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Vendor to VP
Monday, December 09, 2013
WHEN Calbert Thomas told fellow vendors at the back gate at Seaforth High School in St Thomas that he would one day trade his handcart business for a teaching job at the institution, they laughed him to scorn. Fast forward NUMBER OF YEARS; not only has Thomas accomplished that goal, but has risen Fast-forward 24 years; no ...more
Miles ahead
Monday, December 09, 2013
THE life-sized murals Caroline Miles creates often earn great admiration from some and leave others in awe that so much creativity could come from one person.
"Most times I am there painting a mural and although I have the brush in my hand people st ...more
1, 200 St Mary residents finally have piped water
Monday, December 09, 2013
MORE than 1,200 residents of several St Mary communities now have potable water flowing from taps in their homes, following the completion of the $60-million Mile Gully/Warwick Castle water supply system. The system was commissioned into service lat ...more
Miss Teen
Monday, December 09, 2013
Outgoing Miss Teen St Thomas 18-year-old Shadell Ashmead said the pageant has helped to personally build her self-confidence and self-esteem while providing the perfect platform for her to engage in acts of volunteerism.
As Ashmead gets ready to ha ...more
St Ann junior councillors want their communities better developed
Monday, December 09, 2013
There may have been young children present, some just in grade six, but it was no "dolly house" when students met for the St Ann Junior Council meeting recently at the Parish Council.
The junior councillors, chosen during Local Government Month cel ...more
'Ah done mi done'
Monday, December 09, 2013
WATT TOWN, St Ann — When Winston Dixon decided to raise goats in his backyard in Retirement, Watt Town, St Ann, he never imagined that praedial thieves would be so daring as to strike so close to home.
But Dixon has since been a victim of prae ...more
Rural Routes
Monday, December 09, 2013
These Seaforth high School students enjoy a break from the classroom as they hang out at one of their favourite spot in the school yard.
From left are Devaune Brown, Christopher Collend, Gervan Scott, Oshane Houslin, Shanice Stewart and Dwight Thoma ...more
St Ann volunteers honoured
Monday, December 09, 2013
The voluntary contribution of members of Community Development Committees (CDCs) in St Ann has not gone unnoticed as the Social Development Commission (SDC) has, for the fourth year, honoured the volunteers who have worked hard to ensure community de ...more
Cabbies protest as men shot close to police station
Sunday, December 08, 2013
TAXI operators and residents in Ocho Rios on Friday expressed anger that no police personnel were present in the bus park where two men were shot and injured by gunmen on Friday afternoon.
Taxi operators openly hurled accusations at the police who, ...more
Portland man ran over, killed by garbage truck
Saturday, November 30, 2013
RAMON Davis, 20, of Walks Lane in Orange Bay, Portland, was killed yesterday morning when a garbage truck ran over him on the Orange Bay main road in the parish.
The Port Antonio Police Traffic Department reported that about 4:15 am Davis was allege ...more
Protect brand Ocho Rios
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Newly appointed spokesperson on tourism Shahine Robinson said the resort town of Ocho Rios is in a deplorable condition and needs immediate attention.
Similar sentiments were voiced by stakeholders at the recently held St A ...more
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