Vaz: Rural School Bus System on track for September rollout

Reading Time: 3 minutesTransport Minister Daryl Vaz has announced that the government’s Rural School Bus System remains firmly on track for rollout in September 2025, with approximately 110 buses expected to arrive by the end of July.

Vaz outlined that the Rural School Bus System is aimed at addressing the significant inconvenience and danger faced by Jamaican children when they travel to rural schools.

Toll Authority of Jamaica ensuring toll road safety

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Toll Authority of Jamaica (TAJ) is working with TransJamaican Highway Company Limited (TJH) and Jamaica North-South Highway Company Limited (JNSHC) to ensure the safety of Jamaica’s toll roads.   

Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Senior Toll Road Inspector at the TAJ, Delon Wauchope, pointed to the presence of several safety elements along the roadways.

Transport minister defends feasibility of the Rural Bus System

Reading Time: 4 minutesTransport Minister Daryl Vaz has strongly defended the government’s Rural School Bus System amid what he described as disingenuous and politically motivated attacks by the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP).

Vaz stated that although the opposition has sought to turn the bus system into a political football, he noted that the bus system is not a matter to be politicised because it benefits all rural parents and students regardless of colour, creed or political affiliation.

Death toll from Texas flood hits triple-digits as tally of missing tops 180

Reading Time: 5 minutesKERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday (July 8) to at least 109,…

Three arrested after dynamite cache sezied in St Thomas

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInvestigators assigned to the St Thomas Police Division seized 510 sticks of dynamite during an operation in the town of Yallahs on Monday (July 7). Reports from the Morant Bay…

Cornwall Regional redevelopment reaches 60% completion mark

Reading Time: 3 minutesMinister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton says that the redevelopment of Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, has reached a critical milestone, with more than 60 per cent…

Series of earthquakes strike Guatemala

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) A series of earthquakes rocked Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon (July 8), prompting authorities to ask residents to evacuate from buildings in case of further aftershocks. Mid-afternoon, a…

Biggest OOCUR conference anticipated in Jamaica in October

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDurrant Pate/Contributor Registration has opened for what is expected to be the biggest annual conference of the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR), set for October 26-29 in Jamaica. OCCUR’s…

Influenced by escalating US trade policy uncertainty, Canada’s services economy continues slide in June

Reading Time: 2 minutesAmid escalating US trade policy uncertainty, Canada’s services economy contracted at a steeper pace in June with depressed activity and cost pressures increasing as revealed by S&P Global’s Canada services…

Rubio impersonator using AI contacted foreign ministers, cable says

Reading Time: 2 minutesWASHINGTON (Reuters) An individual using an artificially generated voice to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers and two US officials last month, pretending to be the top U.S. diplomat,…

Chinese premier calls for commitment to building open world economy

Reading Time: 4 minutesChinese Premier Li Qiang has called for commitment to building an open world economy, and urged opposing unilateralism and protectionism. When addressing the plenary sessions of the 17th BRICS Summit…

Digicel shutting down Loop News, SportsMax and ‘Rising Stars’

Reading Time: 2 minutesDigicel has announced the closure of the online news site Loop News with immediate effect, and the closure of the television station SportsMax in August. The changes announced on Tuesday…