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Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) passengers may soon have to pay more, as the company is in the process of applying for a fare increase. The increase is expected to be implemented within the first quarter of the next financial year. This was announced by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Hon. Omar Davies, during a press conference today...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Morais Guy, says the Ministry is looking at implementing a modern Trespass Act, which will address the issue of squatting. “The former administration had looked at amending portions of it, but the suggestion is being made that we do a complete overhaul because this Act is dated from...

The Government of Jamaica and the European Union (EU) have signed a $240.7 million (€2.25 million) agreement to implement a Capacity Building Project under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The EPA is a trade agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips; Head of...

Development of the North-South Link of Highway 2000 will officially begin in January 2013, with the resumption of work on the Mount Rosser Bypass in St. Catherine. The entire development, spanning some 66 kilometeres between Caymanas in St. Catherine and Ocho Rios, St. Ann, is being undertaken by Chinese firm, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), at a cost of...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the country earned some US$1.33 billion in foreign exchange from expenditure by visitors to Jamaica, between January and July this year. According to PIOJ Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, this represents a 3.6 per cent increase over the corresponding period last year. Speaking at the PIOJ's quarterly media briefing (July to...

Relief and recovery efforts are now underway in the town of Port Maria, St. Mary, following extensive flooding on November 11, when the town was engulfed by overflow from the Peggy and Ashram Rivers. Providing an update on the situation at the Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, State Minister in charge of Housing, in...

Some 20 families in the Mandela Terrace community in St. Andrew, who previously had no titles for the properties they occupy, now have legal access to those lands, having received their documents on November 7. The presentations to the recipients were made by Minister with responsibility for Housing in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy;...

The housing project, being undertaken by the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) and Food for the Poor, has been temporarily adjusted to focus on those, who have lost their homes due to the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday, during...

Preliminary work has started on the construction of a new bridge in the community of Kintyre, Eastern St. Andrew. It will replace the structure that was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan, toured the area on Thursday, where work is underway on a detour road, in the...

Founder and Executive Chairman of LASCO Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin, says he will be partnering with the government through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), to help retrain the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine. In addition to damaging his property, he noted that the silt from the river could clog up the port, which would cost the government...

Repair work has started on sections of the Rome Gully, which is adjacent to communities along the Lyndhurst Road/Rousseau Road corridor, in Kingston, in an effort to ensure the safety of residents and motorists in the area. The work, which commenced on October 31, include: cleaning of the gully; repacking, and extensive repair of existing damage. The gully suffered significant...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has issued instructions that the revision of the country’s building codes and regulations should be fast-tracked. In a statement to the House of Representatives on October 30, on preliminary estimates of the cost of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy across key sectors, Mrs. Simpson Miller said the speedy revision “will allow us...