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Approximately 5,000 students from across the country attended the 20th staging of the Minard Livestock show and Beef Festival recently in Brown’s Town, St. Ann. The event was held under the theme ‘Empowering Youth in Livestock Production and National Development’. Activities for the day were designed to showcase the important aspects of the livestock industry to young Jamaicans. Listen to Calling Farmers...

On this edition of Jamaica House Weekly, Prime Minister updates Lower House on NIDS Bill and corresponding ICT infrastructure, meets with young municipal representatives, and pays tribute to Beverley Lopez. Listen to Jamaica House Weekly to learn more.

On a daily basis hundreds of persons benefit from the work of the Jamaica Red Cross, which has been in operation in the country since 1948. Starting out as a branch of the British Red Cross, the unit later transitioned into becoming an independent agency after Jamaica gained independence from Britain. Listen to Sharing the Love to find out how...

Water storage capacity at the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals in downtown Kingston has been significantly boosted following the installation of 30 water tanks. The tanks, each holding 2,000 gallons of water, were donated by the Musson Foundation in partnership with T. Geddes Grant and local charity, the Woman’s Club, at a cost of 6 million dollars. Health and Wellness Minister,...

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.