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Over the last nine years, primary schools across the island have benefited from the intervention of the Primary Education Support Project (PESP), which seeks to improve the performance, efficiency and equity of the primary education system. An extensive project, which came to an end last year, PESP has had an impact on every primary school, through the many initiatives that...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, says road accidents are having a negative impact on the health system. "If we had significantly less accidents, all those bed spaces would be available for primary health care". Minister Spence has urged the Transport Ministry to do its best in ensuring that road users are more careful because of the impact on...

Residents of Albion Mountain, St. Mary, are breathing a sigh of relief following the $4.5 million rehabilitation of the Roslyn main road in the community. The road was recently resurfaced through the cooperation of the European Union (EU) and the St. Mary Parish Council. Funding to the tune of approximately $2.7 million was provided by the EU, while the remaining...

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting a 74.4% increase in applications for Special Permits from heavy duty vehicle operators wishing to haul loads above the Road Traffic Regulations weight limits, since December, 2009, compared to the same period of 2008-2009. Director of the ITA, Paul Clemetson, attributed the increase to the heightened public education and enforcement activities of ITA,...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, on Friday (Feb.19) broke ground for the widening and reconstruction of the eastern end of the Washington Boulevard corridor in Kingston. The project, which is expected to last for 16 months, will involve 2. 75 kilometres of roadway from the Molynes Road intersection to the junction at Dunrobin Avenue and Constant Spring Road....

Approximately two months after rolling out its Vehicle Weight Enforcement Programme, the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is expressing satisfaction with the level of compliance. Speaking Thursday (February 18) at a JIS Think Tank, Director of the ITA, Paul Clemetson, singled out the Caribbean Cement Company as one entity that has given its full backing to the initiative. "Caribbean Cement has...

The government is to undertake a major multi-million dollar road improvement project, the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme, over the next five years, Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, has disclosed. Speaking at Thursday's (February 18) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Henry informed that the project, which will comprise two components, will cost some US$465 million. The...

The general motoring public is advised that there will be traffic changes at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies in Kingston on Tuesday, morning February 16 for the funeral service for Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford. Motorists must enter through the University Hospital and follow the directions of security officers. Motorists who will be attending the...

The Tax Administration wishes to again remind motorists, that a new security feature was added to the motor vehicle licence disc (sticker) several months ago. As a result no attempt should be made to remove the sticker, once affixed to the windscreen of your vehicle or the word "VOID" will appear. The sticker will be made invalid if the word...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has committed $34.4 million to undertake a major road rehabilitation project in the rural community of Maryland in St. Catherine. The project will involve repair of the 3.5-kilometre Maryland Road beginning at Jubilee Town, through Maryland and ending at John's Pen/Water Level. The entire cost of the works is $36 million and the Maryland...

Ground was broken on Friday (Jan. 22) for the rehabilitation of the 3.2 kilometres Greenfield Road in St. Elizabeth. The work will be carried out at a cost of $32 million, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing $27 million, and the remaining $5 million coming from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Addressing a brief ceremony held at the...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Michael Henry, says his Ministry will re-engage the development of the domestic air transport sector, as a critical part of the multi-modal transport policy it is seeking to implement. Mr. Henry pointed to the Boscobel Aerodrome in St. Mary, as a case in point which, he says, will soon be the third international port...