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The Ministry of Health is advising that arriving passengers from countries, which have reported cases of Influenza A (H1N1) will be provided with health alert cards, interviewed, and samples taken from them if necessary. This is part of the Ministry's heightened surveillance and monitoring system. The MOH is still not recommending travel restrictions and will follow the guidelines of the...

The Transport Authority (TA) has launched an Online Application System, which will allow commercial carriers (vehicles used to transport goods) the convenience of renewing their road licences using the Internet. At the launch at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, today (May 14), Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Daniel Dawes, said approximately 64 per cent of the Authority's customer base...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Don Wehby, has confirmed that two offers have been received for the privatisation of the national airline, Air Jamaica. Speaking at the inaugural Scotia DBG Investments' Corporate Investment Seminar, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Tuesday (May 12), Senator Wehby said the offers are currently...

Minister of Tourism Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded the performance of the national carrier, Air Jamaica, against what he said are difficult times for the airline industry and the global economy. In an interview, Mr. Bartlett said that Air Jamaica continues to make steady improvements in its operations, with marked achievements for the month of April 2009. During the period,...

Effective yesterday (May 10), electronic signals were activated at four additional intersections along the Rose Hall main road in St. James. The intersections are at Coral Gardens, Half Moon Resort, Shoppes of Rose Hall, and Spot Valley. According to Community Relations Officer with the National Works Agency's (NWA) Western Region, Janel Ricketts, the agency is seeking to improve the safety...

The Ticky Ticky road in Manchester was opened on Tuesday (May 5) after extensive rehabilitation work at a cost of more than $19 million. Under the project, which was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) through funding from the World Bank, some 2.52 kilometres of roadway was asphalted, with concrete cross drains and retaining walls constructed. It will...

Minister of Transport and Works Hon. Michael Henry, has refuted suggestions in foreign news media that the accident in which world sprint champion, Usain Bolt, was injured in April on Highway 2000, was caused by potholes on the surface. The Minister said he was sure, as one who commutes regularly via the toll roads, that there was absolutely no pothole...

More than 120 local and international athletes participated in the 14th annual Jake's Off-Road Triathlon held last Sunday (April 26) in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. Jason Henzell, organizer for the event, told JIS News that the field was the "largest turnout that we have had since we began staging the event". The competitors, including 30 teams, vied for top honours...

Improvement works, valued at approximately $38.7 million are being undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA) on roads across the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland, in western Jamaica. Some $18.6 million dollars are projected to be spent in Westmoreland, and $20.1 million in Hanover. According to Community Relations Officer with the NWA in western Jamaica, Janel Ricketts, the work being...

Following Tuesday's meeting between Minister of Transport and Works Hon. Mike Henry, and taxi operators, a Help Desk, dedicated solely to the Road Maintenance Fund, has been established at the Ministry of Transport and Works. Minister Henry made the announcement at Wednesday's (April 29) weekly Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House. He described the meeting with the taxi operators...

The Government is exploring the possibility of importing damaged vehicles, which will be repaired in free-zone facilities for re-export, as part of a review of the motor vehicle policy now underway. Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the announcement in his contribution to the 2009/10 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 29)....

Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has suspended the granting of certification to new businesses to operate as used car dealers, and has instructed that no new import licences must be issued for overaged vehicles without specific approval. The Minister has also directed the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) to conduct an audit of all certified used car...