Jamaica’s maritime community observed Maritime Awareness Week (MAW) from September 22 to 26, under the theme, ‘Our Ocean – Our Obligation – Our Opportunity’, which was also the IMO theme for World Maritime Day on September 25. The week’s activities were launched with a Thanksgiving Service at the Arnold Road Seventh Day Adventist Church on Saturday, September 20. On Wednesday,...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is developing a special student card equipped with a built-in security alert feature, designed for use on rural school buses. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, who made the disclosure during Wednesday’s (October 1) Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House, urged parents to accompany their...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) Rural Express routes promise to be a game changer for the industry, providing a comfortable and convenient travel option for rural commuters. Commuters will now have access to express connections from Kingston to Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Negril, Mandeville, and May Pen. To celebrate the new premium routes, the JUTC has implemented an introductory...

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has recommitted to the preservation of the health of the ocean through addressing marine litter, unsustainable fishing, invasive aquatic species, and pollution from ships, which are all serious threats to Jamaica’s territorial waters. In his message commemorating World Maritime Day, which was observed globally on Thursday, September 25, MAJ Director General, Bertrand Smith, said...

The Blue Economy remains one of Jamaica’s most valuable resources, presenting opportunities in renewable energy, sustainable fisheries, tourism, shipping, logistics and marine technology. Minister of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said these opportunities can only be unlocked through collaboration. “The future of our ocean depends on partnership. Governments, industry leaders, maritime professionals, and indeed every citizen, must play...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is encouraging parents and guardians to sign up their children for the student card, as a safe and easy way to access subsidised fares under the National Rural School Bus system. The programme, which officially rolled out on September 8, provides safe, reliable, and affordable school transport for students in rural communities across the...

Students, parents and teachers from Lawrence Tavern in rural St. Andrew, have welcomed the Government’s new rural school bus initiative, describing it as safe, reliable and a much-needed support for education. Lawrence Tavern Primary School student Dainia Lewis, who rode on the bus on the first day of the school year on September 8, told JIS News that she immediately...