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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

The Government has signed a Framework Agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of a transshipment hub in the Portland Bight. Speaking at the signing ceremony on March 28, at the offices of the Ministry of Transport,...

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

JUTC Sub-Franchise Holders Urged To Submit Documents
Cargo ships in port at the Port of Kingston.
Cargo ships in port at the Port of Kingston.

Maritime Authority Ready for Expansion of Panama Canal
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.
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.

Damming of Bog Walk Gorge

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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)
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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.
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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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Norman Manley International Airport Fire Services Team participating in an airport emergency simulation exercise at the airport in April 2013.
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Jamaica and Region Should Examine Best Practices – JCAA Head

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Leroy Lindsay, says it is now an opportune time for Jamaica and the region to examine their best practices and standards in Emergency Response Management and Airport Security. In an interview with JIS News, following the disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines aircraft over the South China Sea on March 8, Mr....
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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (seated third right) signs the contract for the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) component of the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (March 18). Others (seated from left) are: Member of Parliament for Clarendon, South Eastern, Rudyard Spencer; Opposition Spokesperson on Housing, Dr. Horace Chang; Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; Opposition Spokesperson on Culture, Olivia Grange; and Regional Director, China Harbour Engineering Company Americas, Zhongdong Tang. Others (standing) from left are: Senior Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Leo McEwan; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan; Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell; and Chief Executive Officer, National Works Agency, E.G. Hunter.
Transport

12,000 More Jamaicans To Get Employment Under JEEP

More than 12,000 Jamaicans are expected to benefit from further work to be carried out under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), valued at $630 million. Each of the island’s 63 constituencies has been allocated $10 million for project development in the areas of construction and/or repairs to roads, retaining walls, drains and sidewalks. The work, which is to begin...
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Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Mr. Leroy Lindsay, informs JIS News that the Authority is on track to complete an upgrade of its world Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) system to the more data-centric Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system, by the end of 2016.
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$2.3 Billion to Improve Aviation Safety and Security

The Government will be spending $2.3 billion over the next two years to improve aviation safety and security, by upgrading or replacing ageing technology, in keeping with international standards. This was disclosed by Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Leroy Lindsay, in an interview with JIS News. Mr. Lindsay, who has been at the helm of the...
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