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JCF reports 16 per cent drop in serious crimes; NWC ramps up non-revenue water reduction programme, and corporate area residents urged to prepare for water supply disruptions.

Unattached youth to receive internship opportunities; financial institutions welcome National Identification System; and Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project lauded.

No-sleeveless policy to be relaxed, Registrar General’s Department to procure new civil registration system; and increased rainfall expected over eastern parishes.

The Annual Game Bird Hunting Season opens on August 18 and runs until September 23. Find out more about the laws that regulate this activity on today’s edition of ‘You and the Law.’

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News Recap

New policy for electrical inspection approvals to be introduced this year; 32 persons received Jamaican citizenship and; Education Ministry working to ensure adequate supply of PEP textbooks.

No increase planned for JUTC fares; Court of Appeal renovation slated for completion next month; and Youth Summer Employment Programme launched. The news in detail after the break.

Prime Minister now has oversight for Science, Energy and Technology portfolios; Corporate Area NWC customers advised to brace for service disruptions; and Education Ministry to ramp up career guidance programme.

JUTC to get over 100 new buses; Gayle residents accessing postal services at Port Maria post office; and agriculture minister reiterates importance of climate-smart strategies.

Supply of asphalt and asphaltic products to improve; new Jamaica Agriculture Society executive focused on growing agriculture sector and; Water lock offs to affect Corparate Area for the next three days.

Increasing need for intellectual property rights in Agriculture; Strategic review of Jamaica Agricultural Society underway; and country urged to reflect on the economic value of Jamaican culture. The news in detail after the break.