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Port Maria Market vendors complain
A new market has been built in Port Maria, St Mary, at a cost of $56 million to accommodate all vendors, including those who were selling illegally on the streets of the town.However, vendors have complained that the location is not good for business as not many buyers have been visiting... Read More
67 St James residents receive land titles
MINISTER of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr on Thursday handed out land titles to 67 residents from six communities across St James.... Read More
Petroleum sector suffering from high gas prices
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association President Dianne Parram says the continued increase in gas prices is having a “devastating impact” on petroleum retailers.... Read More
Duanvale produces yet another centenarian
DUANVALE, Trelawny - When former People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the Sherwood Content Division David Hubert Brown, affectionately called Blue Boots, celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month, he became the latest centenarian emerging from the...... Read More
Riu's Executive Chef O'Neil Vernon shares journey as hotel marks 20 years in Jamaica
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Hanover native O'Neil Vernon attributes the culinary skills he acquired in his mother's kitchen to his meteoric rise from an assistant cook at Riu Palace Tropical Bay in Negril — where he started 20 years ago when the Spanish hotel chain set up shop in... Read More
Education ministry gets full support from western Jamaica educators
LUCEA, Hanover — Some school principals in western Jamaica have given the Ministry of Education's adjustment to face-to-face classes their full support. Read More
Overwhelming endorsement for new Trelawny custos
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - After being instrumental in staging one of the most successful Hague Agricultural shows last year, Member of Parliament for Trelawny Northern Tova Hamilton is disheartened that the novel coronavirus pandemic ruled out this year's staging of the annual show, which is... Read More
Distin ready for SEC
The timing of the South Eastern Conference (SEC) indoor track and field championships could not have come at a better time for former Rusea's High School jumper Lamara Distin who now attends Texas A&M University on an athletics scholarship. Read More
Westmoreland native Da Goddess launches music career
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Up-and-coming artiste Da Goddess is actively working to cement her place in the music industry, despite the negative impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry. Read More
Pharmacist by day, candle maker by night
MONTEGO BAY, St James - What started out as a hobby to pass time has now illuminated into a burning passion for one Jamaican woman, who operates under the business name IllumiScents. Read More
Principals back Fayval
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Education Minister Fayval Williams' announcement yesterday of an immediate end to face-to-face classes for students in lower grades in primary and secondary schools has received support from a number of... Read More
$38-M UPGRADE!
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Vanzie Lands housing scheme here is poised for major transformation as some $38 million has been earmarked for a massive road rehabilitation programme in the run-down community. Read More
SWEET VICTORY!
Courtney Lawrence and Daniel Cope of Cloud County Community College and Tyrese Reid of Barton County College got their first taste of US collegiate success over the weekend after winning their respective events at the National Junior College Athletics Association... Read More
Welcome gift
The Cornwall College track and field team recently received a tent and equipment as they prepare for the expected restart of competition. The tent was donated by family members of the late Dr Sammy Williams, in memory of that outstanding Cornwallian, while members of the Toronto chapter... Read More
Ocho Rios businessman not deterred by COVID-19
MONTEGO BAY, St James — While the novel coronavirus has brought much of the tourism sector to a screeching halt, owner of Double V Multi-Purpose Complex in Ocho Rios, St Ann, Colin Mills remains undeterred in going forward with expansion plans. Read More
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