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44 students were honoured on November 28 for outstanding performances in the 2014 Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate –CSEC- and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination-CAPE.

Disabilities Awareness Week 2014 will highlight the achievements of the disabled community. The week is being observed from Sunday, November 30 to December 7, under the theme: ‘Opening Doors to Inclusion and Development’.

The 47 male residents of the St. Thomas Infirmary in Morant Bay are now enjoying much improved facilities, following construction of a new ward by the Government at a cost of 31 million dollars.

The Thompson Town High School in Clarendon now has a resource centre, constructed at a cost of 4 million dollars.

November 25 has been observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

For this week, the St. Thomas Police Division will be hosting a number of activties in observation of Police Week-November 23 to 29 with the theme. They will be observing the week under the theme, “Restoring Community Confidence through Sustained Partnership.”

Some 400 public servants, representing 21 Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been recognised for upwards of 20 years of service to the Government and country.

A 16-unit computer centre, complete with full Internet access, has been established in the Community of Airy Castle in rural St. Thomas. The facility, set up through the Universal Service Fund –USF- at a cost of 3.8 million dollars, will provide easier access to Internet service for residents, and enable students to carry out research for schoolwork.

In a bid to stimulate discussion around issues affecting the tourism industry the Tourism Product Development Company Ltd –TPDCo- is staging its Tourism Essay Competition 2014.

Organisers of the GasPro Street-style Cook-up project are hailing the public/private sector partnership as a success and a model for future collaboration to help transform volatile communities

Staff at the Jamaica Information Service –JIS- and several other government agencies benefitted from a health expo and workshop, on World Diabetes Day, Friday, November 14, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. JIS partnered with Massy Distribution Jamaica Limited to host the event, which focused on diabetes, a non-communicable disease affecting approximately 400 million people worldwide

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation –JBDC- has planned a slate of activities for Global Entrepreneurship Week-GEW, from November 17 to 22.