JUTC to save $1.3 billion on fuel bill—here’s how

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is estimated that by the end of the financial year in March next year, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will save $1.3 billion on its projected fuel bill….

Jamaica has records 40 road deaths in July

Reading Time: 2 minutesPolice data have revealed that forty people have died in motor vehicle crashes so far this month, marking the first time this year and all of last year that road fatalities for a single calendar month have hit that figure.

The 40th fatality was the previously unreported death of a 68-year-old woman, who died in a two-vehicle collision along Gordon Town Road in St Andrew on Saturday. The incident, which occurred at 10:50 am, was listed in the daily fatal collision report published on Wednesday by the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch. Her name and further details were not disclosed.

Russian national fined $2m for fatal Palisadoes crash

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlexey Zaytsev, a Russian national who caused the deaths of four people in a December 2022 car crash along the Palisadoes main road in Kingston, has been given seven days to pay $2 million in fines or serve three months in prison.

53-year-old Zaytsev was fined on Friday, August 1, by Justice Leighton Pusey in the Home Circuit after pleading guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Prime Minister Holness shares plans to develop Jamaica’s next city in St Elizabeth

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrime Minister Dr Andrew Holness outlined plans to create a new city in the parish of St Elizabeth during the grand opening of KFC Black River on Saturday, July 26,…

TAJ says 10% of eMVRCs are being done online since the first 10 days of rollout

Reading Time: 2 minutesTax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is seeing a positive response to the number of persons using its online platform to renew the registration for their private motor vehicle during the first 10 days of the roll out of the new electronic Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate (eMVRC).

Since the July 21, 2025, introduction of the eMVRC, a total of 23,466 transactions have been processed, with over 2,300 or 10 per cent of motorists opting to renew their motor vehicle registration online.

Another JUTC bus damaged along Marcus Garvey Drive

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus has been damaged in a stone-throwing incident.

The incident occurred at around 6:30 am on Thursday morning along Marcus Garvey Drive in the vicinity of T Geddes Grant in Kingston.

Refurbished Stony Hill Police Station officially reopened

Reading Time: 3 minutesJuliet Cuthbert-Flynn, Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to modernising police infrastructure and enhancing public safety. “This is not just a dream; this…

Jamaica to benefit from CDB, GCF-funded energy sector transformation programme

Reading Time: 3 minutesJamaica is one of three Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) member countries that will benefit from US$26.7 million in funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for an innovative energy initiative…