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Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (seated third right) signs the contract for the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) component of the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (March 18). Others (seated from left) are: Member of Parliament for Clarendon, South Eastern, Rudyard Spencer; Opposition Spokesperson on Housing, Dr. Horace Chang; Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna; Opposition Spokesperson on Culture, Olivia Grange; and Regional Director, China Harbour Engineering Company Americas, Zhongdong Tang. Others (standing) from left are: Senior Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Leo McEwan; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan; Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell; and Chief Executive Officer, National Works Agency, E.G. Hunter.

12,000 More Jamaicans To Get Employment Under JEEP

By: Chris Patterson, March 21, 2014

More than 12,000 Jamaicans are expected to benefit from further work to be carried out under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), valued at $630 million. Each of the island’s...

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Mr. Leroy Lindsay, informs JIS News that the Authority is on track to complete an upgrade of its world Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) system to the more data-centric Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system, by the end of 2016.

$2.3 Billion to Improve Aviation Safety and Security

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 20, 2014

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies. (FILE)

Persons to Get Houses at Bernard Lodge By July

By: Latonya Linton, March 19, 2014

Transport 12 years ago University Hospital Main Road Being Resurfaced
By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 18, 2014
Transport 12 years ago NWA to Carry out Emergency Patching along the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine
By: Colin Morrison, Senior Communication Officer, NWA, March 17, 2014
Local Government 12 years ago National Works Agency Opens New $25m Hanover Parish Office
By: Bryan Miller, March 9, 2014

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (second right), admires one of the buses used to transport students. Looking on is Norton Hinds, Chairman of the Transport Authority.

12 years ago Transport

Transport Authority Improving School Bus System

The Government is continuing its thrust to ensure that students are transported to and from school safely, and efficiently, through the standardisation of the public school bus system. As part...

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 5, 2014

Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Monitoring at the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dawn Smith, at work at the Maxfield Avenue offices of the Ministry.

12 years ago Transport

Dawn Smith – Leading Through Dedication

Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Monitoring at the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dawn Smith has committed over 26 years of selfless service to the public sector. During...

By: Garfield L. Angus, March 4, 2014

Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Donald Foster (centre), speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’ about the licensing of operators of public passenger and commercial vehicles for the 2014/15 financial year. Others (from left) are: General Manager, Finance and Planning, Karey Rowe and Communication and Customer Services Manager, Petra-kene Williams.

12 years ago Transport

Transport Operators Urged To Renew Road Licences

With four weeks to go before March 31, the Transport Authority is appealing to owners and operators of public passenger and commercial vehicles to come in and renew their road...

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 3, 2014

Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre) is flanked by members of the New Road All Stars Youth Club in Westmoreland, prior to the start of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Stakeholders Conference for Cornwall, held on February 28, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

12 years ago Prime MinisterTransport

Runway at Donald Sangster Airport to be Extended

The runway at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay is to be extended at a cost of US$65 million. The airport, which forms a critical part of the...

By: Bryan Miller, March 3, 2014

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), presents Seaview Gardens Phase Two resident, Carmelitta Riley, with her title at a ceremony held on Wednesday, February 26, at the Christ The Redeemer Human Resource Centre in the community.

12 years ago Transport

Seaview Gardens Residents Get Titles

Seventy residents of Seaview Gardens Phase Two in St. Andrew have received titles to units they occupy in the housing development. Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy,...

By: Garfield L. Angus, March 3, 2014

Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (centre), who is also Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, with two new title holders, Julian Robinson (left), and Barbara Tucker (right), from Arnett Gardens, after they and 83 other residents were presented with the documents at Avon Park on February 27.

12 years ago CommunityTransport

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Donald Foster, Managing Director and Petra-kene Williams, Communication & Customer Services Manager.

12 years ago Transport

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12 years ago Transport

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By: Latonya Linton, February 27, 2014