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IDB mobilizing more resources to support the region, and Dr. Nigel Clarke becomes third Jamaican to Chair IDB Boards of Governors. I have the details in this week’s Going for Growth.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness last week embarked on a working visit to the United States where he met with top officials in the Joe Biden Administration.

More than 20,000 students at the primary and secondary level, along with their parents as well as teachers are being engaged through activities from March 27 to April 1, geared towards reinforcing that students are capable of doing mathematics and doing it well.

Miss Violet recently received a new home under the government's New Social Housing Programme. She will now use the space to serve her community well, ensuring it does not fall into the hands of criminal elements.

From diving above the Belize Barrier Reef to playing football in Trench Town Jamaica and participating in a special regatta in The Bahamas, Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, surely enjoyed their week-long Caribbean Tour.

Today we go out into the field in St Elizbeth where Milbert Miller, Principal of the Sidney Pagan STEM Academy, shares about the thriving farming operation at the school.

On today’s programme, Prime Minister Andrew Holness walks us through some of the major development plans being unveiled for the country, and the benefits these will attract for citizens.

Government to help pay light bills for almost half a million households and ease high fuel prices for bus and tax operators. We’re going for growth right now!

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is improving the way we understand the weather through its latest initiative: the Building Resilience through Climate Adaptation Technologies (BReTCAT) project.

Jamaica will soon have its own weather app to give more precise data and warnings that other global apps cannot provide. It’s being created as part of the ‘Building Resilience Through Climate Adaptation Technologies (BRETCAT) project being spearheaded by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (MSJ).

Jamaica is known as the land of wood and water. But for persons living in the corporate area, water lock offs, or low water pressure is what many would term “a common assault”. And with climate change affecting rainfall patterns water storage is in limited supply. The government has been exploring several measures to boost water supply and one such...

Public sector compensation restructure to increase wage bill but that shouldn’t compromise Jamaica’s debt targets. Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke explains in this week’s going for growth!