The Jamaica International Free Zone Development Limited (JIFZ) will be putting measures in place to grow its clientele and attain and maintain a 98 per cent occupancy level at all its leased facilities. The details are contained in the Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Fiscal Year ending March 2025. As stated in the document, the entity...

The Montego Bay Metro Limited (MBM) will continue to provide an efficient and reliable transportation service at concessionary rates to students and senior citizens in the western parishes of the Island. To achieve its objective, the MBM plans to keep its operational fleet consisting of six units. Details are contained in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure...

The Sangster International Airport (SIA) runway extension is being hailed as a major milestone for Jamaica's aviation sector, enhancing safety and security, while boosting tourism and trade by attracting more flights, passengers and increased cargo flows. The extension, which forms part of a US$70 million upgrading programme at the Montego Bay-based airport, has increased the takeoff range from 2662 meters...

Twelve motor cars have been added to the fleet of the Transport Authority, which will be used to improve the authority’s capacity to monitor and regulate the public transportation sector. Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith, said acquisition of the vehicles represents a significant investment in the organisation’s future and “symbolises our commitment to retooling our operational apparatus”....

Approximately 50 students at St. Andrew High School for Girls sat the road code test on Tuesday (April 23), becoming the first Corporate Area institution and the first all-girls school to take the test. Administered by the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), the test is a requirement under the new Road Traffic Act for persons to be granted a provisional driver’s...

Commuters in Portmore, St. Catherine, can expect improvements in their daily travel with the addition of 12 new buses to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet assigned to the entity’s depot serving the dormitory community. This follows the arrival of the compressed natural gas (CNG) units in the island on April 10 as the Government seeks to modernise the...

The bilateral aviation agreement between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic has fostered increased cultural exchange in tourism and increased commercial trade, thereby facilitating the creation of new business ventures and encouraging additional investments between both countries. Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, highlighted this while addressing the second Dominican Republic-Jamaica Business Forum at the AC Hotel...

The Government of Jamaica will be investing more than $2.63 billion to purchase 100 buses to boost the fleet at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC). Cabinet has approved the award of a US$18,900,000 contract to Von’s Motor and Company Limited for the supply and delivery of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses. This was disclosed by Minister without...

Twelve new buses have arrived in the island to boost the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet and help ease the transportation challenges faced by commuters. Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, which were cleared at the Kingston Wharf on Wednesday (April 10), add to the six units...