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Cabinet has given approval for the award of two contracts with a combined value of $315,918,116 million for infrastructure works on phase 2 of the Whitehall housing project in Westmoreland and the Jones Town Integrated Infrastructure Project in St. Andrew. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl...

Cabinet has approved the sum of $100 Million dollars to construct a permanent scale at Harbour View, Kingston, to weigh trucks. The scale facility, one of four to be established across the island, is intended to reduce Government spending on the repair and maintenance of roads that are prematurely damaged by over laden vehicles. This was announced at the Post...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to start infrastructure work for the Tilston/Bounty Hall Housing Development in Trelawny, under the Sugar Workers Housing Programme. This was announced by Minister with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at Wednesday's (October 21) Post Cabinet Press briefing at Jamaica House. The 27 hectare estate will have 288 serviced lots,...

A new bridge built in the community of Bourbon, Portland, was officially opened by Minister of Transport, Hon. Mike Henry, on Thursday (October 15). The bridge, constructed at a cost of $9.8 million, was built by the National Works Agency (NWA). Construction became necessary because of the continuous erosion of the roadway by an adjacent river. Residents of the area...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), in a release Friday, has responded to claims which were attributed to National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS) in an article published in the Gleaner last Sunday, concerning the future relationship between the Co-operative and the JUTC. The JUTC release read: In response to claims attributed to the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS) in an...

Repair work on the statue of National Hero the Rt. Excellent Paul Bogle, located in front of the Morant Bay Courthouse in St. Thomas should be completed by mid-November. Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Mrs. Laleta Davis-Mattis, made the announcement as she addressed the weekly JIS Think Tank yesterday (October 14). The statue, which was defaced...

Restoration work, valued at some $72 million, is on-going at Fort Charles and the Historic Naval Hospital at the Port Royal National Heritage Site. The project is being financed under the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), with assistance from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. Executive Director of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Laleta Davis-Mattis, said that...

The Government is forging ahead with plans for the development of the Vernamfield Cargo Aerodrome in South West Clarendon. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, this morning (Oct. 14) announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to be signed this week between the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), and Surrey Paving and Aggregate following Cabinet's approval of...

A contract valued at approximately $200 million was signed on Friday (October 9) by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, for works in the Comfort Castle area of East Portland. Mr. Henry explained that the scope of work will include the construction of gabion retaining structure, with over 200 baskets, amounting to 400 square metres, along with the...

A glitch in the supply of tyres for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses, which resulted in some units being kept out of service for a short period recently, has been resolved. In a release Friday (October 9), the JUTC said that the problem stemmed from a combination of cash flow challenges at the company, and a logistical setback...

A contract valued at $1.176 billion for the Washington Boulevard Improvement Project was signed today (October 9), by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry. A total of 2.75 kilometres of the roadway along Washington Boulevard and Dunrobin Avenue, in Kingston, will be widened from two lanes to six lanes. It is expected that work will commence no later...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has defended Government's decision to increase both the departure and telephone taxes, noting that the call to roll them back is a normal response from the public. The departure tax was increased from $1,000 to $1,800 while there has been an increase from 20%- 25% on telephone cards, telephone calls and instruments. Mr. Golding...