Twenty junior radio and print journalists from twelve Caribbean Commonwealth countries and two non-Commonwealth countries will be in Jamaica from September 12-16 for a training workshop on ‘Reporting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’.

The workshop which will be held in Mandeville, Manchester is being organized by Panos Caribbean and is funded by the Commonwealth Foundation.

During the workshop, local and rural issues in addition to national and regional issues will be highlighted.

The United Nations Systems on Friday awarded seven journalists for promoting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Ghana for the year 2006.

The award winners who were presented with assorted books, journals and undisclosed cash include Mr. Lovelace Opoku Agyeman who wrote an article on achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Mrs. Clare Banoeng-Yakubu who also did a story on contraceptive use in Ghana.
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