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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially commission 15 new automated immigration kiosks into service at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on December 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Regional Director for the United Kingdom/Northern Europe, Elizabeth Fox; Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration, and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; President of the Montego Bay chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Robin Russell; Director of Tourism, Donovon White; Operations Manager for Immigration, Sangster International Airport, Althea Allen-Keene; and JTB’s Regional Director of Tourism for Canada, Angella Bennett.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially commission 15 new automated immigration kiosks into service at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on December 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Regional Director for the United Kingdom/Northern Europe, Elizabeth Fox; Chief Executive Officer, Passport, Immigration, and Citizenship Agency (PICA), Andrew Wynter; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; President of the Montego Bay chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Robin Russell; Director of Tourism, Donovon White; Operations Manager for Immigration, Sangster International Airport, Althea Allen-Keene; and JTB’s Regional Director of Tourism for Canada, Angella Bennett.

Sangster Airport Gets 15 New Immigration Kiosks

By: Garwin Davis, December 18, 2019
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed the installation of 15 new state-of-the art immigration kiosks at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay by the Passport, Immigration and...
Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (centre), displays the home screen for the recently developed ‘Drive Safe’ app, which was officially launched on Tuesday (December 17), at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew. Sharing the moment are Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia (left); and Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Cecil Morgan.

Transport Ministry Launches App To Expose Unruly Drivers

By: Rochelle Williams, December 18, 2019
Minister of Transport and Mining Hon. Robert Montague (fourth right), with the recipients to the Aviation Trailblazer Awards for 2019 – retired Chief Air Traffic Controller, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Randolph Jones (third left); former Commanding Officer for the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing Reserves, Major Dudley Beek (Ret’d) (fourth left); and Leroy Lindsay (third right) who received on behalf of Retired Air Jamaica Senior Vice President, Maintenance and Technical Services, Captain Lloyd Tai. Others (from left) are JCAA Deputy Director General for Regulatory Affairs, Rohan Campbell; JCAA Chairman, Phillip Henriques; General Manager of Aeronautical Telecommunications Ltd. (AEROYEL), Howard Armstrong; and President of Airports Authority of Jamaica and Chief Executive Officer of NMIA Airports Ltd., Audley Deidrick The occasion was the International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD) Awards Ceremony, which was hosted jointly by JCAA, AAJ and AEROTEL on December 7.

Aviation Industry Stalwarts Recognised For 150 Years Of Service

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, December 16, 2019

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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre, front row), and Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Seth Ramocan (fourth right, front row), are joined by Jamaica’s delegation to the 31st Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) at the IMO headquarters in London, England, following Jamaica’s re-election to the IMO Council. Others (from left) are: Counsellor, Consular and Diaspora, Jamaican High Commission UK, Carol Lee-Lea; Board Chairman, Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester; Counsellor, Political and Economic Affairs, Jamaica High Commission, UK, Renee Lloyd; Secretary General, Caribbean MOU on Port State Control, Jodi Munn-Barrow; Senior Director, Transport Policy, Ministry of Transport and Mining, Tanya Bedward; Jamaica’s Deputy High Commissioner to the UK, Angella Rose-Howell, and Director, Legal Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Mining, Yvonne Barnett-Russell. In the back row (from left) are: Director, Legal Affairs, Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Bert Smith; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr, Alwin Hales, and Director General, Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear admiral Peter Brady.
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Jamaica Re-Elected To Serve On IMO Council

Jamaica was re-elected to serve on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the 31st Session of the IMO’s General Assembly, held at its London headquarters, on November...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges, December 3, 2019