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As of tomorrow (Sept. 10), automotive dealers will begin to benefit from a reduction in the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on imports as the Government seeks to relieve the slump in the industry. Making the announcement at today's (Sept. 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with Responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the motor...

Acting Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams, says the company is reviewing its cashless fare collection system for possible implementation throughout the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR). Mr. Abrahams said that the new system was introduced by VDL, one of the entities comprising the Jonckheere Bus and Coach N.V. Group, which is providing some 200...

The state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) fleet of public passenger buses is to be expanded over the next 14 months, with the acquisition of an additional 200 units from the Belgian firm, Jonckheere Bus and Coach N.V., at a cost of €67.5 million (J$8.6 billion). Funding is being facilitated through two loans negotiated between the Jamaican Government and a...

As the new academic year got underway yesterday (Sept. 7), a group of volunteers from the National Transformation Programme (NTP) visited the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston, to encourage students to maintain good behaviour while at the facility. The group, including members of Students for Transformation and Mother's Patrol, started the day's activities at about 6:00 a.m. with a prayer...

Work on the upgrading of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) is advancing, as the Government seeks to improve the air travel experience for nationals and visitors, alike. The board of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) on Thursday (September 3) toured facilities at the airport to see, first hand, some of the improvements that have been made under Phase...

Director of Tourism, Mr. John Lynch, has announced that airlift to Jamaica is to be increased by approximately 70,000 seats this winter season. The disclosure was made at a press briefing, held at the Ministry of Tourism, New Kingston, on September 3. The Director said that the air seats would present tremendous opportunities for the sector for the months of...

Starting Monday (September 7), the National Transformation Programme (NTP) will be monitoring the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, with the aim of contributing to a positive behavioural change among students using the facility. "We are going to be on the ground, with the support of Mothers Patrol, the parents' body, and Students for Transformation, in engaging and encouraging our students to that...

Only $14.46 million has been spent to date on renovating the Minister of Transport and Work's Millsborough Crescent residence, in Kingston, and not the $65 million which has been rumoured. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwyn Hales, made the clarification at a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (September 2), when he sought to dispel what...

The Government plans to spend over $600 million repairing the road network in the ill-fated Rio Grande Valley in Portland, Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, said Wednesday (September 2). Mr. Henry told a press conference at his Ministry, Maxfield Avenue, Kingston, that the area has remained among his priorities since December 19 last year when 14 persons...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is inviting vendors to submit quotes for the construction of gates at certain sections of the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine to prevent persons entering the area during heavy rainfall. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank today (Sept. 2), Deputy Director General of ODPEM, Richard Thompson, said the gates are...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has said that its current application for fares increase only concerns the operation of its regular bus service, and won't affect its specialty services such as Express buses. In a release Monday afternoon, the JUTC also noted that public consultations on the application are scheduled to start this week at Arian's Restaurant, Twickenham Park,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, says that Jamaicans should soon start seeing repairs to their roads financed from the special consumption tax on fuel introduced in April. Speaking Wednesday at the weekly Post Cabinet Briefing at Jamaica House, the Minister reported that the glitches, which led to the Government receiving the payments from the Petrojam...