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Articulated buses have been procured by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to bolster its fleet this year. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year.
Articulated buses have been procured by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to bolster its fleet this year. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year.

JUTC to Increase Bus Fleet

Effective September 1, the fleet of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses plying routes across the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) will increase from 244 to 350. This will be facilitated through the introduction of a number of buses which...
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (left) is greeted by Managing Director, J.R. Group, Rene Wellington, when he arrived at the location in Kingston on August 21 where the first batch of articulated buses that were sourced for the JUTC this year are being housed. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year. J.R. Group is the local dealer for the buses.
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (left) is greeted by Managing Director, J.R. Group, Rene Wellington, when he arrived at the location in Kingston on August 21 where the first batch of articulated buses that were sourced for the JUTC this year are being housed. The buses were taken off the wharf on August 20. The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year. J.R. Group is the local dealer for the buses.

JUTC Moving to Improve Customer Service
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell shows off a smart card during a Jamaica Information Service
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell shows off a smart card during a Jamaica Information Service 'Think Tank 'session at the agency's headquarters in Kingston on August 21. (FILE)

JUTC to Introduce Robust Electronic Fare System
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
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

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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.
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Housing Ministry Pushing To Deliver 5,000 Land Titles This Financial Year

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be working through the Housing Agency of Jamaica to achieve its target of distributing some 5,000 registered titles to land owners during this financial year. Delivering a special address on Friday, August 16, at a ceremony for the presentation of titles for the Barrett Hall Housing development in Rose Hall, St. James,...
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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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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.
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50 Jamaicans Free of Mortgage Under Special Debt Forgiveness Programme

Fifty Jamaicans from across the island will close out the country’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 beneficiaries were on July 30, handed their titles at a special ceremony, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Prime Minister,...
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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 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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2,000 Housing Solutions to Regularize Squatting

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, has reiterated Government’s plans to provide more than 2,000 housing solutions to residents across the island in an effort to regularise existing squatter communities. Dr. Guy, who was addressing members of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel on July 22, said the units...
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