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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.

$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...

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies. (FILE)

Persons to Get Houses at Bernard Lodge By July

NWA Communications Manager in discussion with a supervisor on the site of the road rehabilitation work taking place at the University hospital of the West Indies.

University Hospital Main Road Being Resurfaced

Transport, Works and Housing State Minister, Hon. Richard Azan (left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to formally open the new National Works Agency (NWA) parish office at Haughton Court, Lucea, Hanover, on March 7. Sharing the occasion are: Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change State Minister and Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, where the office is located, Hon. Ian Hayles (right); NWA Director of Human Resources, Dr. Jennifer Henry (2nd right); Hanover Parish Councillor, Wynter McIntosh (3rd right); NWA Chief Executive Officer, E.G. Hunter (3rd left); and NWA Projects Manager, Moira Williamson.

National Works Agency Opens New $25m Hanover Parish Office

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (second right), admires one of the buses used to transport students. Looking on is Norton Hinds, Chairman of the Transport Authority.

Transport Authority Improving School Bus System

12 years ago Transport

NWA to Carry out Emergency Patching along the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine

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...

Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Monitoring at the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dawn Smith, at work at the Maxfield Avenue offices of the Ministry.

12 years ago Transport

Dawn Smith – Leading Through Dedication

Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Monitoring at the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dawn Smith has committed over 26 years of selfless service to the public sector. During the period Miss Smith has won the admiration of colleagues, and her superiors, as a detail-oriented professional, who goes beyond the call of duty to ensure that the Ministry and...

Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Donald Foster (centre), speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ about the licensing of operators of public passenger and commercial vehicles for the 2014/15 financial year. Others (from left) are: General Manager, Finance and Planning, Karey Rowe and Communication and Customer Services Manager, Petra-kene Williams.

12 years ago Transport

Transport Operators Urged To Renew Road Licences

With four weeks to go before March 31, the Transport Authority is appealing to owners and operators of public passenger and commercial vehicles to come in and renew their road licences for the 2014/2015 year. The call was made by Manager, Finance and Planning, Transport Authority, Mr. Karey Rowe, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Mr. Rowe explained that all...

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.

12 years ago Prime MinisterTransport

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 has undergone major improvements, making it comparable with any first world facility. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller,...

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.

12 years ago Transport

Seaview Gardens Residents Get Titles

Seventy residents of Seaview Gardens Phase Two in St. Andrew have received titles to units they occupy in the housing development. Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, handed over the documents at a ceremony held on Wednesday, February 26, at the Christ The Redeemer Human Resource Centre in the community. He noted that a lengthy legal process...

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.

12 years ago CommunityTransport

Residents Of Arnett Gardens Receive Titles

Residents of Arnett Gardens are the latest beneficiaries of the Government’s land titling project, with 85 of them receiving their documents on February 27. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, held in the South St. Andrew community, Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, who is also the Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, described the...

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.

12 years ago Transport

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 system will enable inspectors carrying out routine checks, to immediately access numerous databases that provide information on traffic offences, traffic...