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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.

State Minister at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alando Terrelonge, is renewing the call for adults to listen to the concerns of children and to protect their rights. Speaking at the recent launch of the Primary School Child Rights Creative Competition, Mr. Terrelonge said Jamaica has moved beyond the days when children were to be seen and not heard....

Jamaica is moving closer to a self-sustained agriculture sector with the production levels for several crops up by 20 percent. This as a result of the agricultural productivity incentive programme. Listen to this edition of calling farmers to learn more.

Government’s Lengthman Programme to be Revamped; 6,000 notices served to persons harboring mosquito breeding sites; and feasibility study for Pedro Plains irrigation project completed.

Since birth eighteen-year old, Orville McKellop has been struggling with a genetic disorder known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also called Brittle Bone Disease. It is a condition that causes fragile bones that break easily. However, despite his condition, McKellop has lots of reasons to be happy, most of all the fact that he was recently crowned top performer in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary...

New NIDS Bill to be tabled by end of March 2020, PIOJ boss says window of economic growth still open and agriculture ministry reporting increase in local produce.