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Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), displays for the new sub-franchise stickers and identification cards that franchisees will be required to display on their buses under the reformed system. Also pictured is: Deputy Managing Director in charge of Engineering and Technical Services, John Campbell. The occasion was a press briefing held at the JUTC’s Twickenham Park, St. Catherine offices on April 1.
Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), displays for the new sub-franchise stickers and identification cards that franchisees will be required to display on their buses under the reformed system. Also pictured is: Deputy Managing Director in charge of Engineering and Technical Services, John Campbell. The occasion was a press briefing held at the JUTC’s Twickenham Park, St. Catherine offices on April 1.

Special Police Team to Help Enforce New JUTC Regulations

A special transit police team will be set up within weeks to help enforce regulations in the transportation sector, as the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) rolls out its newly reformed sub-franchise system. The team will consist of officers from...
Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell says the additional seats will further bolster the bus company’s ability to meet service demand.
Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell says the additional seats will further bolster the bus company’s ability to meet service demand.

JUTC Adding 3,657 Passenger Seats To Its Routes This Month
General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter.
General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter.

Jamaica Mortgage Bank Pushing for Lower Home Deposits
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (4th left), presents Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Mr. Xiaojun Dong (2nd left), after signing the document with China Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of a transshipment hub in the Portland Bight and a feasibility study on the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, at the Ministry in Kingston, on March 28. Sharing in the occasion are (from left): General Manager of CHEC, Mr. Zhongdong Tang; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, and Minister of Water, Land Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (4th left), presents Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Mr. Xiaojun Dong (2nd left), after signing the document with China Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of a transshipment hub in the Portland Bight and a feasibility study on the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, at the Ministry in Kingston, on March 28. Sharing in the occasion are (from left): General Manager of CHEC, Mr. Zhongdong Tang; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, and Minister of Water, Land Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

Agreement Signed For Transshipment Hub

JUTC Reclaims Routes with the Commencement of the Reformed Sub-Franchise System

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Manager of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Franchise Protection and Inspection Department, retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Radcliffe Lewis, addressing sub-franchise holders at the Elletson Road Police Station, in Kingston, on March 28.
Transport

JUTC Sub-Franchise Holders Urged To Submit Documents

Up to Friday, March 28, only  43 or 13 per cent of the 319 operators approved to operate under the new Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) sub-franchise system, had done the necessary due diligence to begin operating on Tuesday, April 1. This was noted by the JUTC’s Managing Director, Colin Campbell, at a meeting with the licencees on March 29,...
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Cargo ships in port at the Port of Kingston.
JIS Think TankTransport

Maritime Authority Ready for Expansion of Panama Canal

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica is prepared to receive larger vessels (New Panamax) that are likely to call at Jamaica’s ports following the expansion of the Panama Canal in 2015. This was disclosed by Director General of the Maritime Authority, Rear Admiral Peter Brady at a JIS Think Tank on March 26. He explained the implications of larger vessels coming...
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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (3rd left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with China Engineering Company (CHEC) for a feasibility study on the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, at the Ministry in Kingston, on March 28. Also participating are (from left): Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica, Mr. Xiaojun Dong; Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell; and Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill. In the back row (from left) are: Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Mrs. Lei Liu (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Mrs. Audrey Sewell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hayles.
EnvironmentTechnologyTransport

Damming of Bog Walk Gorge

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Engineering Company (CHEC), for a feasibility study for the damming of the Bog Walk Gorge, in St. Catherine. The  dam would be able to store up to 1,900  million gallons, and supply  80 million gallons per day. The Mona Dam, which is the country’s largest water facility, stores 800...
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JUTC buses.
JIS Think TankTransport

New Rules Coming for KMTR Sub-Franchise Operators

As of April 8, all buses operating on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) sub-franchise routes in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) are required to bear the same yellow colour as JUTC buses, and have identifying stickers on the back and front windshields. The public is therefore advised to take only buses that are colour-coded and bearing the specified identifying...
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Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady. (FILE)
TourismTransport

Jet Ski Operators Urged To Register By March 31

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is reminding jet skis owners to register their water craft by the March 31 deadline. So far, the Authority has registered approximately 100 jet skis under an island-wide inspection and registration drive, which seeks to account for, and regulate the operations of these water craft. Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill in...
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Managing Director of the Transport Authority (TA), Donald Foster (left), presents Chisholm Basic School, Director Louise Smikle (far right), with a cheque for $100,000, to assist with carrying out development of some of the facilities at the institution. Occasion was a handing over ceremony held at the school, in St. Andrew on March 5.
Transport

Transport Authority Assists Inner City Basic School

Chisholm Basic School, off Maxfield Avenue in St. Andrew, has received $100,000 from the Transport Authority (TA) to develop a play area and other facilities for the over 40 children there. Speaking at a handing over ceremony held on March 26 at the school, Managing Director at TA, Donald Foster, reported that the funds were provided from the recent JDV Wellness...
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