary estimates approved and members pay tribute to Rudyard Spencer.

As part of the UDC's commitment to create more green spaces throughout the country, the entity is set to plant 1,000 trees at National Heroes Park under its Houses of Parliament and Government Campus Project. Listen to this edition of Urbanscope to get the details.

The House of Representatives has approved the Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2019/20 financial year which outlines that the Budget has been increased to 859 billion dollars.

The Zones of Special Operations in Denham Town, Kingston; and Mount Salem, St. James, will be extended by a further 60 days.

Jamaica is home to a wealth of plant and animal species, many of them found nowhere else in the world. To maintain this, the government along with the National Environmental Planning Agency (NEPA) are calling on more citizens to preserve our rich biodiversity. Listen to this edition of Round About Ja to learn more.

The Hague Showground in Trelawny will once again come alive for the annual Hague Agricultural and Industrial Show on February 20. Farmers and agro processors will be at the event to showcase the best of what Trelawny has to offer. Listen to this edition of calling farmers to learn more.

Drought management committee to be established, citizens urged to conserve water during dry period and local government ministry increases funeral grant allocation.

Date for Clarendon South Bi-election announced; Government sensitizing frontline workers on coronavirus; and Ministry of Justice observing Restorative Justice Week.

The spread of the coronavirus outside of China has led the World Health Organization to declare the situation a global health emergency. On two separate occasions, fears started brewing in Jamaica following reports of suspected cases. Although the patients in question did not meet the case definition for the coronavirus, it begs the question “What if they did?” and “Is the country...