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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament at Gordon House on February 10. The Throne Speech was delivered under the theme ‘Building Our Jamaica: Peace, Opportunity and Prosperity’.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament at Gordon House on February 10. The Throne Speech was delivered under the theme ‘Building Our Jamaica: Peace, Opportunity and Prosperity’.

New Road Traffic Act To Make Thoroughfares Safer For All

During the 2022/2023 fiscal year, the Government will be ensuring that new traffic rules are implemented for the safety of persons on the roadways and to end indiscipline. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, said the Regulations...
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at a certification membership ceremony, organised by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODDS), on February 3, at the University of Technology (UTech), in St. Andrew.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivers the keynote address at a certification membership ceremony, organised by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODDS), on February 3, at the University of Technology (UTech), in St. Andrew.

New Transport Minister Wants Discipline In Sector
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a certification membership ceremony, organised by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODDS) and held Thursday (February 3) at the University of Technology (Utech).
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a certification membership ceremony, organised by the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODDS) and held Thursday (February 3) at the University of Technology (Utech).

PPV Operators Called On To Help Make Roads Safer
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams; Head Girl of Lacovia High School, Tobi-Kay Lyn; Principal of Lacovia High School, Ricardo Bennett and Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara, display a symbolic cheque representing the grant approved by the Government of Japan to purchase two school buses for Lacovia High School. The official signing ceremony was held at the Ministry
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams; Head Girl of Lacovia High School, Tobi-Kay Lyn; Principal of Lacovia High School, Ricardo Bennett and Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara, display a symbolic cheque representing the grant approved by the Government of Japan to purchase two school buses for Lacovia High School. The official signing ceremony was held at the Ministry's headquarters in Kingston, today (January 20).

Lacovia High School Receives Grant To Purchase Two Buses
Minister of Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, the Hon. Robert Morgan (centre), assists Grade six student, Anecia Simpson, in using a computer at the new Community Access Point (CAP) site, which opened at the Brixton Hill Primary and Infant School in the parish on Wednesday (January 19). Looking on, is Principal of the school, Leon Clare. The facility, established by the Universal Service Fund (USF), is equipped with 20 computers, a projector with accompanying screen and mount, and desks and chairs. It will provide residents, especially students, with access to Wi-Fi services to participate in online learning.
Minister of Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, the Hon. Robert Morgan (centre), assists Grade six student, Anecia Simpson, in using a computer at the new Community Access Point (CAP) site, which opened at the Brixton Hill Primary and Infant School in the parish on Wednesday (January 19). Looking on, is Principal of the school, Leon Clare. The facility, established by the Universal Service Fund (USF), is equipped with 20 computers, a projector with accompanying screen and mount, and desks and chairs. It will provide residents, especially students, with access to Wi-Fi services to participate in online learning.

CAP Site Opens At Brixton Hill Primary And Infant School In Clarendon

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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), pictured with (from left) Vice Chairman of the Road Safety Council, Dr. Lucien Jones; Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson; and President, Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Keith Duncan. The occasion was a site visit in Half-Way Tree on January 12 to witness the use of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) new Smart Check E-Ticketing System.
National SecurityTransport

Increase In Road Fatalities A Concern For The Council

Data from the Road Safety Unit indicate that 23 persons have been killed in 17 fatal crashes since the start of the year. Vice Chairman of the Road Safety Council Dr. Lucien Jones is renewing his call for road users to exercise greater caution on the nation’s roads. “The grief and pain associated with road fatalities is just overwhelming the...
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TransportWorks / Construction

Traffic Diversion to be Effected Along Free Town to Alley main Road Clarendon due to Collapsed Culvert

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the Free Town to Alley main road in the vicinity of the Monymusk Glades Housing Scheme in Clarendon has been closed. The corridor has been closed due to a collapsed culvert. The culvert which was made from plastic was burnt by vandals. Resulting from the closure, motorists travelling from the direction of...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (centre), observe as Constable Alex Fredankey demonstrates the use of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Smart Check E-Ticketing System, during a tour of Half-Way Tree, Kingston, on Wednesday (January 12) to witness the use of the system in the field.
National SecurityTechnologyTransport

New E-Ticketing System Will Promote Greater Driver Discipline – Minister Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the new Smart Check E-Ticketing System will promote greater driver discipline on the roadways. The e-ticketing application is to replace the existing manual traffic ticketing system used by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). With the impending passage of the New Road Traffic Act Regulations, Minister Chang said this, coupled with the...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), interacts with students at the rollout of the School Train Service, at the Spanish Town Train Station in St. Catherine, today (January 10).
EducationTransportYouth

Transport Minister Welcomes School Train Service

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, has welcomed the School Train Service and urged parents to play their part in ensuring that children are on time to board the trains. Speaking at the Spanish Town Train Station in St. Catherine today (January 10), where the first two trains arrived from Old Harbour and Linstead, the Minister said by...
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Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police Gary McKenzie, speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
National SecurityTransport

JCF Reminds Public of Crash Hotspots

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reminding the public of some of the crash hotspots across the country, and is appealing to motorists to exercise extra care when traversing these roadways. Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, told JIS News that the JCF has worked with its stakeholders in...
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Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gary McKenzie, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Transport

Head Of PSTEB Calls On Motorists To Obey Rules Of the Road

Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, is appealing to motorists to obey the rules of the road, in order to reduce traffic crashes. In an interview with JIS News, ACP McKenzie said that in many fatal accidents which occur in Jamaica, numerous factors...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague speaks with JIS News while on a tour of the Tinson Pen-based Aeronautical School of the West Indies (ASWI) in St. Andrew, on December 29.
TransportWorks / Construction

Flooding Of Tinson Pen To Be Addressed

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has set aside funds to end the continuous flooding of the Tinson Pen Aerodrome, and a section of the Marcus Garvey Drive, in St. Andrew. According to Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, the AAJ’s engineering department did a study on the area and discovered that a major drain is blocked. “So,...
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