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Residents of communities surrounding the National Heroes Park in Kingston, came out early Wednesday morning to assist with the restoration work being done at the park, which was the national project for Labour Day 2012. Work at the park, which was spearheaded by members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), involved washing and refurbishing of the shrines, planting of poui...

Statistics show that a high percentage of land owners in Jamaica are without registered titles for their holdings.  This situation can have serious implications, as lack of security of tenure will affect the personal, social, economic, psychological and emotional well-being of  persons. It is against this background that the Government of Jamaica, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),...

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, says Jamaica should have a modernised Road Traffic Act and Regulations by the end of 2013. Speaking at a recent road safety seminar hosted by the Jamaica National General Insurance (JNGI) company at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Dr. Davies said the legislation will ensure that road safety issues are addressed according...

Drivers employed to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are to be re-trained under a safe driving campaign, Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, has announced. The initiative will be undertaken in partnership with the Road Safety Council and the Insurance Association of Jamaica. “We are going to ensure that the drivers of the JUTC buses are...

The rehabilitation of farm roads will continue in designated areas over the next few months under the Hurricane Gustav Agricultural Rehabilitation Project. A sum of $22 million has been provided by the Government in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this and other project activities, including providing key inputs to improve productivity of targeted crops and to rehabilitate...

Three police stations in Kingston and St. Catherine are slated to be to be upgraded by the Government this fiscal year, at a cost of $41 million. The improvement works will be done under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) II, which is funded by the European Union (EU). As contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House...

A total of $9 million has been allocated by the government for the general repair and upkeep of two of the country’s major adult correctional institutions. This is set out in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on May 10. Of the sum,  $4.5 million will be used to facilitate the repair of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, is encouraging road users to be extra vigilant when using the nation’s roads, in order to reduce the number of road accidents and deaths. “Much of our intellectual and economic resources are lost as a result of accidents and deaths on our roads. We can add...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to spend some $25.5 billion on housing activities in the 2012/2013 financial year, which should result in the completion of 2,819 units, compared to an estimated 2,637 units as at March 2012. This is outlined in the ‘Jamaica Public Bodies: Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending March 2013’, which was tabled...

The Government has allocated $2.5 billion for the purchase of buses this fiscal year, as it looks to improve the transport system in the Corporate Area. The amount is part of a $2.568 billion provision made in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Improvement of Public Transport Programme. The $2.5 billion allotment is...

Some $700 million has been allocated to the Maintenance of Roads and Structures project, being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will address work on National Road Services Improvement Programme (Non-NARSIP) areas and relates to the network of main roads...

A total of $34 million has been allocated for the Support for Decentralised Road Maintenance Programme within the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing.  As outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project addresses road maintenance and institutional capacity through the development of maintenance standards, and an evaluation system for tracking contractors’ performance....