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Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith (right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (October 24). Also pictured (from left) are Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer; and Portfolio Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz.  
Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith (right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on Tuesday (October 24). Also pictured (from left) are Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer; and Portfolio Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz.  

63 PPV Operators Charged for Excess Fares

Sixty-three persons have been charged, to date, as the Transport Authority steps up measures to address the overcharging of fares by public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators. Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith, made the disclosure as he addressed a press...
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices on Tuesday (October 24). Also pictured (from left) are Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer; and Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith.  
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), addresses a press conference held at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices on Tuesday (October 24). Also pictured (from left) are Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Carol Palmer; and Transport Authority Managing Director, Ralston Smith.  

JUTC to Roll out Six New Buses by Month-End
Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington (second right), addresses a recent press conference at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport. Also participating (from left) are Managing Director, Transport Authority, Ralston Smith; Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams.
Transport Authority Chairman, Owen Ellington (second right), addresses a recent press conference at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport. Also participating (from left) are Managing Director, Transport Authority, Ralston Smith; Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams.

Only Approved Wreckers Must Tow Seized Vehicles – TA
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), addresses a Press Conference at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport on October 12.  With the Minister are (from left) Director General of the Island Traffic Authority, Col. Daniel Pryce; Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith and Chairman of the Transport Authority, Owen Ellington. The Press Conference was called to update the public on matters pertaining to the fare adjustment for public passenger vehicles, which will take effect on Sunday, October 15.
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second right), addresses a Press Conference at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport on October 12.  With the Minister are (from left) Director General of the Island Traffic Authority, Col. Daniel Pryce; Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith and Chairman of the Transport Authority, Owen Ellington. The Press Conference was called to update the public on matters pertaining to the fare adjustment for public passenger vehicles, which will take effect on Sunday, October 15.

Transport Minister Explains Fare Adjustment Mechanism
Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith (centre), displays the list of prescribed fares for public passenger vehicles, which are to take effect on Sunday, October 15, at a Transport Stakeholder Press Conference, at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport. on Thursday (October 12). Also participating in the press conference are Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right) and Director General of the Island Traffic Authority, Colonel Daniel Pryce.
Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Ralston Smith (centre), displays the list of prescribed fares for public passenger vehicles, which are to take effect on Sunday, October 15, at a Transport Stakeholder Press Conference, at the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport. on Thursday (October 12). Also participating in the press conference are Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right) and Director General of the Island Traffic Authority, Colonel Daniel Pryce.

Zero Tolerance for Overcharging – TA

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