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2) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Morais Guy( 2nd left), is greeted by Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Koji Sekimizu (left), when he visited the IMO’s offices in London yesterday (Nov. 28) to present Jamaica’s Instruments of Accession on Maritime Salvage. Observing are Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba (centre); Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady( 2nd right); and Director of Legal Affairs at the MAJ, Bertrand Smith.
2) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Morais Guy( 2nd left), is greeted by Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Koji Sekimizu (left), when he visited the IMO’s offices in London yesterday (Nov. 28) to present Jamaica’s Instruments of Accession on Maritime Salvage. Observing are Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba (centre); Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady( 2nd right); and Director of Legal Affairs at the MAJ, Bertrand Smith.

Jamaica Deposits Maritime Instruments at IMO

Jamaica, on Thursday, November 28, deposited Instruments of Accession on Maritime Salvage (1989) and two Maritime Protocols at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretariat. The instruments were presented to the IMO Secretary General, Koji Sekimizu, by Minister without Portfolio in...
Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, addressing journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20.
Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, addressing journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20.

JUTC To Save Up To $150 Million Per Year By Removing Free Transfer System
Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, addressing journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20.
Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, addressing journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20.

JUTC And Stakeholders To Curb Indiscipline At Transport Centre
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer addresses journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20. Seated beside her is Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell.
Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer addresses journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20. Seated beside her is Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell.

JUTC Sets March 2014 Deadline For All Passengers To Access ‘Smarter Cards’
Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley (2nd left), is in conversation with (from left), Ambassador of France to Jamaica, Her Excellency Ginette de Matha; Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) President, Andrew Collins; and JEA Director, Marjory Kennedy. Occasion was the JEA’s breakfast forum on ‘Ensuring Infrastructural Development to Support Export Growth’, held on November 19, at the association’s offices in Kingston.
Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley (2nd left), is in conversation with (from left), Ambassador of France to Jamaica, Her Excellency Ginette de Matha; Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) President, Andrew Collins; and JEA Director, Marjory Kennedy. Occasion was the JEA’s breakfast forum on ‘Ensuring Infrastructural Development to Support Export Growth’, held on November 19, at the association’s offices in Kingston.

Professor Shirley Outlines Imperatives for Logistics Hub Project

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Work Underway On $24 Million Rio Cobre Pipeline Project

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Major NWA Patching Programme Gets Underway in Kingston

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Work Far Advanced To Complete Lethe Road in Hanover

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No More Transfer on JUTC Buses As Of November 17

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Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents the Instrument of Office to Hon. Richard Azan, who was reinstalled as State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, during a swearing in ceremony on Thursday, November 14, at King’s House.
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Mr. Azan Reinstalled as State Minister in Transport Ministry

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