The Shipping (Amendment) Act, which is designed to make better provisions for standards and behaviours within the merchant shipping industry nationally and internationally, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 17). Piloting the legislation, Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, said the Bill is aimed at making more complete provisions for the living and working...

The National Works Agency (NWA) estimates that it will cost just over one and half million dollars to repair traffic signals at the Church and Harbour Street intersection in Downtown Kingston following extensive damage to the signal equipment as a result of a motor vehicle crash. A pair of signal heads, signal pole, power service and traffic signal cables were...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is ramping up plans for the creation of a shorter route into the central business district of Kingston and St. Andrew by residents of Gordon Town and its environs. The main road leading from Gordon Town to Papine and other sections of the capital city was closed last week, after a significant part of its...

Kingston Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says several potential alternative routes are being explored to restore access to communities along Gordon Town Road in St. Andrew, where many residents have been marooned as a result of landslides on that stretch. Sections of the road have also been severely damaged, consequent on recent rains, rendering the corridor impassable. Senator Williams said...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the travelling public that effective immediately the Gordon Town road in St. Andrew is closed in the vicinity of Stand Up Hill. The Agency says the roadway is not safe for use by any mode of transportation. A section of the road embankment failed at the weekend following heavy rains associated with Tropical...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that more than 200 roads islandwide were severely impacted by recent heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Eta. He was reporting on the impact of the system on the island, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 10) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. “Under the previous...

The Transport Authority is extending the deadline for submission of Police Records for new applicants until December 31, 2020. The extension of the deadline for the Police Record requirement is to facilitate the appointment system which is now being utilized at the Criminal Records Department. As such persons who are desirous of accessing any of 80 re-opened route taxi routes...