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The Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, has acquired a motorcycle, which will enhance its capacity to manage and protect Jamaica's fisheries resources. Speaking Wednesday (Feb.11) at the handing over ceremony, at the Ministry, Hope Gardens, Kingston, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, thanked The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for donating the motorcycle. "One of the big challenges that the...

Eight contracts valued at $501.2 million were signed on February 10, by the Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, for the repair of roads, gullies and drains across the island. Of the amount, $123.3 million will be spent for rehabilitation and overlay works on 14.6 kilometres of roadway from Swansea Jerk Shop, through Colgate to Orange Hill, part of...

With approximately 50 per cent of the total market share of travellers to and from the island and 70 per cent of the airfreight market between Jamaica and the rest of the world, Air Jamaica is considered a significant turnaround opportunity for an airline investor, according to airline consultancy GRA Inc. The consultants arrived at this position following the findings...

Thirteen of 50 newly acquired Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses rolled out on three Corporate Area routes this morning, heralding the start of an improved service for commuters. Corporate Communications Manager at the JUTC, Reginald Allen, told JIS News that the process went smoothly, and that the Ministry of Transport and Works is expecting a tremendous improvement in the...

The parish of St. Thomas is to benefit from a multi-million dollar rural road and crop rehabilitation exercise, through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton is expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday (Feb. 10), to formalize the arrangement. Several rural roads and...

A new bridge has been constructed in Milk River, South West Clarendon, under the Government's US$40 million Bridge Replacement Programme. The new bridge will facilitate the movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, which traverse this major roadway on a daily basis. Speaking at the opening recently, Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert, said the...

Portmore commuters can expect a significant improvement in the quality of service provided by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), with 25 of 50 newly acquired Volvo buses to be deployed to that route. Marketing and Sales Manager of the JUTC, Lenworth Simms, speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' yesterday (Feb. 5), said that the move to dispatch the bulk...

Ground was broken yesterday (Feb. 5) for the rehabilitation of the Red Dirt Road, in the community of Flanker in St. James. The $13 million project is being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), under its Inner City Basic Services Project. As part of the condition for funding, the community will contribute $830,000 in services, which represents...

Jamaica College (JC) students, will now be able to travel safely and with relative ease to the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston, after school. This is being facilitated by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), which launched a re-organised student bus service at the school yesterday (Feb. 2). General Manager of the Rockfort depot of the JUTC, Linval Thompson, said...

Commuters are set for a much more comfortable ride on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses, after 50 new Volvo buses were handed over to the Ministry of Transport and Works on Friday (Jan.30) by JR Wellington Import/Export Corp, local agents for Belgian bus-makers, VDL Jonckeere. Another 50 buses will arrive in the island on April 1, to complete a...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, says that the buses being acquired by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will support the new standards being introduced in the public transportation service. These include 50 new Volvo units that were handed over on January 30 to the Ministry by JR Wellington Import/Export Corp, the local agents for the Belgian bus-making...

Effective today (Feb. 2), 24 express bus routes served by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will operate a full cashless system. "All riders on these buses will now require Smart Cards to complete their journey," said Marketing and Sales Manager of the JUTC, Lenworth Simms. The routes to be affected are: 3Ax from Christian Gardens to New Kingston; 8Ax...