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Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (left) is greeted by Managing Director, J.R. Group, Rene Wellington, when he arrived at the location in Kingston on August 21 where the first batch of articulated buses that were sourced for the JUTC this year are being housed. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year. J.R. Group is the local dealer for the buses.
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (left) is greeted by Managing Director, J.R. Group, Rene Wellington, when he arrived at the location in Kingston on August 21 where the first batch of articulated buses that were sourced for the JUTC this year are being housed. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year. J.R. Group is the local dealer for the buses.

JUTC Moving to Improve Customer Service

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is slated to roll out several initiatives over the next few months, which are aimed at improving the quality of service provided to passengers travelling on its buses. These include: training of staff in...
St. Elizabeth farmer, Mervis I. Logan (right), shows off samples of her produce to Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), following the Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field School graduation ceremony, held on the grounds of the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on August 21. Looking on are (from second left): Deputy Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jeannette Vail and Executive Director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton.
St. Elizabeth farmer, Mervis I. Logan (right), shows off samples of her produce to Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke (left), following the Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field School graduation ceremony, held on the grounds of the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on August 21. Looking on are (from second left): Deputy Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jeannette Vail and Executive Director, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton.

Farmers Trained to Combat Beet Armyworm
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in discussion with members of the Jamaican delegation including (from left) President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Francis Kennedy; Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Robert Pickersgill; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, Jamaica
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in discussion with members of the Jamaican delegation including (from left) President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Francis Kennedy; Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Robert Pickersgill; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, Jamaica's Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Ralph Thomas and others after meeting with members of the China Development Bank, on August 22.

NWC Looking to Partner With Chinese Companies on Water Projects
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the 49th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), held on August 21, at the Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Seated (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster-Allen (centre), and Chief Education Officer, Grace Mclean (right).
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addressing the 49th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), held on August 21, at the Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. Seated (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Elaine Foster-Allen (centre), and Chief Education Officer, Grace Mclean (right).

Tuition Money Owed to Teachers Will Be Paid Beginning October
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (2nd left), shares a light conversation with (from left): Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Team Chief to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn; and IMF Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bert van Selm, during Thursday’s (August 22) media briefing, jointly hosted by the Finance Ministry and the Mission, in Kingston. Details of the country’s just concluded first quarter performance review, under the four-year IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF), were outlined.
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (2nd left), shares a light conversation with (from left): Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Team Chief to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn; and IMF Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bert van Selm, during Thursday’s (August 22) media briefing, jointly hosted by the Finance Ministry and the Mission, in Kingston. Details of the country’s just concluded first quarter performance review, under the four-year IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF), were outlined.

IMF Mission Team Satisfied with Implementation of Economic Programme

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Thwaites (left) speaks with Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Marissa Dalrymple Philibert (right), while looking on (from 2nd right) are three students from the constituency of South St. Andrew who were awarded the Detective Inspector Delvin ‘Sarge’ Grant Memorial scholarship valued at $250,000 each: Felicia West, Nandi Richards, and Shamar Stewart. The awards function was held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on August 21.
Education

South St. Andrew Students Receive Scholarships

Three students from South St. Andrew were awarded the Detective Inspector Delvin ‘Sarge’ Grant Memorial scholarship valued at $250,000 each. The memorial scholarship was presented to Shamar Stewart who will be attending Wolmer’s Boys School, while the other recipients Felicia West and Nandi Richards will be attending the Immaculate Conception High School. The tenure of the scholarship is subject to...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), in discussion with Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Zhang Deijang, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on August 22. The Prime Minister re-affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to bilateral relations with China. The Prime Minister is on a five-day official visit to China. At left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson.
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PM Describes Meetings with China’s top Business Leaders as Very Productive

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has described her meetings with several of China’s top business leaders as “very productive” as she continues to promote the investment opportunities available on the island. Mrs. Simpson Miller made the observation while having discussions with President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping and later, Chairman of the...
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Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (standing), converses with Deputy Governors, Gayon Hosin (left), and John Robinson, following the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at the institution’s downtown Kingston offices on August 21.
Finance & Public Service

BOJ says Jamaica has Met Monetary Targets Under IMF

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, is reporting that Jamaica has “comfortably met” the stipulated monetary targets under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) US$932.3 million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), for the April to June quarter. This is  in relation to the Net International Reserves (NIR), as well as fiscal and debt targets and structural benchmarks which were also...
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Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (right), emphasizes a point while speaking at the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at the institution’s downtown Kingston offices on August 21. Listening keenly is Deputy Governor, John Robinson.
Finance & Public Service

Government Confident of Passing IMF Test

The Government is moving ahead with implementing reform measures, even as it remains confident that Jamaica will pass its first quarterly performance review, which is currently being conducted by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Team. “Overall, we have to change the economic fundamentals, investment environment, inefficiencies of the public sector and to create a new economic order within Jamaica,”...
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Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell shows off a smart card during a Jamaica Information Service
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JUTC to Introduce Robust Electronic Fare System

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will shortly introduce a robust electronic fare collection system as part of efforts to stop revenue leakage. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s headquarters in Kingston on August 21, Managing Director, Colin Campbell said that the revenues of the company are being diminished by leakages particularly where adults...
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Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS)
Transport

JUTC’s ‘Park and Ride’ Service for Portmore Next Month

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, are to realise savings in transportation costs with the introduction of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) ‘park and ride' service starting in September. This was disclosed by JUTC's Deputy Managing Director for Operations, Kirk Finnikin, during a ‘Think Tank’ session at the Jamaica Information Service' (JIS) headquarters in Kingston on Wednesday, August 21. “What...
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