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Hackney carriage and Route taxi operators have lauded efforts by the Government to include them in the discussions regarding proposed changes to their operations, when the Kingston Transport Centre (Downtown) commences operations early next year. This follows their participation in two stakeholder meetings held by the Transport Authority in collaboration with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), the Island Special Constabulary...

Cabinet has approved the continuation of Air Jamaica's negotiations with GA Telesis for the sale of two aircraft at a cost of US$ 18.5 million, says Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz. Speaking at the Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, (November 24) at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said that Air...

Effective tomorrow evening, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be closing sections of Orange Street in Downtown Kingston. The corridor will be closed at intervals to allow for repair works. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the project will take in the section of Orange Street between Harbour Street and Slipe Road. The work...

Approximately $850 million will be spent to improve and upgrade roads in the parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), said Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry. He was speaking at the official launch of the road development programme in the parishes on Thursday, November 18, at the Negril Community Centre. He informed...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, has said that one objective of the current Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), is to improve the technical capacity of the National Works Agency (NWA) to test the quality of road works. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, displaying a leaflet with roads to be rehabilitated and maintained in Clarendon,...

Regional governments today ramped up their efforts to have the UK Government reconsider their recent sharp increase of the Air Passenger Duty (APD). This as Jamaica's Tourism Minister, the Honourable Edmund Bartlett, along with a delegation of Caribbean Tourism Ministers and High Commissioners, met with members of the Scottish Parliament, in Scotland this afternoon, in continuation of the lobby against...

The Norman Manley International Airport remains open and continues to operate normally.

Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL), in collaboration with Customs, is instituting new measures aimed at making the wharves much more user friendly this Christmas. Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker (right), is introduced to Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Wharves Limited, Grantley Stephenson (left) by Chairman of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC's) Customs, Tariff and Port Users Committee, Lazarus Bucknor (centre),...

Come May 1, 2011, the wider Caribbean region will be officially designated a Special Area by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This designation follows decisive action taken at the 60th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO, March 22 to 26, which resulted in the adoption of a resolution prohibiting the discharge of all garbage by ships...

The Norman Manley International Airport remains open and continues to operate normally. Any change in status will be communicated via media bulletin. Re Cancellation of flights - passengers are being asked to make direct contact with the respective airlines.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Reginald Budhan, says that the revised Motor Vehicle Import Policy (MVIP) is near completion with the draft document to be presented to Cabinet soon. He said that the draft was prepared by the Trade Board after consultations with key stakeholders. "The Ministry has reviewed the policy. We have now reached...

The reconstruction of the Harbour Head Bridge in St. Thomas has been brought forward and is now slated to get underway by the end of the present financial year. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, made the disclosure on (October 27) at the post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The bridge, which had a weight limit of...