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The Government is to send a team to Washington, next week, to seek to resolve the issue of the proposed designation of Caribbean Airlines as a carrier under the Jamaica/USA bilateral Air Transport Agreement. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at Wednesday's (May 12) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House....

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Works Agency (NWA), Mr. Patrick Wong, has dismissed claims that the US$65 million Palisadoes Protective and Rehabilitative Works project, to be executed along the Palisadoes Peninsula, is solely a road improvement undertaking. Alluding to recently published media articles on the matter, which he described as "misleading", Mr. Wong said that the project is...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, will be based in Montego Bay between Wednesday and Friday of next week, overseeing several new developments facilitated by his Ministry. Mr. Henry will visit Bogue Road at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, after which he will travel with Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier in Trelawny for a tour...

French firm, Bouygues, is to begin corrective work on a section of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000, near the Port of Kingston, on Monday, May 17. "Works are to be conducted on some areas of the pavement which have settled and where cracks have also occurred," Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, told a press conference at...

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting increased success in efforts to apprehend haulage contractors and truck operators who haul loads over the prescribed weight limits outlined in the Road Traffic Act. According to Inspector at the ITA, Mr. Clive McDonald, 502 vehicles were inspected in March, almost five times the 111 trucks that were reportedly checked by the ITA...

A major project is to begin on May 17, 2010, to correct a long standing structural fault on the Causeway leg of the Highway 2000 network. The faulty roadway is close to the Port of Kingston, and has been a source of discomfort to motorists for quite some time. Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, in announcing the date for...

Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, has ordered a temporary shutdown of the expansion project at the Boscobel Aerodrome in St. Mary amid allegations of sexual abuse of personnel on the site, which was said to have precipitated a work stoppage and demonstration there earlier this week. The minister has also ordered the chairman and president of the Airports Authority...

As of May 1, Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines will implement a transition plan, which will see the lovebird continuing its operations under agreements with the Trinidadian carrier. With negotiations now complete, the airlines are to formally sign a number of agreements to cement the deal, on Friday (April 30), Chairman of Air Jamaica, Hon. Dennis Lalor told journalists at...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange will officially launch Workers' Week and Labour Day 2010 at a ceremony scheduled for Thursday, April 29 at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in Kingston. Worker's Week, which begins on May 16, will culminate with Labour Day on Monday, May 24 under the theme: 'Our Children .Show them we Care'. This year's...

Reinforcement work on the historic Spanish Town Iron Bridge in St. Catherine, which was in a state of disrepair, is now complete. The restoration work, valued at some $12 million, was undertaken by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), in collaboration with the Spanish Town Iron Bridge Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), established in 1996 to work towards preserving the...

Work has begun under the $17 billion Jamaica Water Sector Improvement Programme with exploratory drilling, while samples from bore holes are currently being examined. "In anticipation of the new pipeline from Bog Walk (St. Catherine) to Kingston, the exploratory drilling of the small holes along the Bog Walk Gorge are now taking place, which started on the weekend," said Minister...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, yesterday (April 22) revealed plans to transform the historic town of Port Royal into a thriving cruise tourist destination, as part of plans to attract more visitors to Kingston. The Minister said he will be meeting with representatives from the internationally renowned Carnival Cruise Lines on May 11 in order to iron...