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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (second left), makes a point while addressing a press briefing at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew today (October 13). Others (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams, and Chairman of the Transport Authority (TA), Joseph Shoucair.
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry (second left), makes a point while addressing a press briefing at his Maxfield Avenue offices in St. Andrew today (October 13). Others (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Paul Abrahams, and Chairman of the Transport Authority (TA), Joseph Shoucair.

Board and Trade Unions to Settle Overstaffing at JUTC

By: Garfield L. Angus, October 13, 2017
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Board and trade unions will be settling the issue of overstaffing at the company. According...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the newly upgraded 2.44-kilometre section of Marcus Garvey Drive, between East Avenue and Harbour Street in Kingston, on Thursday, October 5. The US$20.5 million project was implemented by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation through the National Works Agency (NWA) and executed by China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) under the Government’s Major Infrastructure Development Programme. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Niu Qingbao; Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister/Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Opposition Spokesman on Works, Mikael Phillips; Local Government and Community Development Minister and Member of Parliament for West Kingston where the roadway is located, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; NWA Chief Executive Officer, E.G. Hunter; CHEC Deputy General Manager, Dr. Zhimin Hu; and NWA Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw.

Prime Minister Officially Opens Upgraded Marcus Garvey Drive

By: JIS Writer, October 6, 2017
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Government Collects $160 Million Under Traffic Ticket Amnesty

By: Latonya Linton, October 5, 2017

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Executive Director, Caribbean Maritime Institute, Dr. Fritz Pinnock, speaking at the Rotary Club of Spanish Town’s meeting on Tuesday, September 19, held at the Police Officers’ Club in Kingston.
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