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Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS)
Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' session at the agency's headquarters in Kingston on August 21. Looking on is JUTC's Managing Director, Colin Campbell.

JUTC’s ‘Park and Ride’ Service for Portmore Next Month

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, are to realise savings in transportation costs with the introduction of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) ‘park and ride' service starting in September. This was disclosed by JUTC's Deputy Managing Director for Operations, Kirk...
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (second left), announces a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector, at a press conference held on August 19 at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Looking on (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Colin Campbell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.
Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (second left), announces a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector, at a press conference held on August 19 at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Looking on (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Colin Campbell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.

25% Fare Increase, Concessionary Fare Remains the Same
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (Right) presents resident of the Barrett Hall Housing Development, Sudar Buckall with her registered title during a presentation ceremony held at Barrett Hall in St. James on Friday (August 16). Twenty-nine new land owners received titles during the ceremony.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (Right) presents resident of the Barrett Hall Housing Development, Sudar Buckall with her registered title during a presentation ceremony held at Barrett Hall in St. James on Friday (August 16). Twenty-nine new land owners received titles during the ceremony.

Housing Ministry Pushing To Deliver 5,000 Land Titles This Financial Year
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), has a special hug and a Certificate of Title for Melbourne Wilson of Creighton Hall, St. Thomas, who is one of 50 persons who will close out the Jamaica’s Jubilee year mortgage free, under a special debt forgiveness programme called the Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The presentation was made on July 30 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), has a special hug and a Certificate of Title for Melbourne Wilson of Creighton Hall, St. Thomas, who is one of 50 persons who will close out the Jamaica’s Jubilee year mortgage free, under a special debt forgiveness programme called the Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The presentation was made on July 30 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

50 Jamaicans Free of Mortgage Under Special Debt Forgiveness Programme
Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (centre), is presented with a certificate of appreciation by Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal member, Marcia Boyne, after delivering the main address at the club’s weekly meeting held on July 22, at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel in Port Royal. Sharing the moment is President of the Club, Howard Haughton.
Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (centre), is presented with a certificate of appreciation by Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal member, Marcia Boyne, after delivering the main address at the club’s weekly meeting held on July 22, at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel in Port Royal. Sharing the moment is President of the Club, Howard Haughton.

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Bernard Lodge Units Ready in Less Than a Year

Home owners could be moving into their new units at the Bernard Lodge Estate Development in St. Catherine by March next year. Minister with responsibility for Housing, Dr. the Hon. Morais Guy has disclosed that the final engineering works are being done, and the infrastructure is being developed for the first two phases of the development. “Very shortly the units...
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Transport

Hundreds Participate in Housing Agency Open Day

Hundreds of prospective homeowners on Wednesday, August 14, turned up at the Kingston offices of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to participate in the Bernard Lodge Estates Development Open House Day. Located in St. Catherine, the Bernard Lodge Estates development is approximately five minutes drive from Spanish Town Square. It is bounded by Highway 2000 to the South, in...
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Mortgage-Free Homeowners Grateful

Beneficiaries under the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing’s Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, are giving thanks that they are now mortgage-free. For Carleen Barrett of St. Catherine, it is as if a huge weight has been lifted from her shoulders. Mrs. Barrett tells JIS News that she cried when she heard that she was one of 50 persons...
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Transport

Flat Tax Will Ease Burden on Transport Operators – Minister Guy

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says the new flat tax for the public transport system is intended to make the process of paying taxes easier. “I want to make it absolutely clear that this new system is not a draconian measure, as some want to suggest. It is a measure...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right); along with Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliament, Western Westmoreland, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre) and Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (left); break ground for the Whitehall Phase 3 Housing Development in Negril on July 18. The project will result in some 590 housing solutions at a cost of $390 million.
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590 Housing Solutions for Whitehall Phase 3 in Negril

Ground was broken for the construction of 590 housing solutions in the Whitehall Phase 3 Housing Development in Negril, Westmoreland, at a cost of some $390 million. The project will see the construction of 173 studio units and 417 serviced lots mainly for hotel workers, young professionals and first time home owners. Work is already underway is expected to be...
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Transport

22 Families Living in Sugar Barracks in Trelawny to be Relocated

Twenty two families, comprising 97 members, from within the sugar belt in Trelawny, should see a vast improvement in their living standard in a few months, as they are to be relocated to new and modern living facilities, under the Spicy Hill (Steelfield) Sugar Estate Barracks Resettlement Housing Project. This is one of seven resettlement projects planned by the Ministry...
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Cabinet Approves Special Order for Allocation of Serviced Lots in St. Thomas

Cabinet has approved a special benefit Order, to facilitate the allocation of serviced lots in the Creighton Hall Housing Development in St. Thomas to specified beneficiaries. Making the announcement on July 17 at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing, Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said five lots will go to the disabled; three to staff of the National...
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