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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding in updating Parliament yesterday on the sale of Jamaica's national airline, Air Jamaica, said discussions with Caribbean Airlines will re-open once the exclusivity agreement with the second bidder expires. Speaking at the special sitting of Parliament yesterday (Dec 17) Mr. Golding said: "Not having been able to arrive at an agreement that we felt...

As part of efforts to ensure compliance with weight laws, Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, launched the Ministry's Vehicle Weight Enforcement programme in Rockfort, East Kingston on Tuesday (December 15). Mr. Henry, said that the programme was "long overdue," noting that it was not meant to "target anyone", but to help everyone and bring a level of...

Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, is advising motorists and other road users to be particularly careful approaching the end of the year, with all the festivities and hype the period normally brings, which usually gets played out somewhat in terms of poor driving habits and other miss-use of the roadways. In noting reports on the tragic accident in...

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...