Approximately $9 billion has been spent to provide job opportunities for close to 60,000 persons under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), since its implementation three years ago. In an interview with JIS News, Project Director for JEEP, Carolyn Gardner, said persons have been employed on various projects across the island, including the rehabilitation of roadways, bridges, drains and gullies,...

Residents, who have difficulty traversing the rugged mountainous terrain in East Portland, have been getting assistance with moving around through a ‘Steps to Rail’ project. Under the project, which was instituted by Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield, several steps and rails have been constructed in areas which posed a great challenge to vulnerable groups such as the...

Deans of discipline will continue to carry out inspections at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in the new school year. The officers, under an arrangement with the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), carried out regular checks at the centre during the last school year, in order to reduce the number of students converging at the bus centre, which often results...

The Board of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) says it is fully committed to safeguarding the rights of its workers. The assurance comes against the background of ongoing wage negotiations between the authority and air traffic controllers for the 2015/17 contract period. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Friday (September 4), JCAA Board Chairman, B. St. Michael Hylton,...

A contract, valued at $83.9 million, for the rehabilitation of 7.4 kilometres of roadway from Mocho to Arcadia, in South St. James, was signed on September 4 by Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan. The project, which is being funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), should commence within two weeks, and...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman, Rev. Dr. Garnett Roper, has re-affirmed the entity’s commitment to the seamless delivery of quality service to the commuting public. He also assured that the entity’s road safety record remains high, despite recent accidents involving its buses and drivers. “We want to assure the public that they are safe (when they travel) in a...

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) commuters can now readily access information on the entity’s bus routes, schedules, and fares, by utilising its newly developed Google Transit technology application (app). Available through the Google Maps platform, the app can be accessed by smart phone, tablet, and computer. It will also enable the JUTC’s management and commuting public to track the location...