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Managers and senior managers assigned to residential childcare facilities are benefitting from training to help them provide adequate protection for children in state care.

On today’s programme, we highlight the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities, a diaspora group investing in Jamaica’s growth and development.

Face-to-face classes have resumed for the 2021/2022 academic year, in select schools across the island.

New funding has been mobilised to quickly support the needs of developing countries, including Jamaica in the fight against climate change.

The U. S. Embassy in Jamaica in partnership with the STEAMHouse Network recently staged the inaugural JamA.I.ca Codefest Artificial Intelligence Hackathon designed for beginners, experts and individuals with an interest in Computer Science, Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) will be hosting a virtual investment conference on November 17 and 18 dubbed ‘Explore: Do Business Jamaica’. The conference is part of efforts to educate potential investors about the many opportunities available in Jamaica’s growing sectors, and the island’s positive business environment.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force has launched a handbook to help bolster the investigative abilities of police officers. The Offences, Points to Prove and Authorities Handbook 2021, provides guidance on key elements of 104 offences and supplementary guidance on 103 related legal terms.

Aggrieved taxpayers looking to appeal the judgements of revenue commissioners will soon have an easier way of seeking justice. This, as the Revenue Appeals Division (RAD) within the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has gone digital! RAD is mandated to hear and conclude appeals by taxpayers who disagree with a revenue commissioner in relation to their tax liabilities,...

Thirty-two students have been awarded Government scholarships for outstanding performances in the 2021 grade-six Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Four pupils, the island’s highest achievers from a primary, all-age, or primary and junior high school, received scholarships valued at $180,000  each. The remaining 28 students - 14 boys and 14 girls, were awarded scholarships valued at $100,000 each.

Business owners have an obligation to provide clean surroundings in which staff and customers can operate, and where they are having difficulties doing so, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) wants business owners to know that the agency can help.

Since the onset of the pandemic, all sectors of the Government have been working to improve their use of technology to maintain or improve the efficiency of their operations. One sector that has made significant progress in this regard is Justice.

From November 1-4, 2021, Jamaica hosted the 7th semi-virtual Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Americas and the Caribbean under the theme “Building Resilient Economies in the Americas and the Caribbean.’ The aim was to raise awareness of the increasing economic and human cost of disasters in the Americas and the Caribbean, including the special challenges facing...