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State of Public Emergency Extended in St. Andrew South Division, Audio visual equipment to be installed in courts; and NGO’s encouraged to apply for Canadian international funding initiative.

200 million dollars allocated for the installation of elevators at hospitals across the South East Regional Health Authority, Jamaica Fire Brigade gets new equipment and CSJP earmarks 9 million dollars for summer youth engagement programmes.

The Jamaican Government has made the commitment to transform the public sector into a robust, efficient and effective administration. Under the current public sector transformation programme, five areas are being given priority attention. On today’s programme we give updates on two of those areas.

New World Bank representative for Jamaica and Guyana, Ozan Sevimli, has lauded Jamaica on its sterling economic performance over the past few years.

Non-governmental organizations are being invited to submit proposals under the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) programme, for the chance to receive up to CA$25,000.00 in grant funding. Interested organizations may contact the Canadian High Commission for details.

Building a first world country involves connecting people to improved service delivery, operating at higher standards and making improvements along the way. Recognising this, the government has opened a new justice centre in Santa Cruz St Elizabeth, to increase access to justice related services. The Centre, constructed in under five months, is the sixth parish justice centre in operation across the...

Government working to commercialize tertiary level research; St. Elizabeth welcomes new Justice Centre; and Energy Minister commends Caribbean Energy Security Initiative.

Jamaica is gearing up to host the 7th Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie says with Jamaica’s hosting of the international conference, he anticipates that greater focus will be placed on disaster mitigation strategies for small island developing states (SIDS).

Murders trending down in western parishes; National Security Ministry working to tackle criminal elements and decrease in remittances could be linked to increase in employment.