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KINGSTON — Housing, Environment and Water Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says work will commence on 5,000 additional starter units this year, to increase the number of units being developed to 11,000 by the end of the 2011/12 fiscal year. Development of the starter units, which forms part of the national housing programme, aims to address the incidence of informal...

KINGSTON — The lives of some 103 residents of Jack's River, St. Mary, are expected to be significantly enhanced with the provision of titles and letters of possession for serviced lots in the Eden Park housing development by the Ministry of Housing, Environment and Water. A total of 126 lots have been developed, of which 103 have already been sold...

OCHO RIOS — Residents of Thicketts in St. Ann are expressing gratitude for the work done under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) to rehabilitate the main roadway leading into the community. Some $20 million was spent under the programme to repair the two-kilometre stretch, which was officially opened on Friday (July 29) by Minister of State for Transport and...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be offering transportation service to and from the Denbigh agricultural show, which gets underway on Saturday, July 30. The cost is $995 per person per day over the three days of the event, which concludes on Monday, August 1. The buses will leave Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, Portmore Mall and the...

KINGSTON — The Senate on Friday (July 22) passed amendments to the Tourism Enhancement Fund Act to increase the fees paid by airline passengers visiting the country from US$10 to US$20. Minister of National Security and Leader of Government Business, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, who piloted the Bill, explained that the amendments will also allow for the collection of...

KINGSTON — An Act to amend the Travel Agency Regulation Act, which will impose harsher penalties for travel agencies operating illegally in Jamaica, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday July 19, 2011. Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, who piloted the Bill, explained that the increase in the number of illegal travel agencies was as a result...

KINGSTON — Approval has been granted by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority for Airone Ventures Limited, which trades as REDjet, to commence operations in the Jamaican market. This was disclosed by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, at the sitting of the House of Representatives on July 19. Mr. Henry informed that for some time now REDjet has...

KINGSTON — Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of the Area One, Denver Frater has said that the police in that division will be working assiduously to ensure that motorists observe the road traffic law. “When compared to last year, the number of fatalities since the start of this year is just too many and with what we are...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Cabinet will be updated on the level of investor interest in Jamaica's railway service, within the next 30 days. Speaking with journalists during a tour of the Spanish Town railway station, St. Catherine, on Thursday July 14, 2011, Mr. Henry said that close to US$300 million is needed...

MONTEGO BAY — Roads in St. James that are being refurbished and constructed under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) were toured by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, and Minister of State in that Ministry, Hon. Othniel Lawrence, on July 8, 2011. Some of the roads toured included Granville and Johns Hall, Kings Street through Cornwall Court...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that patching of several roadways in Clarendon is underway. The roadways targeted are Whitney Turn to Four Paths, May Pen to Chapleton, Green Bottom to Four Paths and Four Paths to Free Town. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency, Stephen Shaw says that preparatory works for patching began...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says that a project to refurbish derelict Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) buses should start soon. He said that the refurbishing will be done on the Montego Bay Metro Bus Company premises, in collaboration with a Brazilian firm. Addressing a ceremony marking the handing over of two new...