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As the Government moves to revolutionize Jamaica’s energy sector, the country’s largest private-owned renewable energy project - the BMR wind farm, was commissioned into service on August 11.

As part of efforts to bolster growth in the tourism sector, the Government, through the Ministry of Tourism will be partnering with the National Export-Import Bank to provide a 500-million dollar loan facility to the sector’s small and medium-sized service providers. We learn more about this loan facility on today’s edition

The Government is moving to shift Jamaica’s electricity sector from an oil-dominated structure to a Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG-fuelled system within the next two to three years. With plans progressing steadily to achieve this goal, Jamaica received its first shipment of LNG on Friday August 5.

MSME’s Receive Funds from APFMP under PPRC

On today’s programme, Teenage Pregnancy trending down in Jamaica.

Applying for a patent in Jamaica should be quicker and easier now that the local pool of competent examiners has increased. Over 70 patent examiners were recently trained by the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office,The examiners are certified to assess requests for patents.

The Mandela Highway in St. Catherine which connects the Corporate Area to the western, northern, and southern sections of the island will be expanded from four to six lanes this year. The Highway which is the most heavily trafficked thoroughfare in Jamaica sees over 70,000 vehicles daily and is one and a half times more used than any other major road...

How do you prepare for back to school? Is it always a highly stressful time or is it usually a breeze? If you’re in the group of parents who are generally stressed out with back to school preparations, you’re at the right place. We’ll be sharing some tips on making back to school shopping less of a hassle.

Four top performing Grade Six Achievement Test, GSAT students were recently awarded scholarships valued at 1.2 million dollars by Petrojam Limited.

The Universal Service Fund, USF remains committed to the advancement of the Jamaican society.Formally known as The Universal Access Fund Company limited, the entity has been working to ensure that every resident of Jamaica is provided with easy and reliable access to the internet through the deployment of broadband services.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness recently brought representatives of all the Departments and Agencies falling under the Ministry into a two-day strategic planning retreat, to brainstorm and chart the path forward. We bring you highlights of his presentation at the retreat on today’s edition