The Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) is set to introduce City and Guilds certification for spa professionals on the island. This was announced by Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett during the sixth annual Jamaica Health and Wellness...

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The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) is making significant strides in strengthening its offerings, with a key focus on creating a framework that will enable intellectual property (IP) companies to benefit from Special Economic Zone (...

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Lions International will work with Seychelles to establish a vision hospital among many other areas of cooperation, the district governor, Dr Moez Manji, said on Monday. Manji made the announcement after he paid a courtesy call to Vice President Ahmed Afif at State House. «With the expertise that we have, we will be able to mobilise grants in support of this hospital,» he said. Manji said that this will be a long process of a year or two, «depending on how fast we can set up the MoU (memorandum of understanding).» The other area the club wants to work closely with the government on is paediatric or childhood cancer. He explained that with the hospital, they will be able to detect cancer in children early. Lions' Clubs International is a global service organisation that works to improve health and well-being, strengthen communities, and support those in need. Seychelles together with Kenya and Ethiopia falls under the 411 district - whose main areas of service to the community are vision, hunger, and the environment, among others. Another area that the club is interested in working on is that of youth development and empowerment and Manji said, «A lot of them can slip into drug abuse, due to depression and many other challenges.» He added: «With the lifestyle of the world as it is now, is very challenging, and if we do not handle it correctly we find that we are losing a lot of the youth in the wrong manner.» As Lions International has many programmes dealing with the prevention of drug abuse, Manji explained that the Lion's Club of Seychelles is planning to donate SCR 25,000 ($1,700) as a start-up to this problem. Meanwhile, for his first visit to Seychelles, Manji and his delegation had the chance to take part in the World Diabetes Walk, which Lions Clubs held recently, which he said was to create awareness about diabetes - which is one of their global causes - and the environment. Lions Clubs started working in Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, nine years ago. While expressing satisfaction at his visit and the activities held, Manji revealed that he has left certain goals the local clubs will need to achieve after he leaves.

An urgent appeal has been issued by Police after a woman was bitten and injured by an XL Bully-type dog in Northampton last week in the latest of a string of dog attacks across the UK.

Officers and paramedics rushed to Bexleyheath, south east London at 8.22am on Friday and discovered Carol James, 81, with serious injures.

PJ Smyth, the son of the Church of England's 'most prolific abuser', has spoken about his own trauma as one of his father's first victims, describing him as 'barbaric and monstrous'.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro to discuss recent progress in easing border tensions. Both sides acknowledged the positive steps in disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and talked about future steps to improve bilateral relations.

Luis Gilberto Murillo underscored that the Colombian authorities want their compatriots not to be involved in any conflicts in the world

Russia will view an aggression from a non-nuclear state, carried out with participation or support of a nuclear state as their joint attack

TASS compiled main facts about the situation in the country

RIO DE JANEIRO — Countries can fight poverty by sustaining economic growth through open trade and investments, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Nov 18. Growth and trade remain one of the best ways to create jobs, he told Group of 20 (G-20) leaders at a discussion on poverty and hunger at the G-20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. «Jobs, in turn, are the most direct way to reduce poverty,» he said, adding that this is because they provide a path to dignity, stability and self-reliance. This is why efforts to reform and strengthen the World Trade Organisation are so important, PM Wong said. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched a global alliance against hunger and poverty on day one of the G-20 Summit. More than 80 countries, including Singapore, have agreed to back it. In his speech, PM Wong said the most direct way to tackle hunger and poverty is to stop conflicts and wars, and provide assistance to conflict zones where needs are greatest. Singapore is doing its part where possible, including providing several rounds of humanitarian aid for people in Gaza, he added.

A hotel in Johor Bahru has apologised and offered a guest a full refund after a male staff member «accidentally» opened her room door. In a now-deleted post to Facebook page Complaint Singapore on Nov 13, a woman from Singapore recounted «numerous issues» she faced during her two-night stay at Hako Hotel Mount Austin with three other friends. She said the bathrooms would flood whenever they showered, and they had to open the drain covers to drain the water as «nothing was done» to solve the issue despite them informing the hotel's reception. The woman added that the soundproofing in the hotel was poor, and that a male staff member had opened the door of the room her female friend was staying in. The friend in question, surnamed Lin, told Shin Min Daily News that their group of four had stayed in two separate rooms from Nov 8 to 10. «I had just taken a shower and finished changing when a male employee suddenly pushed open the door. I was shocked and yelled at him to get out,» she said. Lin, 33, told her friend in the next room about what had happened, and the pair reported the incident to the front desk.

The eldest son of the Yakult auntie who died a week after she was punched on the job revealed that his mother had previously wished for a peaceful death. The 43-year-old man, who did not want to be named, told Shin Min Daily News that his family had to make the difficult decision to pull his mother off life support after learning that she was in a critical condition.  After being punched in the right side of the face on Oct 29, the elderly woman, surnamed Au, was rushed to the hospital, where she was found to be severely injured. Her attacker, 30-year-old Lim Chuan Xun, was charged in court on Nov 15 for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to the elderly woman.  Doctors told her family then that she would become paralysed or bedridden.  "We called the doctor several times about whether [my mother] should undergo surgery. My younger sister wanted her to go for it, and our relatives were pressuring us. 

The Supreme Court withdrew its order requesting the President to decide on Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy plea after the solicitor general assured to brief the court on the Centre's stand. Rajoana was convicted for the 1995 assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh and has been in jail for 29 years.

During the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met to discuss strengthening the strategic partnership between their two nations. The leaders announced a Joint Strategic Action Plan for 2025-2029 focusing on collaboration in trade, investment, and technology.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 107th birth anniversary. Gandhi, India's first and only female prime minister, served from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She is remembered as a towering figure in Indian politics.

Demain s’ouvre le 106ème congrès des maires et des présidents d’intercommunalité de France, au parc des expositions de la Porte de Versailles à Paris. Mais aujourd’hui s’est tenue la rencontre des élus des outre-mer, au Palais des congrès. Au cœur des préoccupations de bon nombre de maires polynésiens la question de l'eau potable.

La POD, prise observée directe, est le moyen le plus efficace afin de s'assurer que les gens prennent en face du personnel médical les comprimés destinés à combattre la filariose. Et pour les plus petits, il faut user de certaines techniques.

The Duke of Sussex , 40, visited Seaforth Armoury and met with elementary school children studying in Vancouver as he talked to them about his annual adaptive sports tournament.

David Patrikarakos assesses the current state of affairs in Ukraine as the bloody war against Russian aggression passes the unwelcomed 1,000 day milestone.

Freedom of speech is important but police forces should be able to make operational decisions about who and what they investigate, Dame Diana Johnson said.

EXC: Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is trying to sell a £10million mansion that he doesn't actually legally own, MailOnline can reveal.

Holidaymakers were seen standing in the cold waiting to board their flights yesterday evening, while some were seen stuck on planes awaiting clearance to take off.