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Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Kirk Finnikin (left) addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' session at the agency's headquarters in Kingston on August 21. Looking on is JUTC's Managing Director, Colin Campbell.

JUTC’s ‘Park and Ride’ Service for Portmore Next Month

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 22, 2013

Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, are to realise savings in transportation costs with the introduction of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) ‘park and ride' service starting in September. This...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (second left), announces a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector, at a press conference held on August 19 at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices. Looking on (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Colin Campbell and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.

25% Fare Increase, Concessionary Fare Remains the Same

By: Latonya Linton, August 19, 2013

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (Right) presents resident of the Barrett Hall Housing Development, Sudar Buckall with her registered title during a presentation ceremony held at Barrett Hall in St. James on Friday (August 16). Twenty-nine new land owners received titles during the ceremony.

Housing Ministry Pushing To Deliver 5,000 Land Titles This Financial Year

By: Glenis A. Rose , August 18, 2013

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By: Chris Patterson, August 15, 2013
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), has a special hug and a Certificate of Title for Melbourne Wilson of Creighton Hall, St. Thomas, who is one of 50 persons who will close out the Jamaica’s Jubilee year mortgage free, under a special debt forgiveness programme called the Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. The presentation was made on July 30 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

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50 Jamaicans Free of Mortgage Under Special Debt Forgiveness Programme

Fifty Jamaicans from across the island will close out the country’s Jubilee year mortgage free, under a special debt forgiveness programme called the Jubilee ‘50 for 50’ Housing Initiative, by...

By: Andrea Braham, July 30, 2013

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Flat Tax Will Ease Burden on Transport Operators – Minister Guy

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says the new flat tax for the public transport system is intended to make the...

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, July 23, 2013

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (centre), is presented with a certificate of appreciation by Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal member, Marcia Boyne, after delivering the main address at the club’s weekly meeting held on July 22, at the Morgan’s Harbour hotel in Port Royal. Sharing the moment is President of the Club, Howard Haughton.

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2,000 Housing Solutions to Regularize Squatting

Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, has reiterated Government’s plans to provide more than 2,000 housing solutions to residents across the island in an effort to regularise...

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker , July 23, 2013

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right); along with Minister of Tourism and Entertainment and Member of Parliament, Western Westmoreland, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre) and Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (left); break ground for the Whitehall Phase 3 Housing Development in Negril on July 18. The project will result in some 590 housing solutions at a cost of $390 million.

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590 Housing Solutions for Whitehall Phase 3 in Negril

Ground was broken for the construction of 590 housing solutions in the Whitehall Phase 3 Housing Development in Negril, Westmoreland, at a cost of some $390 million. The project will...

By: Glenis A. Rose, July 20, 2013

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22 Families Living in Sugar Barracks in Trelawny to be Relocated

Twenty two families, comprising 97 members, from within the sugar belt in Trelawny, should see a vast improvement in their living standard in a few months, as they are to...

By: Bryan Miller , July 19, 2013

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Cabinet Approves Special Order for Allocation of Serviced Lots in St. Thomas

Cabinet has approved a special benefit Order, to facilitate the allocation of serviced lots in the Creighton Hall Housing Development in St. Thomas to specified beneficiaries. Making the announcement on...

By: Alphea Saunders, July 18, 2013

Sections of the Robin’s Bay bridge in St. Mary, which has been rehabilitated at a cost of $33 million. The three-month project, which was financed by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, was implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA), and executed by the engineering firm, Dwight’s Construction Limited.

12 years ago Transport

Repair Work on Robin’s Bay Bridge Completed

Repair work on the Robin’s Bay bridge in St. Mary has been completed. The project was implemented by the National Works Agency (NWA). The three-month project, which was financed by...

By: Douglas McIntosh, July 18, 2013

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Repairs on Junction Main Road 95 Per Cent Complete

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, says that work to repair a section of the Junction main road in St. Mary, which was damaged during Tropical...

By: Andrea Braham, July 17, 2013

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25% Fare Increase, Concessionary Fare Remains the Same

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50 Jamaicans Free of Mortgage Under Special Debt Forgiveness Programme

Flat Tax Will Ease Burden on Transport Operators – Minister Guy

2,000 Housing Solutions to Regularize Squatting

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