The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be exploring the possibility of using alternative road construction methods, particularly concrete. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14. Dr. Davies explained that two firms, one local and another multi-national, which have...

Work is far advanced to upgrade the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) to a specialised university catering to maritime, inter-modal transportation and logistics. This was announced by Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, while making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 14. Dr. Davies said the move is in...

The first of three island-wide public consultations on housing and human settlement by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, got underway on Monday, May 12, at the University of the West Indies, Western Campus in Montego Bay. Several representatives from government and non-government organisations, as well as from the western business community and the education fraternity, participated in discussions,...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Collin Campbell, has said the company should have no excuse for not providing commuters with the required number of buses in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region. Speaking at the recent handing over ceremony for 73 buses by the Volvo dealer, JR Wellington Import-Export Corporation (JR Group) Ltd., on Thursday, May 8,...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, is encouraging Jamaica to use the ‘London Model’ in its approach to developing its Logistics Hub. “The London Gateway is a major example for us. What London had to do was to take one of their most ecologically sensitive areas, 1,800 hectares, an old oil field with swamp lands...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is embarking on a series of island-wide consultations from May 12 to 16, in preparation for a national report for the third United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat III). In addition to the one taking place at the UWI Western Campus at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, consultations will be held...

A wide cross-section of the Montego Bay community turned out in large numbers for a panel discussion on the Jamaica Logistics Hub initiative on Thursday, May 8. The forum, which was staged by the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, Mona/Western Jamaica Campus, and the Caribbean Maritime Institute, was held...