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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...

Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, is currently attending the African Union Summit in Tripoli, Libya. Mr. Henry will participate in Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Libyan bilateral discussions and other broad regional and global agenda items during the summit, which runs July1-3. He will be representing Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, and is likely to have direct discussions with Libyan...

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...