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By the end of August, persons, who are deaf or otherwise hearing impaired, will be able to drive legally on Jamaican roads. "This will bring Jamaicans in line with citizens of other jurisdictions such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, where deaf persons are granted drivers licences," said Minister of State in the Ministry of...

The importance of the proper functioning of the Public Passenger Transportation System, nationally, was extensively discussed at a parish consultation sponsored by the Transport Authority, at the Port Maria Civic Centre in St. Mary on Thursday, June 24. The meeting was attended by a wide cross section of persons, including public transport operators in the parish, officers of the Transport...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says that some $1 billion, from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), will be spent over the next two years in St. James to address social problems affecting informal communities. Dr. Chang said that the funds will allow for Government intervention in areas like Lilliput and Norwood, to correct some of the...

Close to 100 members of the Portmore, Rockfort and Spanish Town Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC's) depots and officials of the Ministry of Transport and Works, including Minister Mike Henry, turned up at various Kingston and St. Catherine locations on June 21 to participate in the 'Just Use the Crossings' initiative. Under this initiative, formed from the acronym, JUTC, eight...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has advised that negotiations by the Air Jamaica privatisation team are well advanced and in a position where a decision can soon be made. He said the final decision will be guided by sound financial and economic indicators as well as the overall state of the economy. During his 'Jamaica House Live' radio programme,...

Repair work being carried out on the Hanover Infirmary by the Hanover Parish Council is well advanced, and should be completed in another two weeks. According to Mayor of Lucea and Chairman of the Hanover Parish Council, Lloyd Hill, approximately $2.7 million granted by the Local Government Department is being used to carry out the repair work on the facility....

The Transport Authority has pledged to clean-up the public transport system in St. James, with a recent survey showing that more than 50 per cent of public passenger vehicles (PPV) were operating in the parish without the required licence. Speaking at public consultation held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James on June 2, Managing Director of the...

With the expected increase in the number of visitors to the island during the summer period, including students returning to Jamaica from locations that may be affected by the Influenza A (H1N1) Virus (formerly called Swine Flu), the Ministry of Health is urging members of the public to exercise increased vigilance in protecting themselves from any possible Influenza infection. The...

The National Works Agency (NWA), is advising motorists that the Junction main road, in the vicinity of Friendship Gap, St. Mary, will be closed on Sunday May 24, between the hours of 5:00 am and 12 noon, to facilitate the laying of culvert pipes. Making this disclosure to the JIS during an interview on Friday May 22, Senior Communications Officer...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and the Director of Tourism, John Lynch, were among 150 new passengers arriving at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay today (May 21) on Jet Blue Airways inaugural flight from New York. Continuing its expansion in the Caribbean, JetBlue Airways today began a daily non-stop service to Sangster International Airport from its home...

Minister with Responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Government will seek to prevent a repeat of the controversial incident in which a private aircraft with several passengers, including former Prime Minister the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, was searched on arrival from Cuba on Thursday night (May 14). The aircraft landed at the Norman Manley...

The Government has ordered the police to conduct an investigation into the landing of a private aircraft at the Norman Manley International Airport, shortly after 9:00 pm on Thursday, May 15, 2009. The findings of the investigation are to be ready for the Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, when he returns to the island on Sunday May 17.