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The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is making its services more accessible to Jamaicans living in the diaspora, through its Access Jamaica programme. This week PICA will be in the United Kingdom.

Teachers across the island shared their thoughts on the state of the education sector during consultations organised by UNICEF in partnership with UNESCO. The teachers says more emphasis needs to be placed on the importance of education and stakeholder involvement for improved learning outcomes.

20 residents from the parish of St. James are benefitting from training to help them respond effectively to emergencies and/or disasters in their communities from the Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Programme.

The government has bolstered the capacity of the National Water Commission (NWC) to serve its customers island-wide with the provision of eight new water trucks.

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) in the Ministry of Justice has embarked on an island wide tour of justice fairs to provide legal support and other justice related services to persons across the country.

Creative, outside the box thinker, innovative and inspiring are just some of the words that have been used to describe this educator extraordinaire who has been credited with introducing a number of programmes to develop the students at the St Ann based York Castle High School where he serves as principal.      

January 2019 saw the start of the phased ban on the importation, distribution, manufacture and commercial use of certain types of single use plastics in Jamaica. Where are we now? We have some updates waiting for you in the environment corner.

Protecting the rights of consumers is one of the core mandates of the Consumers Affairs Commission (CAC). If you have a dispute with a vendor and need help, you can call them for support. Their work has helped thousands of Jamaican consumers receive redress and compensation from vendors. Today we get an update on the CAC’s recent activities.

Lynk wallet owners can now deposit and withdraw cash free of charge from NCB ABMs island-wide.

September is celebrated annually as Senior Citizens Month, and this year the National Council for Senior Citizens is celebrating under the theme: ‘Ageing Jamaica: Epitomising Resilience and Greatness’. The last week of the September, this year being from September 25 to October 1, is being recognized locally as Senior Citizens Week.

We tell you about the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools initiative.

Approximately 11,000 undocumented Jamaicans, who earn less than 37,000 dollars monthly, will receive their birth certificates free of cost under Operation Birthright.