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Residents of six communities in South East St. Elizabeth have much to rejoice about as lights were turned on in their communities last Friday (April 16). The electrification of the six communities: Bull Savannah, Top Hill (Down Country), Rose Hall (Wood Hall), Neif Mountain, Mount Pleasant and Ivor Cottage, was undertaken by the Rural Electrification Programme (REP) through $11.2 million...

The 59 wards of the state housed at the Blossom Gardens Child Care facility in Montego Bay and their caregivers are to benefit from major improvements to their surroundings, with the addition of a Play and Learning Centre. The new Centre was constructed through a collaborative effort between the Kiwanis Club of Montego Freeport, Montego Bay, and the Child Development...

The 'Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Works' project, a partnership between the governments of Jamaica and China to restore and protect the Palisadoes shoreline, was launched Wednesday (April 22). The project, financed by a $65.3 million loan from the China EXIM Bank, will repair and secure the extensively degraded shoreline of the Palisadoes Peninsula in Kingston over 18 months, starting...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that provisions have been made in the 2010/11 Budget to satisfy the Government's obligations to Air Jamaica's staff. "We have made provisions in the budget to satisfy, promptly, all our obligations to the staff of Air Jamaica, some of whom will be offered employment by Caribbean Airlines," he said during his...

Four months into the start of the Island Traffic Authority's (ITA) Vehicle Weight Enforcement Campaign, truckers are admitting that, over the years, overloading has dealt a serious blow to the country's roads and bridges. Trailer driver, Mr. Byron Palmer notes that the theme of the Public Education programme, "Truck Overload Destroys Our Roads" speaks volumes and is right on target....

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) donated relief supplies valued at over $100,000 to the Haiti-Jamaica Society/Friends of Haiti, Wednesday (April 14), to assist the rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Speaking at the handing over ceremony at the offices of Nationwide Radio FM, Kingston, JUTC's Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Reginald Allen, noted that...

The recently increased fare structure which was granted to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is also applicable to other bus operators within the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR). A release from the Ministry Tuesday (April 13) explained that this is because the fare structure that is applicable to the JUTC, which holds the exclusive operating licence for the KMTR,...

The largest airline out of The Bahamas, Western Air, made its inaugural flight to Jamaica today (April 12) landing at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston with 24 passengers. Captain Busch Armbrister piloted the SAAB 340A aircraft from the Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassua, which landed at about 11:30 a.m. to the usual watery welcome given at...

Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines have agreed on a new takeover deadline of April 30, pushed back from the previous target of April 12. Air Jamaica's President and CEO, Bruce Nobles In a release issued Wednesday (April 7), Chairman of Air Jamaica, Hon. Dennis Lalor, said the national carrier had agreed to the extension, to ensure that sufficient time is...

Programmes being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport and Works to improve road safety have been boosted through a $31.7 million allocation. As contained in the Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, $13 million will go to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) to carry out necessary work, as it seeks to upgrade the working environment and physical...

Repairs will continue to primary and all-age schools, which were damaged by Tropical Storm Gustav, through a $53.2 million allocation to the Schools Rehabilitation Project in the Ministry of Education. As stated in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives, the allocation will continue works under phases one and two of the project. So...

Commercial air operators, who fly to Jamaica, will no longer have to pay fees for services provided by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). These include fees for air navigation, communications, air operators' certificates and a number of other charges contained in the 22nd Schedule of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Regulations. The move is part of ongoing efforts to boost...