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The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has extended the deadline for submission of entries to the Logistics Hub Essay Competition from December 15, 2013 to January 17, 2014.

Several hundred residents from communities in northwestern St. Ann are getting an opportunity to improve their academic qualifications and make themselves more marketable, through a Skills Training and Night School programme being introduced in the area.

the Jamaica Fire Brigade is encouraging citizens to have a licensed and certified electrician check to ensure their systems can facilitate the extra load.

More than Two hundred thousand residents across the Portmore Municipality in St. Catherine are expected to benefit from improved sewage facilities, as work gets underway on the Portmore Sewage Project.

The 2013 Civil Service Week Steering Committee recently handed over gifts of books, clothing, personal care products, and toys to the residents of the Jamaica National Children’s Home in St. Andrew.

The Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence is now officially open to the public.

More than 1,400 persons are better equipped to join the country’s workforce, having recently graduated from training courses being offered by the HEART Trust/ NTA.

Students, and teachers of the Reliance Basic School, in Braeton, Portmore, St. Catherine are now operating in a new and more spacious facility.

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica mission to resuscitate the bamboo industry in Jamaica

The Urban Development Corporation UDC is moving to transform the Ocho Rios fishermen’s village into a premier facility, mainly for entertainment and dining.

The residents of the Hanover Infirmary are now living in more comfortable and modern surroundings, following the recent official opening of a new $40 million facility.

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, through the Tourism Product Development Company –TPDCo- has embarked on a Language Skills Training Programme, aimed at equipping persons within the industry in conversational Russian and Spanish.