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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that negotiations for the sale of Air Jamaica are now at a stage where divestment seems imminent. "It is now at a stage where I can indicate that a decision on the future (of Air Jamaica) is imminent," Mr. Shaw told the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Dec...

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) will be launching its Vehicle Weight Enforcement Programme next week. "This is something that should have long come on stream... but it is here now and we need to make it work well for the Jamaican people," said Transport Minister, Hon. Mike Henry. He was speaking yesterday (Dec.10) at the opening of the ITA's seminar...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), today (December 10), unveiled a fully reconditioned bus, as part of a major overseas rehabilitation programme being pursued. This initiative, being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and Works, is geared towards complementing the 200 new buses slated to arrive in 2010. The bus, which was previously earmarked for disposal as scrap...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says that the only change in the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) policy for recruiting sub-contractors for the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) is a provision for greater performance accountability. Mr. Henry said that it was interesting that National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS) head, Ezroy Millwood, was warning the members not to...

Effective this Wednesday (December 9), the National Works Agency (NWA) will be introducing changes to the traffic arrangements in the town of Santa Cruz in St. Elizabeth. A temporary one-way system will come into effect, operating between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday. The changes will be in effect until Monday January 4, 2010. Manager...

Head of the St. Catherine North Police Division, Superintendent Asan Thompson, has said that the police will be stepping up its social intervention programme in the March Pen Road community as it seeks to contain crime in the division. Superintendent Thompson, who was speaking at the official opening of the March Pen Road/Corletts Road Community Centre yesterday (December 3), said...

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has renewed its call for Jamaicans to exercise greater care and caution on the roads, to stem the loss of lives and injuries. The appeal comes on the heels of Monday night's accident on the Llandovery main road, St. Ann, in which four people were killed and 34 others seriously injured, when two public...

Scheduled wrapping up of the sub-franchise arrangements between the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS) and the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), set for Wednesday (December 2), has been delayed pending completion of the evaluation of new sub-franchise operators. "The evaluation process is therefore being extended to accommodate the new arrangements, during which time the police and the Transport Authority have...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, has said that the Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) for the rehabilitation of the railway in Jamaica, while not finalised, is "very favourable" in terms of the impact on economic development. "I must say that the Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) study is very favourable, as it relates very strongly on the impact the...

Mayor of Spanish Town, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has said that the traffic signals recently erected in the Old Harbour town centre should become operational within the next two to three weeks. "I want to signal to the Old Harbour community that very soon, the traffic signals in the square of Old Harbour will be commissioned. We anticipate that within another...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) announced Wednesday the confirmation of Acting Managing Director, Paul Abrahams, in the position, effective November 2, 2009. Mr. Abrahams, who replaced Bindley Sangster last December, has been credited with bringing much-needed stability to the JUTC's overall operations and management. The JUTC, in a release on Wednesday (November 25), said that over the 10-month span,...

Jamaica will host the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAOs) three-day Seminar/Workshop on Meteorological Services for Air Navigation in the Americas, at the Iberostar Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, November 25 to 27. The Seminar is a joint effort of ICAO, the World Meteorological Organization and the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). It is being held under the theme, "Development...