Although the government has budgeted $169 million for the reconstruction of the Troy bridge in the next financial year, residents of the Trelawny community are wary after “so many false promises” since the original structure collapsed in August.
An attempt by legislator Dwight Sibblies to block questions asked by Fitz Jackson of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development concerning boundary changes in Portmore, St Catherine, was shut down during Tuesday’s meeting of the.
The Government says it will be refurbishing 105 buses as part of short-term measures to improve the service offered by Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), which has fallen short in supplying the required fleet for commuters with a roll-out of just 175 units per day. This rehabilitation initiative is among a raft of strategies Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz unveiled during a statement to Parliament on.
The Pamela Monroe Ellis-led Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) is being urged to comb through the books of HEART/NSTA Trust amid allegations of nepotism and corruption at the skills-training institution. The call came during a People’s National.