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Several leads are being followed by investigators in connection with July's theft of petrol from the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) Rockfort depot in East Kingston, a company official has disclosed. The JUTC's Communications Manager, Reginald Allen, told JIS News that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) East Kingston Division, "under direction from the Police High Command," is leading the...

The St. Ann leg of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which will see the repair of the road network in the parish, was launched at the Turtle River Park, Ocho Rios, on September, 10. The programme will be carried out at a cost of some $400 million to $450 million in the first phase, and the work should commence...

The Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) was taken to Trelawny on September 9, with an official launch at the Albert Town Community Centre. This programme is a major undertaking by the government of Jamaica to significantly improve the island's road network, with a view to stimulating economic development and enhancing the quality of life of Jamaicans. It is a five-year...

The Portland leg of Government's largest road rehabilitation initiative, the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), was launched by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, Thursday (September 2) at Rafters Rest, St. Margaret's Bay, Portland. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, addressing the launch of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) in St. Margaret's Bay, Portland Thursday...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, officially opened the new Alligator Church Bridge in the Rio Grande Valley in Portland on Thursday September 2. The bridge was built at a cost of US$600,000, under the Canadian R.A. Murray Bridge Programme. It replaces the old structure which was condemned due to deterioration over the years. Work began on the...

A contract valued at $13 million, for the implementation of the Project Resources Management Systems at the National Works Agency (NWA), was signed Friday (September 3) by the Minister of Transport of Works, Hon Mike Henry, at the Ministry in Kingston. The contract, awarded to Illuminat Jamaica Limited, is slated to begin this month and will continue for a period...

The Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, and Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Thomas Western, Hon. James Robertson, are satisfied with the quality of river training works being carried out along the banks of the Yallahs River. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded project commenced last year. To date, two phases have been completed at a cost of...

The St. Thomas leg of the Government's multi-billion dollar Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) was launched on Wednesday (September 1), during a ceremony at the Paul Bogle Round-a-Bout, Morant Bay. The US$400 million ($36 billion) project, being financed by the governments of Jamaica and China, will see major rehabilitation of major and parochial roads, as well as the construction and...

The fifth in a series of Transport Authority's (TA) Parish Consultation Meetings was held at Rooms on the Beach, Ocho Rios, St. Ann on Tuesday (August 31). The meetings, which are geared to sensitising operators, commuters and residents about the public transportation sector, also seek to garner information from participants on how best they can be served by the Authority....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, launched the St. Elizabeth leg of the Government's massive Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), estimated to cost some $36 billion, at the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (August 31). The full programme includes significant upgrading and repairs to roads and bridges across the island over the next five years. The St....

The heavy showers that occurred in Western Jamaica yesterday August 29, has resulted in one death, the injury of three persons, and 17 motor vehicles being damaged in the Long Hill area of St. James. In an interview with JIS News, Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator for St. James, Miss Tamoy Sinclair explained that, "what has happened is that heavy rainfall over...

Some 3.6 kilometre of roadway between Moore Town and Cornwall Barracks in the Rio Grande Valley area of Portland, will be rehabilitated shortly. Under the agreement, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will provide $39.29 million, while the Moore Town Maroon Council will contribute $6.84 million. It is being funded through a grant under the European Union Banana Support Programme...