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The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and the Jamaica/German Automotive School (JAGAS) will be entering an agreement for the maintenance and repair of the bus company’s fleet.    Minister of Education, Hon. Rev Ronald Thwaites, who made the revelation on Wednesday March 7, at the opening of a three-day Caribbean conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the...

Government Senator, Imani Duncan-Pryce, is proposing that the system of granting drivers’ licences be re-examined, in particular the process and qualifications required for an applicant to successfully obtain the valid licence. “There is widespread doubt concerning the integrity of the system by which drivers’ licences are issued in Jamaica,” Senator Duncan-Pryce said on February 24, while tabling a motion in...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, on February 21, announced a slew of  projects, totalling $1.18 billion, which are to be rolled out under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). Tabling a Ministry Paper in the House of Representatives outlining the initiatives, Dr. Davies noted that the first phase of JEEP is to be rolled out...

Twelve residents of the Havana community in Trench Town, South St. Andrew on February 15 received their property titles from the National Housing Trust (NHT), having completed payments on their loans. The titles were presented by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies and Managing Director, NHT, Cecile Watson, during a handing over ceremony at the Trench...

Cabinet is to approve $45 million for the repair of 120 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses, which will allow the company to seat more passengers, there by stemming its monthly loss of $58.5 million. Speaking at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, today (February  15), Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer,...

Government is looking to partner with the private sector in the setting up of a fund for the long-term maintenance of infrastructure in housing schemes. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott on Friday (February 10), as he addressed a special sitting of the Clarendon Parish Council in May Pen.  Mr. Arscott said...

The roadway from Bog Walk to Lime Walk in St. Catherine, which was recently rehabilitated at a cost of $35.5 million, was officially opened on February 8 and handed over to residents. The project was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under its Community Investment Project, which is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). It comprised the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Wednesday Jan. 25 launched the Performance-based Routine Road Maintenance Project for the North Coast Highway, which will provide meaningful employment for some 700 persons from seven parishes. The US$10 million project, which will be carried out over a two-year period, was made possible through partnership between the government and the Inter-American...

The Government will be going ahead with its Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), despite the limited funds available to fund the programme. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, in a statement to the House of Representatives on January 24. Funding for JEEP is being provided through the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP)....

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Omar Davies, told Parliament Tuesday (January 24) that over US$398 million of the US$400 million allocated to the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) has already been used. In a statement to the House of Representatives, Dr. Davies said that, up to December 2011, payments under the project, coupled with the value of the...

A forensic audit of the operations of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) is to begin soon. This was disclosed by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. Omar Davies, at a press briefing Wednesday (January 11) at the Ministry, Maxfield Avenue, Kingston. Dr. Davies said an audit, which had been requested under the former administration, was not started. “One...

Jamaica recorded less road fatalities last year when compared to 2010, despite  missing the targeted figure of  below 300. Education and Information Officer in the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Julian Thompson, said the official figures for 2011 have not yet been disclosed by the police, but based on preliminary data, the number of road...