The infrastructure of several early childhood, primary and special needs schools across the island are to be upgraded over the next five years at a cost of $15 million, donated by Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited. The project, which is entitled: ‘$15 million over 5 years’, was officially launched at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on February 11. In...

Effective tomorrow, Saturday, February 12, 2016, the Forum Bridge in Portmore, St. Catherine will be reopened. The bridge which was closed in November 2015 in order to facilitate structural repairs is being re-opened a week ahead of schedule. The Forum Bridge is located along Port Henderson Road, which is also referred to as “Back Road”. The road has been opened...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday (February 2) signed six contracts with a combined value of $182 million for the rehabilitation of 22 farm roads across Jamaica. Speaking at the National Farm Roads Rehabilitation Programme contract signing held at Jamaica House, Mrs. Simpson Miller noted that the programme is consistent with the development priorities of the...

Effective tomorrow (Friday, January 29), a section of the Negril main road, in Westmoreland, will be closed to vehicular traffic until further notice. Community Relations Officer for the National Works Agency (NWA), Western Region, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the closure is to facilitate pipe laying activities associated with the multimillion dollar rehabilitation project, which is now underway along the Negril...

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, says re-construction of the Kupius Bridge in Pennants, will provide jobs for scores of residents, while facilitating further development of communities in North and North Central Clarendon. “This project forms part of Government’s commitment to rural development,” he said. Mr. Azan was addressing a community meeting held at the Prayer...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says improvement works will be undertaken on the Mandela Highway this year under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). “There is going to be an additional lane on both sides, so you are going to have a six-lane strip,” he said during a statement in the House of Representatives...

Financial closure for the upgrading of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) is expected to take place by the end of March, with handover of the facility to port concessionaire, Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), to occur simultaneously. Financial closure is defined as a stage when all the conditions of a financing agreement are fulfilled prior to the initial availability of...