6 h. ago Vaz: Rural School Bus Programme Will Use Contracted Operators for PATH Sutdents

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz (right), and managing director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Owen Ellington, walk alongside one of the recently procured units under the rural school bus system. The event was Tuesday’s (July 8) press conference to give an update on the system, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium, […] The post Vaz: Rural School Bus Programme Will Use Contracted Operators for PATH Sutdents appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Culture

45 h. ago Taxi Operators Back Rural School Bus Programme Despite Revenue Concerns

Taxi operators are supporting the government’s plan for a rural school bus programme, despite concerns about the impact on their potential to earn. The operators are the latest group to weigh in on the ongoing national debate. Shaloy Smikle reports. Amid continued debate between the government and the opposition about the planned school bus programme, […] The post Taxi Operators Back Rural School Bus Programme Despite Revenue Concerns appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Culture

49 h. ago Vaz Denounces Bloggers’ Attempts to Undermine Rural School Bus Programme

Transport minister, Daryl Vaz, says he’s disappointed by what he says is the wicked, evil and sustained attack on the government’s rural school bus programme by the opposition People’s National Party, PNP. Minister Vaz says the latest phase of the PNP’s attack involves the use of bloggers to raise doubt about the cost of the […] The post Vaz Denounces Bloggers’ Attempts to Undermine Rural School Bus Programme appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Politics

3 d. ago Vaz Slams ‘Reckless & Evil’ PNP Statements in Defence of Rural School Buses

Transport minister, Daryl Vaz, is describing statements made by the opposition People’s National Party about the government’s rural school bus programme as reckless. Speaking at a press briefing in St. Andrew, Minister Vaz dismissed the opposition’s stance as a vulgar attempt to fool the electorate. Minister Vaz says the government remains committed to delivering a […] The post Vaz Slams ‘Reckless & Evil’ PNP Statements in Defence of Rural School Buses appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Events

3 d. ago Parents, Teachers, Principals Welcome Rural School Bus Programme

Key education stakeholders are throwing their support behind the government’s rural school bus programme, in the face of a coordinated attack from the opposition People’s National Party, PNP. The country’s national parent teachers’ association has been joined by at least three rural area principals in supporting the move. Shaloy Smikle has more in this report. […] The post Parents, Teachers, Principals Welcome Rural School Bus Programme appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Society

3 d. ago PNP Rural Bus System Alternative a ‘Backward Step’ – Parent Teacher Association

President of the National Parent Teachers’ Association, NPTAJ, Stewart Jacobs, is suggesting the People’s National Party’s, PNP, plan to provide a subsidy to taxi operators to transport rural children is a backward move. The PNP says its plan is to provide taxi/bus operators with a subsidy to transport the children to and from school. The […] The post PNP Rural Bus System Alternative a ‘Backward Step’ – Parent Teacher Association appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Society

4 d. ago Morris Dixon Denounces PNP’s ‘Shameful & Vulgar’ Attack on Rural School Bus System

Information minister, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, has condemned what she describes as a vulgar attack by the opposition People’s National Party, PNP, on the rural school bus programme. The PNP has launched a coordinated attack on the government’s plan to provide transportation to thousands of students living in rural Jamaica, decrying the use of what […] The post Morris Dixon Denounces PNP’s ‘Shameful & Vulgar’ Attack on Rural School Bus System appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Events

2 w. ago Vaz Calls Crawford’s Rural School Bus Alternative ‘Woefully Inadequate’

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has hit back at Opposition Spokesman on Education, Senator Damion Crawford, over his criticism of the Rural School Bus Programme. Minister Vaz addressed Senator Crawford’s alternate plan for school transportation during a broadcast on social media platform X on Monday. The first batch of buses, 25 arrived at Kingston Wharves on […] The post Vaz Calls Crawford’s Rural School Bus Alternative ‘Woefully Inadequate’ appeared first on Nationwide 90FM.

Politics