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The traffic problems which have long plagued the town of Old Harbour, St. Catherine, are expected to be significantly reduced with the opening of a new transportation centre. The multi-million dollar facility, situated on Burke Road, was officially opened during a brief ceremony on Monday (August 10), involving Member of Parliament for South West St. Catherine, which includes Old Harbour,...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), is accepting entries for its 'Spruce Up Jamaica, Nice Up Yuh Self' Essay competition, which is geared at exposing young Jamaicans to Brand Jamaica and the offerings of the tourism sector. Speaking with JIS News, Spruce Up Jamaica Co-ordinator, Marline Stephenson-Dalley, explained that the competition would "engage young people to start thinking about this...

A number of roadways in North West St. Ann are being rehabilitated through a $10 million allocation from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Member of Parliament (MP), Othneil Lawrence, in his 2009/10 Sectoral presentation in Parliament on Tuesday (July 28), said that under the constituency's road improvement programme, which has received "critical input" from the Ministry of Transport and Works...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is pursuing the productive utilisation of rehabilitated mined out bauxite lands for agricultural initiatives, State Minister, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has announced. This comes against the background of concerns resonating "over several decades" and heightened by the onset of the global economic recession, of the need to find solutions to improve the standard of living,...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is preparing students for professions in the highly skilled shipping and maritime industry, utilising millions of dollars worth of training simulators, which were acquired through a combination of Government and donor funding. These state-of-the-art devices, which reproduce real life tasks in a safe environment, help to bridge the gap between theory and application. According to...

Funding has been identified to allow for work on the St. Catherine/St. Ann (Mount Rosser leg) highway project to resume next Friday (July 24). This followed a meeting Thursday (July 16) involving Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, visiting executives of French contractor, Bouygues Travaux Publics, and the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC). The parties also had...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, handed over the keys to the new Fisherman's Village in Falmouth, Trelawny to the Parish Council and, simultaneously, declared the facility open on Thursday (July 16). The $9 million facility consists of two buildings: one housing office space and male and female bathrooms, as well as storeroom space; and the other offering...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says that he has taken the necessary steps to ensure that the resignation of his Minister of State, Joseph Hibbert, will not adversely affect the Ministry's operations. "Mr. Hibbert's resignation has been discussed, and I will seek to ensure that there is no adverse effect," Mr. Henry told JIS News, Wednesday (July...

More than 6,000 fortnightly paid temporary workers of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), will soon be receiving their salaries by electronic transfer and be able to access their money using Quick Pay debit cards, courtesy of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). The Authority's workers will now be able to access their wages at any BNS branch and...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, is to seek guidance from the Cabinet on Monday July 13 on resolving the issue of the completion of the Mount Rosser Bypass segment of Highway2000, which has been temporarily halted since last Friday (July 10). Contractors, Bouygues Travaux Publics, laid off over 200 workers last week, retaining about 40 maintenance workers...

We see them everyday on our roads; pedal and motorcyclists skillfully weaving and winding their way through heavy lines of traffic, with an ease that motorists, sitting in that heavy traffic, often envy. But, with such advantage comes a certain degree of vulnerability to serious injuries from accidents, as motorcycle and bicycle riders lack the physical protection offered by an...

Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, has blasted a new wave of attacks currently unfolding against the new, yellow coloured buses being operated by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Three of the units have been damaged to the tune of almost $1 million since mid-last week, including an act of arson on one bus. Approximately $7 million worth...