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From Route Inspector to Managing Director of Transport Authority

From Route Inspector to Managing Director of Transport Authority
By: By: Peta-Gay Hodges, April 17, 2024

Ralston Smith has risen through the ranks from a Route Inspector in 1992, to become Managing Director (MD) of the Transport Authority (TA), just over 30 years later, fulfilling a pronouncement that was made over his life early in his career. The Managing Director tells JIS News that he has spent his entire career at the TA and is proud...

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Director of Capacity Building and Special Programmes at WISTA Jamaica, Kishan Gordon-Chambers.

National WISTA Association Creating Opportunities for Women in Maritime Industry

By: Astha Prendergast March 31, 2024

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Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Andrew Spencer (third left), speaks with Carnival Corporation’s Vice President of Crew and Travel Operations, Richard Brearley (second right); and Manager, Marine Talent Attraction, Carnival Cruise Line, Mihaela Costache (right), during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will provide maritime training for CMU students over the next five years. Others (from left) are CMU’s Vice President of Academic Affairs and Accreditation, Professor Noel Brown; Vice President of Administration/University Registrar, CMU, Keisha Walker; and Captain Devron Newman from the CMU’s Faculty of Marine & Nautical Studies.  
Transport

Carnival Hails Agreement with CMU as a Signal of Confidence in Jamaica

An agreement between Carnival Cruise Line and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), which will provide maritime training and job opportunities for local students, is being hailed by parent company, Carnival Corporation, as a signal of its commitment to and confidence in Jamaica. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was signed on March 7, 2023, will see 45 maritime students at the...
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By: Garwin Davis
Newly elected President of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC), Dr. Evette Smith Johnson (second left) is joined by members of the Governing Council of the Association. From left are Immediate Past President, Tamara Lowe-James (Dominica); Vice President (VP), Public Relations and Marketing, Tricia King (St. Kitts and Nevis); Director, Finance, Ilaisa Lila (Suriname); VP Research and Development, Suzette Balkaran (Trinidad and Tobago); VP Women and Development, Katina Benn (Guyana); VP Membership and Administration, Abigail Bryan (Jamaica); Member-at-large, Calita Benjamin (Dominica); and Director of Corporate Affairs, Racquel Forbes (Jamaica).  The Governing Council was elected at the WiMAC Regional Conference and sixth Annual General Meeting held recently at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny.  
Gender AffairsTransport

New President of Caribbean Maritime Women Embraces Her Role

Newly elected President of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC), Dr. Evette Smith Johnson, believes in creating a safe environment for women in the maritime industry where they can share, air their concerns and be given room to grow. This, she tells JIS News, should be done in tandem with the umbrella vision that the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
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By: Peta-Gay Hodges
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points to something of interest while walking along a paved section of the Grants Pen roadway during a tour of the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) on April 13. He is accompanied by personnel from the National Works Agency (NWA) and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC).
Transport

Gov’t Investing In Road Network to Improve Safety and Drive Development

The Government of Jamaica is investing billions of dollars in improving the country’s road network, to ensure safe and efficient travel for all citizens, and create a platform for increased growth and development. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the objective is to create a more seamless and connected Jamaica. By linking farmers to markets, workers to jobs,...
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By: Mickella Anderson
Director at the Road Safety Unit (RSU), Ministry of Transport and Mining, Deidre Hudson-Sinclair (right), addresses students at the St. Catherine-based St. Jago High School, during a recent road code test administered by the RSU and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.
EducationTransportYouth

Teens Learning to be Safe Drivers

High-school students across the island are being taught safe and responsible driving before getting behind the wheel, through a Learner Driver Education Programme being undertaken by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). Education/Information Officer at the RSU, Dontae Matthews, tells JIS News that the programme seeks to introduce road and vehicular safety information to students, particularly...
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By: Latonya Linton
Transport

Greater use pf Technology May Reduce Road Fatalities – Dr. Lucien Jones

Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr. Lucien Jones, is asserting that greater integration of technology on the nation’s roads may assist in reducing speeding, preventing accidents and deaths. He says this includes the installation of cameras which will detect speeding, enforce speed limits, and reduce traffic collisions and injuries. Speaking with JIS News, Dr. Jones notes that...
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Transport

Greater use of Technology May Reduce Road Fatalities – Dr. Lucien Jones

Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr. Lucien Jones, is asserting that greater integration of technology on the nation’s roads may assist in reducing speeding, preventing accidents and deaths. He says this includes the installation of cameras which will detect speeding, enforce speed limits, and reduce traffic collisions and injuries. Speaking with JIS News, Dr. Jones notes that...
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By: CHRIS PATTERSO
Chief Executive Officer of MBJ Airports Limited, Shane Munroe (right), interacts with (from left) Jamaica Vacations (JamVac) Chairman, Lloyd Barnett, and Manager for Commercial Development and Marketing, MBJ, Sharon Hislop-Holt, at one of the kiosks at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James.
Transport

Sangster International Airport Being Transformed Into A World-Class Facility

The Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James, is undergoing significant modernisation designed to transform it into a world-class facility. Business interests and stakeholders say this is expected to result in the airport’s repositioning to be on par with corresponding facilities in developed countries. They cite the programmed US$70-million runway expansion, opening of the world’s first Bob Marley...
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By: Garwin Davis
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (left, seated), looks on while President of the Jamaica Caribbean (JAMCARIB) Youth Network for Road Safety, Danielle Thomas (left, at podium), makes a presentation at the inaugural meeting of the group, held at the University of Technology (Utech) in St. Andrew, recently. Looking on (at left) is Vice President of the organisation, Olivia Lindsay.
TransportYouth

Youth Network Established to Promote Road Safety

National initiatives to reduce road fatalities have been given a fillip through the recently established Jamaica Caribbean (JAMCARIB) Youth Network for Road Safety. A project of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), the group seeks to engage some 5,000 young people in Jamaica and across the Caribbean in designing, developing, and implementing programmes and projects aimed at promoting road...
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By: Garfield L. Angus
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