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...

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....

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...

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...

Persons are expected to move into their new houses at the Bernard Lodge Estate Development in St. Catherine, by July 2014. Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, made the announcement during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 18. He noted that the initial plan of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ)...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently managing an $80 million rehabilitation project, which is being carried out on the main access road inside the compound of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The project is funded by public and private sector agencies, including: Petrojam, the National Water Commission, Carib Cement, General Paving, Surrey Paving and Aggregates, Y.P....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists and other road users that beginning Tuesday, March 18, 2014 the Agency’s Force Account crews will be carrying out emergency patching along the Mandela Highway between the Twickenham Park Roundabout and the Ferry Police Station. Approximately 700 square metres of patching using Asphaltic Concrete will be carried out along both the eastern...