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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

The Transport Authority has announced a full roll out of its Road Operations Management System (ROMS), which will see hand held devices being utilised by Route Inspectors by mid-March, to verify information presented by operators of public passenger vehicles. The...
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
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.
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.

Linstead to Moneague Highway Segment to be Completed By June
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.
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.

Support for Recycle Now Jamaica Project
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.
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.

Government Undertaking Improvements at Examination Depots

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Transport

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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National SecurityTransport

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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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (right), is in conversation with Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Environment Trust, Diana McCaulay (left); and Caribbean Vice President, CBC, Jose Sanabria; during Wednesday’s (February 12) media launch of Recycle Now Jamaica, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
EnvironmentTransport

Government Launches $200M Bottle Recycling Project

More than $200 million will be spent over the next three years on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling project called ‘Recycle Now Jamaica’, which is expected to create jobs for hundreds of Jamaicans. A new national initiative, it is being undertaken through a public-private partnership, with the Government, through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), pumping $50 million per...
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Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right), presents resident of Donaldson, St. Thomas, Clover Blake, with her certificate of title during Friday’s (February 7) land titling ceremony for lots developed in the community by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), at the Hampton Court community centre in the parish. Forty residents received titles.
Transport

40 St. Thomas Residents Receive Titles

Forty residents of Donaldson in Eastern St. Thomas have received land titles for serviced lots in the community, from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The recipients were presented with the documents, which formalize their holdings, during a ceremony at the Hampton Court community centre in St. Thomas, on Friday (February 7). The lots, which are adjacent to communities...
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State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (left), and property owner, Constance Miller (centre), of Riverside district, Troy, Trelawny, view at aspects of the completed reinforcement works, carried out along a section of the Hector
Transport

Trelawny Residents Welcome Completion of Hector’s River Project

Residents of Riverside district, in Troy, Trelawny, are now breathing collective sighs of relief consequent on the completion of reinforcement and protective works along a section of the Hector’s River, which runs through the community. The work, implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of $13.8 million, became necessary after residents, some with properties adjacent to the...
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