The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is urging students turning 12 years old to update their Smarter Card profiles, to continue benefiting from concessionary fare rates before the August 28 deadline. Those children who are under age 11 already pay a reduced bus fare of $30, while the elderly and the disabled are charged $40 when they commute on JUTC...

The Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining is collecting data for the preparation of scientific reports on the Dyke Road in St. Catherine, and the Greenvale Road in Manchester, where several fatal crashes have taken place recently. The data-gathering process got under way on Friday (Aug. 12). Director of the Unit, Canute Hare, says that when...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) will be seeking approval from the Public Health Department for the reopening of the Queens Warehouse following feedback from the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The facility, located on Spanish Town Road, was closed in November of last year due to the possible release of hazardous fumes. Director of Marine Warehouses at JCA, Joycelyn Payne, said the...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) will be seeking approval from the Public Health Department for the reopening of the Queens Warehouse following feedback from the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The facility, located on Spanish Town Road, was closed in November of last year due to the possible release of hazardous fumes. Director of Marine Warehouses at JCA, Joycelyn Payne, said the...

The Jamaica Customs Agency’s (JCA) fleet of patrol boats has increased to two, following the acquisition of a 27-foot Boston Whaler vessel. The boat, named the ‘Skip McLaughlin’, was procured from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Marine Division under a partnership between the agencies. It joins the ‘Skip Jack’, also acquired from the JCF and which the JCA has been...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has applauded the Jamaica Customs Agency’s (JCA) $59.3-billion revenue intake for the first four months of the 2016/17 fiscal year. The figure, which covers the period April to July, is just over $400 million or 0.76 per cent above the $58.9 billion target. It incorporates tax revenue generated from import duty, General...

On July 19, 2016, mining conglomerate, UC Rusal, finalized a private commercial transaction with China's Jinquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCo) for the sale of ALPART, one of Jamaica’s largest bauxite plants whose operations have been significantly scaled down since 2009. This transaction holds great potential for the development, revival and expansion of the mining sector and other related value-added industries...

United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, is imploring members of the Police Traffic Division to remain resolute in carrying out their duties in order to ensure the safety of Jamaicans on the nation’s roads. He was speaking to JIS News following a tour of the Police Traffic Headquarters in Kingston on August 9. Studies indicate that...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has forged a partnership with the Mokpo National Maritime University in Korea to strengthen its training programmes. The entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will boost offerings in logistics, supply chain management, maritime transportation and engineering, customs process, freight forwarding and immigration, through training at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It will...