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Articulated buses that have been procured by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to bolster its fleet this year. The buses were taken off the wharf yesterday (August 20). The JUTC plans to roll out an additional 144 buses by the end of the year.

JUTC Urges Students to Update Profiles

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is urging students turning 12 years old to update their Smarter Card profiles, to continue benefiting from concessionary fare rates before the August 28 deadline. Those children who are under age 11 already pay...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), and State Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (centre), are briefed by Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) Customs Officer, Peter Limtom, before taking a trial run in the ‘Skip McLaughlin’ following the vessel’s commissioning at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Marine headquarters in Newport East, Kingston, on Tuesday, August 9.

Jamaica Customs Acquires New Patrol Boat

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), speaks with Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of Customs, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese, during a meeting at the entity’s head office in Newport East, Kingston, on Tuesday, August 9.

Finance Minister Commends $59.3-Billion Revenue Intake by Customs

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

Update on the Sale of ALPART to JISCo.

United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Road Safety and President, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Jean Todt (left), is greeted by Senior Superintendent and Commanding Officer of the Traffic and Highway Division, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Calvin Allen, on his arrival at the Police Traffic Headquarters in Kingston on August 10.

UN Official Urges Police Not to Let Up on Road Safety

10 years ago Transport

Road Safety Unit to Prepare Scientific Reports on Dyke and Greenvale Roads

The Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining is collecting data for the preparation of scientific reports on the Dyke Road in St. Catherine, and the Greenvale Road in Manchester, where several fatal crashes have taken place recently. The data-gathering process got under way on Friday (Aug. 12). Director of the Unit, Canute Hare, says that when...

10 years ago Transport

Jamaica Customs to Seek Approval for Reopening of Queen’s Warehouse

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) will be seeking approval from the Public Health Department for the reopening of the Queens Warehouse following feedback from the Jamaica Fire Brigade. The facility, located on Spanish Town Road, was closed in November of last year due to the possible release of hazardous fumes. Director of Marine Warehouses at JCA, Joycelyn Payne, said the...

10 years ago Transport

Jamaica Customs to Seek Approval for Reopening of Queen’s Warehouse

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (right), shakes hands with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Jamaica, Lim Jong Seonto, after a press briefing at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston on August 4, to announce a partnership between the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and the Mokpo National Maritime University in Korea to strengthen the CMI’s training programmes.

10 years ago Transport

CMI Partners with Korean University to Boost Training

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has forged a partnership with the Mokpo National Maritime University in Korea to strengthen its training programmes. The entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will boost offerings in logistics, supply chain management, maritime transportation and engineering, customs process, freight forwarding and immigration, through training at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It will...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Customs Agency, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese, makes a point during a press briefing held at the Agency’s head office, New Port East, Kingston, on August 4. Looking on is Senior Director and Chief Information Officer, Jamaica Customs Agency, Andre Williams.

10 years ago Finance & Public ServiceTransport

Jamaica Customs Reports $44.136 Billion in Net Revenue for April to June

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is reporting net revenue of $44.136 billion, for the first quarter of the 2016/17 financial year (April to June), surpassing its target by $2.183 billion or 5.2 per cent. Chief Executive Officer of the JCA, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese, made the disclosure during a press briefing held at the agency’s head office, New Port East,...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry.

10 years ago Transport

Industrial Zone to be Established in St. Elizabeth

Jamaica is poised to benefit from the development of an industrial zone in St. Elizabeth by Chinese firm, Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCo), at a cost of more than US$2 billion. The integrated development, to be rolled out over the next three to five years, will focus on mining, manufacturing and power generation, and will incorporate operations at the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros (right), ahead of a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, May 22. The briefing followed bilateral talks between the two countries on trade, energy and culture. The Venezuelan President was on a working visit to Jamaica.

10 years ago PetroCaribePrime MinisterTransport

PetroCaribe Trade Compensation Mechanism Activated

Cabinet has approved a reactivation of the trade compensation mechanism, up to a value of US $4m, under bilateral arrangements in place with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The PetroCaribe Agreement provides that loan repayments to Venezuela may be made by way of goods and services, valued at preferential rates under the Trade Compensation Mechanism. This is to promote the exchange...