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Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady (right), with Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre); and Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim; at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady (right), with Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre); and Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim; at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

Maritime Authority to Push for Blue Economy Legislation

By: Okoye Henry, March 19, 2019
Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Peter Brady, says the agency will be pushing for legislation governing exploration and development of a sustainable blue...
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), converses with Senior Director in the Ministry with responsibility for Transport Policy (International and Land), Tanya Bedward (right); and Chief Technical Director, Dr. Janice Dawkins. Occasion was the final of a series of consultations for the National Transport Policy (NTP), held on Wednesday (March 13), at The Knutford Court Hotel in St. Andrew.

Minister Montague Says Domestic Airline A Priority

By: Garfield L. Angus, March 15, 2019
Bauxite Community Development Programme Project Coordinator at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Clarence Osbourne, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 12.

JBI to Undertake Phase 7 of Bauxite Community Development Programme

By: Peta-Gay Hodges, March 13, 2019

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Chairman of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Phillip Henriques (fifth left) and JCAA Director General, Nari Williams-Singh (fourth left), with participants in the ICAO Senior and Middle Managers Training Programme on Managing Compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisation Standards and Recommended Practices. The training is being held in Jamaica from February 25 to March 1 with participants from five countries across the Caribbean and Central America.
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JCAA Hosts Global Training Course

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), through its training arm, the Civil Aviation Authority Training Institute (CAATI), is currently hosting an International Civil Aviation (ICAO) Global Training Course in Kingston....
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By: Peta-Gaye Hodges, February 27, 2019
Senior Director of Transport Policy in the Transport and Mining Ministry, Tanya Bedward (second left), converses with Acting Director of Documentation/Information and Access Services in the Ministry, Carene Harris (second right), at a consultation on the National Transport Policy (NTP), at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 21. Also sharing in the discussion are Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dr. Janine Dawkins (left); and Senior International Transport Policy Officer in the Ministry, Hassin Fulton.
Transport

Transport Policy Being Reviewed

The Transport and Mining Ministry is staging a series of stakeholder consultations to guide the review of the 2007 National Transport Policy (NTP). The policy, which was first promulgated in...
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By: Chad Bryan, February 24, 2019
Director of Lands and Administrator of the Bauxite Community Development Programme at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Diane Gordon, speaks with Chairman of the Content Farmers Cluster in the JSIF/JBI Water Harvesting and Greenhouse Cluster Project, Errol Williams, on a recent tour of the Manchester-based facility.
Transport

JBI to Launch Scholarship Programme

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is to launch scholarships for young persons in its greenhouse cluster areas, called the JBI/Alcan Rio Tinto Legacy Fund Scholarship Programme. The programme was created...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges, February 20, 2019