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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Morais Guy. (FILE)

Jamaica Re-Elected To International Maritime Organization Council

Jamaica has once again been elected to the influential Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Jamaica will join 19 other states that were voted into the ‘C’ category of the Council, at its Assembly, which took place in London...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (5th left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Kintyre Bridge, in East Rural St. Andrew St. Andrew, on Wednesday, December 4. It was constructed at a cost of $100 million. Sharing in the moment are: Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Damion Crawford (left); Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter (third left); Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan; Minister with Responsibility for Housing, Hon. Morais Guy; Opposition Spokesman on Transport, Water and Infrastructure Development, Dr. Horace Chang; and Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Mr. Andre Hylton.

Prime Minister Announces $500 Million Infrastructure Project

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (seated), familiarize himself with the features in one of the nine new vehicles to be used by the Transport Authority (TA), to monitor the road. The vehicles were handed over on Tuesday, December 3, at the offices of the TA, in Kingston.

Transport Authority Gets More Vehicles to Monitor Roads

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (5th left), who is also Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Southwood Bridge, in the Parish on November 29. Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Thompson Town Division, Kevin Shirley; Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter; Councillor for the Frankfield Division, Orville Hackett; and community leader, Karen Carty. The bridge was constructed at a cost of $24 million.

Clarendon Community Gets New Bridge

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

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50 New Route Inspectors for Transport Authority

The Transport Authority (TA) is moving to equip its Inspectorate Division with 50 new route inspectors, to ensure discipline in the public transport system. Chairman of the Authority, Norton Hinds, said the new recruits will be added in the “upcoming months” and will bring the total staff complement in the Division to 199 persons. Mr. Hinds made the disclosure while...

12 years ago Transport

Jamaica and Singapore Sign Open Skies Agreement

Jamaica and Singapore have signed an Open Skies Agreement (OSA) which will allow some airlines to fly freely between the two countries. The deal was signed on behalf of the Jamaican Government by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing the Hon. Dr. Morais Guy in London, England on November 25. Under the OSA, selected airlines...

12 years ago Transport

Work Underway On $24 Million Rio Cobre Pipeline Project

Work is underway on the Banana Walk to Ferry segment of the Rio Cobre pipeline replacement project in St. Catherine, which will benefit thousands of residents of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). The project, being implemented at a cost of US$24.46 million, is a component of the Jamaica Water Sector Improvement Project (JWSIP), Category B, being undertaken by the National...

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.

12 years ago Transport

JUTC To Save Up To $150 Million Per Year By Removing Free Transfer System

The removal of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) free transfer system is expected to save the state-run bus company some $500,000 to $600,000 daily, or $150 million per annum. Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, provided details on the savings at Wednesday’s (November 20) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister. He said that...

12 years ago Transport

JUTC And Stakeholders To Curb Indiscipline At Transport Centre

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has joined forces with the police, student organisations, principals, and other stakeholders to address reported anti-social and other inappropriate behaviours by students at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre. Speaking at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday, November 20, Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, informed that...

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.

12 years ago Transport

JUTC Sets March 2014 Deadline For All Passengers To Access ‘Smarter Cards’

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is on a drive to ensure that by March 2014, all passengers can access the bus service with the use of ‘Smarter Cards’. Managing Director of the state-owned bus company, Colin Campbell, said that a January timeline has been set to have concession passengers use the electronic fare system. “The driver will not be...

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.

12 years ago Transport

Professor Shirley Outlines Imperatives for Logistics Hub Project

Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley, has outlined four imperatives for the maritime sector that must be in place by July 2014, if Jamaica is to remain on track in its development of the global logistics hub. According to Professor Shirley, the...