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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller held a meeting yesterday morning with the National Road Safety Council committee to discuss a range of issues including: crash statistics and the traffic environment, the traffic ticketing system, the traffic ticket amnesty, the Island Traffic Authority, the draft Road Traffic Bill; electronic surveillance; the emergency response system and the road safety programmes of the...

Jamaica and China has signed an agreement for the rehabilitation of the Sligoville community road and water supply systems. The agreement is valued J$45 million. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley, who signed the agreement on behalf of the government, said the Sligoville renovation project was significant as it marks the beginning of a new development process for...

Several sites in Montego Bay are being considered for upgrading by the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, in tandem with a number of related agencies. Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill; Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Damion Crawford,  and  other  stake holders from agencies and businesses, toured a number of  locations in the city, that...

Chairman of the Committee for the Homeless, Dr. Winston De La Haye, says the shelter programme for the homeless is having a significant impact on their lives. "We've had a number of successes and we're encouraged to do the work.  We’ve had homeless persons who've been placed in facilities who are now engaged in rearing small animals, as well as...

MONTEGO BAY - Work has restarted on a number of road projects on the northern end of the island, which are being executed under the Jamaica Infrastructure Development Programme (JDIP), while others are set to resume over the next two weeks. The projects, which span the parishes of St. Ann, Trelawny, St. Ann, St. James and Hanover, were stalled due...

Work commenced Thursday August 23 on the Granville to Retirement road in St. James. This follows a tour of the area on August 22 by State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, along with a team from the National Works Agency (NWA), led by the agency’s Chief Executive Officer,  E.G. Hunter. They also toured...

The Government of Jamaica has partnered with Food for the Poor to provide some 9,000 housing solutions over the next five years for low-income earners across the island. A total of 1,800 structures are to be provided per year, and a contract for construction of the first 1, 200 wooden houses and 600 concrete units was signed on Aug. 21,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says he is impressed with the work of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). During a tour of an exhibition, held at the Authority’s headquarters in Kingston on August 17, the Minister said that the JCAA “has affirmed the professionalism with which we expect them...

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has said that major rehabilitation works to be carried out on the roadway between Ferris Cross and Belmont in Westmoreland, is expected to yield significant benefits for both communities and adjoining areas. Speaking at Friday's (August 10) contract signing ceremony for the $497 million project, at the HEART Trust/NTA Culloden...

A $497 million road rehabilitation contract was signed on Friday August 10 at Culloden, Westmoreland that will improve the roadway between Ferris Cross and Belmont,and also the road between Montego Bay, St. James and Whitehouse, Westmoreland. Speaking at the signing at the Culloden Vocational Training Centre, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller said that the project would improve...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says the government will be enforcing tough sanctions against operators of overweight trucks that continue to damage the island’s roadways. "Let me assure you that we won’t shirk away from imposing discipline to preclude abuse of our infrastructure,” he stated. The Minister was speaking at the contract signing for...

Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Easton Douglas, said that professionals in the construction industry must become duly registered and licensed, stating that this is important for the development of the country. "I would like to see us reach the stage very shortly, where every profession... the architects, the engineers, the quantity surveyors, the land surveyors, the valuation surveyors...