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PHOTO - Making A Pass
Flanker's midfielder Colin Haughton (front) passes the ball as Maldon High's Shaquille Topping chases him in Monday's St James FA Sandals Resort International Under-20 game at the UDC field in Montego Bay. Flanker won the game 1-0. (Photo: Paul Reid) Read More
MoBay entertainer 'Changa Changa' returns to court next month
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Robert Lee Young, otherwise called “Changa Changa” is to return to court on Friday, September 27 to answer to charges of resisting arrest and indecent language. Read More
Game Time!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — University of the West Indies- Western Jamaica Campus (UWI-WJC) Jayhawks and Montego Bay Community College Gladiators are to meet today in Game Three of the Western Basketball Association Men's Division One final at the Montego Bay Cricket Club to decide the... Read More
PHOTO: Independence Day Civic Ceremony
Trelawny Festival Queen Nordi-kay Wiggan (second right) is flanked by councillors (from left) Garth Wilkinson, Jonathan Bartley, Nicole Nugent, and Phillip Service during the Independence Day Civic Ceremony put on by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and the Trelawny Municipal... Read More
PHOTO: Under pressure!
Maldon High's Vashaun Brown (left) tries to pull back Flanker's Chevaughn White in Monday's St James FA Sandals Resort International Under-20 game at the UDC field in Montego Bay. Flanker won the game 1-0. (Photo: Paul Reid) Read More
PHOTO: Fireman at work
Mystic, 'the fireman', blows fire during his performance at the second staging of the Emancipation Jamboree and Cultural Expo held at the Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James last Saturday. The event featured art and craft, fashion displays, local food, entertainment, and a Kiddies Village. Read More
Blenheim United HFA favourites
LUCEA, Hanover — Blenheim United finished at the top of the points standings in the Hanover Football Association's Division One, and will start favourites to win the title. Read More
Fireman at work
Mystic, 'the fireman', blows fire during his performance at the second staging of the Emancipation Jamboree and Cultural Expo held at the Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James last Saturday. The event featured art and craft, fashion displays, local food, entertainment, and a Kiddies Village. Read More
Drummer Nelson Miller sent home in musical style
Port Antonio — Music was always a big part of the life Nelson Beaverbrook Miller and fittingly paid a major part in his final send-off at the Port Antonio Baptist Church recently. Read More
NATURAL BEAUTY - THE BLUE LAGOON
Marvin Oldacre, better known as Captain Marvin has been working at the Blue Lagoon in Portland for 27 years and has made a livelihood there. Read More
Sandals butlers inducted into Guild of Professional English Butlers
Ninety-two butlers from Sandals Royal Plantation and Sandals Ochi Beach Resort were recently presented with their certificates and pins signifying their induction to the Guild of Professional English Butlers following a five-day training session at Sandals Ochi. Read More
David Lane mourns slain teacher
The police have arrested the main suspect in last Tuesday's killing of schoolteacher Latoya Hill in David Lane, Portland, but that has not eased the pain for the family and friends who are continuing to mourn. Read More
'Sisterhood of a Second Chance'
Scores of teenage mothers are now back in the formal school system, or doing skills training through the support of the Port Antonio and Highgate women's centres. Read More
PHOTO: WATER SEARCH
Desperate for water “Calvin” set off in search of the precious commodity in Portland last week with his donkey “Rude Boy” to carry the load. Read More
'Nuh dutty up MoBay'
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer is urging residents of St James to protect the environment of the tourism capital of Jamaica, Montego Bay, through the proper disposal of garbage. Read More
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