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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaks in the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 25).
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, speaks in the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 25).

Traffic Ticket Management System Digitised

The Government has digitised the Traffic Ticket Management System (TTMS) with electronic ticketing capability, which now provides a foundation for efficient public-order enforcement and better use of fixed-fine regimes. “It is working. We have seen our officers issuing the tickets....
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the $109 million Epworth rural feeder road in St. Ann on Friday (April 21). Looking on are (from left) Epworth CDC member, Edris Taylor; Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart; Councillor/Caretaker, Beecher Town Division, Natalie Wilmot; Vice President of Operations, Caribbean Development Bank, Isaac Solomon; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. They are joined by Epworth Primary School’s Ramardo Davis (fourth left) and Kasari-Ann Pitterson (third right).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the $109 million Epworth rural feeder road in St. Ann on Friday (April 21). Looking on are (from left) Epworth CDC member, Edris Taylor; Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart; Councillor/Caretaker, Beecher Town Division, Natalie Wilmot; Vice President of Operations, Caribbean Development Bank, Isaac Solomon; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. They are joined by Epworth Primary School’s Ramardo Davis (fourth left) and Kasari-Ann Pitterson (third right).

Upgraded Epworth Feeder Road in St. Ann Officially Opened
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a defensive driving workshop, held yesterday (April 17) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a defensive driving workshop, held yesterday (April 17) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

More Breathalysers Being Purchased
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points to something of interest, while walking along a paved section of the Grants Pen roadway during a tour of the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) on April 13. He is accompanied by personnel from the National Works Agency (NWA) and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points to something of interest, while walking along a paved section of the Grants Pen roadway during a tour of the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) on April 13. He is accompanied by personnel from the National Works Agency (NWA) and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC).

Improved Conditions for St. Thomas Residents As SCHIP Progresses – PM
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the launch of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) health, wealth, and safety expo, held today (April 6) at FESCO gas station on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at the launch of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) health, wealth, and safety expo, held today (April 6) at FESCO gas station on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston.

Transport Minister Calls on Partygoers Who Drive Not to Indulge in Alcohol Consumption

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Information Officer at the Road Safety Unit (RSU), Dontae Matthews (second right), assists students during a recent road-safety examination at Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.
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Jonathan Grant High Students Learning Fundamentals of Safe Road Usage

Students of Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, are being taught the fundamentals of the road code through the institution’s Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) Junior Club. Master automotive teacher at the school, Tracy-Ann Hall, told JIS News that more than 50 students, along with eight staff members, are being exposed to the new Road Traffic Act and...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon Audley Shaw, interacts with students of Little London High School in Westmoreland as they prepare to sit the road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit (RSU) and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), on March 24.
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Learner-Driver Education Programme Deemed Revolutionary

The learner-driver education programme in high schools is being touted as a catalyst that will promote and improve road safety across Jamaica. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the initiative will ensure students learn proper techniques that help them to become responsible drivers. “The Ministry of Transport and Mining believes that this programme will be a valuable addition...
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Principal of St. Hugh’s Preparatory School, Sasha Wright (left), displays an information poster depicting the Jamaica’s National Heroes during a road-safety session at the institution on Monday (March 27). The event was staged by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in partnership with the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining. Others (from second left) are Education and Information Officer at the Unit, Dontae Matthews; and JIS team members, Acting Managing Editor, Editorial and Photography Department, Tracey Chin Loy; Acting Senior Editor, Douglas McIntosh; Consulting Sub-Editor, Andrea Hoo Fung, and Administrative Assistant, Research, Print and Production Division, Kristen Hunt.
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Road-Safety Awareness Heightened at St. Hugh’s Preparatory School

Students of St. Hugh’s Preparatory School in Kingston, on Monday (March 27), participated in a lively, fun-filled interactive sensitisation session on road safety. The session, which took place at the institution, was staged by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in partnership with the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining. The school received a package containing JIS...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the Western Jamaica launch of the Road Code Test in Secondary Schools at Little London High in Westmoreland on Friday (March 24).
Transport

Transport and Mining Ministry Reports Decline in Road Fatalities

The Ministry of Transport and Mining is reporting a moderate decline in road fatalities since the start of the year. Speaking at the Western Jamaica Launch of the Road Code Test in Secondary Schools at Little London High in Westmoreland on Friday (March 24), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw said some 94 persons died in road traffic crashes from 83...
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Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.
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PHOTOS: Jonathan Grant Students Take Road Code Test

Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 16).
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Architectural Design for Boundbrook Urban Centre Completed

The architectural design for the Boundbrook Urban Centre in Port Antonio, Portland, has been completed and is now going through the approvals and permitting process. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2023/24 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on March 16. Mr. Holness said 126,000 square feet of rentable space...
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Director at the Road Safety Unit (RSU), Deidre Hudson-Sinclair (right), assists students at the St. Jago High School in St. Catherine, during a recent examination for the road code test under the Road Safety Education in Schools Programme, administered by the RSU and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), in the Ministry of Transport and Mining.
Transport

High-School Students Engage in Road-Safety Programme

The Road Safety Unit (RSU) and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) are actively engaging high-school students for the development of defensive driving skills and knowledge of the road code. This initiative, dubbed the Road Safety Education in Schools Programme, is one of several measures being used to make the roadways safter for both motorists and pedestrians. Director of the RSU,...
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