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The National Commission on Science and Technology is hard at work trying to boost science, technology and innovation in Jamaica.

50 exporters and export ready firms are set to benefit from capacity building, and market penetration support to enable them to be competitively positioned to take advantage of global market opportunities through an export development programme dubbed Export Max.

The constant pile-up of boxes and other refuse from the yuletide clean-up exercises going in homes and yards around the country. In preparation, and in some cases in response to the pile-up, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is redoubling its efforts to keep communities clean.

The Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, is the only internationally recognised accreditation body in the English-speaking Caribbean.

The National Insurance Scheme.

As the first ever sitting of the primary exit profile (PEP) draws closer, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has made a number of resources available through its partners to help students prepare for the new exam.

Efforts are being made to strengthen security in and around the Port of Kingston.

On today’s programme, Senate approves new Road Traffic Act; and discussions begin for establishment of aviation school in Jamaica.

Since the Jamaica Promotions Agency JAMPRO engaged the Internationally Monetary Fund in its mission to get the country into the top 10 of the Doing Business Report, work has been underway with the implementing agencies on certain reforms needed to achieve the desired results.

CARICOM Heads of Government have made a number of significant decisions to advance the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), arising from their latest meeting in Trinidad and Tobago.

Battling the Beet Army Worm.

The National Insurance Scheme.