The Government has digitised the Traffic Ticket Management System (TTMS) with electronic ticketing capability, which now provides a foundation for efficient public-order enforcement and better use of fixed-fine regimes. “It is working. We have seen our officers issuing the tickets. They are issuing 7,000-plus tickets per week, with 800 ticket machines,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon....

Critical pieces of crime-fighting legislation will be advanced to support the work of the security forces, improve public order and safety, and reduce crime and violence. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, provided an update on the legislative framework while making his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...

Petrojam Limited has committed $1 million annually for the next three years to the Montego Bay Type 5 Health Centre, under the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) Adopt-A-Clinic Initiative. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the two parties, recently, at the St. James-based facility, formalising the arrangement. Along with the financial assistance, the nation’s oil refinery company...

Jamaica’s capacity to conserve and restore its coral reefs is being bolstered under the six-year CoralCarib project. To be implemented through funding from Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI), CoralCarib is targeted at four Caribbean countries where 60 per cent of the region’s reefs are found. In addition to Jamaica, the others are Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti. The project will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens intently to founder and chairman of Digicel Group, Denis O’Brien, during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Tuesday (April 25).

The Destination Assurance Framework and Strategy (DAFS) being developed by the Ministry of Tourism will ensure that the standard and integrity of brand Jamaica is maintained. This, according to Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who was speaking during a DAFS consultation at Ocho Rios Baptist Church in St Ann on Thursday (April 20). Mr. Bartlett said critical to the success...

Mitchell Town and surrounding communities in Clarendon South East, are now receiving a reliable water supply as a result of a $25-million upgrading project, financed by the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Housing Trust NHT). The project was selected under an initiative announced in 2017, where 100 communities (built in the first 10 years of the NHT’s existence)...