The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is urging a continuation of the collective efforts to safeguard the nation’s children, which were evident during Labour Day activities on May 23. This year’s engagements, which were organised under the theme ‘Child Safety…It’s You, It’s Me, It’s All ah We’, were geared towards ensuring children’s safety as they travel to and from school,...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is in the final stages of negotiation with two companies, to facilitate the reintroduction of domestic flights within Jamaica. “At least one will start before Reggae Sumfest [2019] because we are trying to fit it within the product, so… we need to give our people options,” he said. Mr....

  Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (seated), enjoys the comfort of the newly opened pilot lounge at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in St. Andrew. The Minister officially opened the lounge during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday (May 16). Also pictured (from left) are Director, Navair Jamaica Ltd, Dr. Sylvia Mitchell; Managing Director, Navair Jamaica Ltd, Captain Alson...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated his call for motorists to exercise greater care in the use of the roads, to reduce unnecessary accidents that claim the lives of the nation’s children. “I want to make an appeal for sanity and good judgement to be exercised on our roads. If you can’t do it for yourself, do...

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has granted $4.8 million in scholarships to eight students attending the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE). The two-year scholarships, valued at $600,000 each ($300,000 per year) are being provided under the inaugural JBI/Alcan Rio Tinto Legacy Fund Scholarship Programme. The awards cover the cost of tuition, boarding, meals, among other things. Beneficiaries...

Several priority initiatives aimed at boosting service delivery have been targeted for implementation under the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) 2019/20 operational plan. These include increasing ridership by improving bus schedule notices at major route points, terminals, and online; continued restructuring of subfranchise operations to reclaim high-density route corridors in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR); and introducing technology that...

Montego Bay Metro Limited’s (MBM) operations will be restructured this year in order to satisfy increasing commuter demand on routes in western Jamaica over the medium-term. As stated in the 2019/20 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the restructuring will facilitate better scheduling of the entity’s fleet and expansion of service to other satellite communities within the parishes of...