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Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre) is flanked by members of the New Road All Stars Youth Club in Westmoreland, prior to the start of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders Conference for Cornwall, held on February 28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.
Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre) is flanked by members of the New Road All Stars Youth Club in Westmoreland, prior to the start of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders Conference for Cornwall, held on February 28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

Runway at Donald Sangster Airport to be Extended

The runway at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay is to be extended at a cost of US$65 million. The airport, which forms a critical part of the country’s tourism infrastructure, was privatized in 2003. Since then it...
Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), presents Seaview Gardens Phase Two resident, Carmelitta Riley, with her title at a ceremony held on Wednesday, February 26, at the Christ The Redeemer Human Resource Centre in the community.
Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), presents Seaview Gardens Phase Two resident, Carmelitta Riley, with her title at a ceremony held on Wednesday, February 26, at the Christ The Redeemer Human Resource Centre in the community.

Seaview Gardens Residents Get Titles
Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (centre), who is also Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, with two new title holders, Julian Robinson (left), and Barbara Tucker (right), from Arnett Gardens, after they and 83 other residents were presented with the documents at Avon Park on February 27.
Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (centre), who is also Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, with two new title holders, Julian Robinson (left), and Barbara Tucker (right), from Arnett Gardens, after they and 83 other residents were presented with the documents at Avon Park on February 27.

Residents Of Arnett Gardens Receive Titles
Officials from the Transport Authority at a recent JIS Think Tank Session: (L-R) Karey Rowe, General Manager- Finance & Planning Donald Foster, Managing Director and Petra-kene Williams, Communication & Customer Services Manager.
Officials from the Transport Authority at a recent JIS Think Tank Session: (L-R) Karey Rowe, General Manager- Finance & Planning Donald Foster, Managing Director and Petra-kene Williams, Communication & Customer Services Manager.

Transport Authority to Roll Out ROMS in March
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Victor Grandison, during a recent land title presentation ceremony at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria. Mr. Grandison was one of 70 residents of land settlements in St. Ann, St. Mary, and Portland, who received titles for lots under the Jamaica/Republic of (South) Korea Cadastral Mapping and Land Titling Project.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents a certificate of title to Victor Grandison, during a recent land title presentation ceremony at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria. Mr. Grandison was one of 70 residents of land settlements in St. Ann, St. Mary, and Portland, who received titles for lots under the Jamaica/Republic of (South) Korea Cadastral Mapping and Land Titling Project.

Beneficiaries Laud Land Titling Project

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Privatization of KCT by September

The Government is taking steps to conclude negotiations for the privatization of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) by the end of September, 2014. This was disclosed by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on February 25. Dr. Davies informed that three large Global Terminal Operators have been...
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Transport

Meeting Held With Stakeholders on Proposed Portland Bight/Goat Islands Development

The Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says the Ministry has been ensuring that environmental groups, residents and other stakeholders, are kept informed regarding the proposed development of the Portland Bight/Goat Islands area. “There have been several town hall meetings with constituents in the Old Harbour area as well as meetings with major stakeholders including...
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Transport

Titles for Residents of Seaview and Arnett Gardens

One hundred and fifty six residents in Seaview and Arnett Gardens are to receive their land titles on February 26 and 27. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, will hand over 70 titles in Seaview Gardens (Phase 2) on February 26, while 86 residents of Arnett Gardens...
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Juvenile Detention Centres to be Completed in March

Three of the four new juvenile detention centres being constructed by the National Works Agency (NWA) are set for completion in March, while the tendering process had to be redone for the Nain facility in St. Elizabeth. The facilities where work is currently taking place are Bridgeport, St. Catherine; Barrett Town, St. James; and Moneague, St. Ann. Construction is being...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), engages in light conversation with Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, on her arrival at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 20, for day two of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) seminar, being hosted by United Kingdom (UK) Trade and Investment and the DBJ.
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Linstead to Moneague Highway Segment to be Completed By June

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that section two of the North to South link of Highway 2000 will be completed by June this year. The highway segment, on which work is underway, will connect Linstead in St. Catherine to Moneague in St. Ann. The US$610-million road infrastructure project, which is being executed under a public-private partnership (PPP)...
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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (centre); in conversation with Chief Executive Officer, Wisynco Group, Andrew Mahfood (right); and the company’s Chairman, Andrew Mahfood; at the media launch of Recycle Now Jamaica, held on February 12, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
Transport

Support for Recycle Now Jamaica Project

‘Recycle Now Jamaica’, the newly launched national recycling initiative, is getting widespread backing from government, the private sector and environmentalists, who are looking at the immediate and long term benefits of the project. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has publicly expressed his commitment to the success of the project which will recycle Polyethylene Terephthalate...
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Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right), is in conversation with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Richard Azan (left), at a function to officially reopen the Island Traffic Authority St. Ann’s Bay Examination Depot on Thursday (Feb.13), after refurbishing work at a cost of approximately $12.5 million.
Transport

Government Undertaking Improvements at Examination Depots

The Government is undertaking improvements at the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) Examination Depots to boost efficiency, improve service to the public, and enhance working conditions for staff. In addition to upgrading office plants, the improvements include streamlining operating procedures, training of personnel, providing technology, and improving security of the facilities. “Already, we have taken on board a new Audit and...
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