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The 16th annual staging of Diplomatic Week- coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will run from February 02 to February 07, 2014 with the theme: “Partnership for Growth”.

The Ministry of Education has plans to transform all technical schools and a few select others into academies dedicated to the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics –STEM- subjects.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is now in Cuba for a four day official visit.

The government has been implementing initiatives and organizations to assist children who are already affected by abuse and are in need of care and protection. One such organization is the Office of the Children’s Registry, OCR.

Come April 1 the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC will roll out its cashless system.

Values and Attitudes.

International Customs Day.

For the last 7 years, JSIF’s Inner City Basic Services Project, ICBSP has been changing the lives of residents in 12 communities across the island.

The initiative dubbed JA BizTown, will see some 20 million dollars being spent to construct a model business complex, in which there will be several small businesses that will be run by Grade five students.

Minister of Tourism Wykeham McNiel in Issues and Answers

A drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall resulting in a shortage of water.

The National Blood Transfusion Service, NBTS, is on a year round drive to encourage persons to donate blood.