- Liberia's last Ebola patient discharged 9:29 AM
- Barbados Gov't denies anti-Caricom stance 9:19 AM
- UPDATE: Two women fatally shot on Red Hills Road 8:58 AM
- Teachers, students learn money management skills 8:30 AM
- Policeman among seven shot and injured 12:01 AM
- Section of Bog Walk Gorge main road reduced to single-lane traffic 9:44 PM
- US ambassador to South Korea slashed on face and wrist in attack 8:42 PM
- LIME launches lucrative National Street Futsal tournament 8:31 PM
- Viv Richards releases song 7:22 PM
- Kellier explains reasons for Mexican workers at Jamaica Grande 6:58 PM
- Attorney-at-law Michael Lorne charged with fraud 6:53 PM
- Ferguson hits back at claims CHIKV mangement caused economy contraction 6:34 PM
- UPDATE: Man commits suicide after chopping girlfriend 6:20 PM
- Councillor Reid offered $300,000 bail, to face trial on May 26 5:58 PM
- Gas prices up $3.47, diesel up $3.10 5:53 PM
- FOREX: J$115.58 to one US dollar 5:44 PM
- Workers at Moon Palace Jamaica Grande protest again 4:36 PM
- Ex-cop shoots wife 4:15 PM
- Demarco escapes injury in motor vehicle crash 4:08 PM
- Michael Brown's family disappointed with Justice Department 2:58 PM
- UCJ hosts workshops on detecting credential, CV fraud 2:48 PM
- Canadian man charged with causing St Lucia child's death 2:10 PM
- US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticises police force 2:01 PM
- Baby dies, parents hospitalised after motor vehicle plunges into river 1:39 PM
- FIFA President recommends stiffer sanctions against racism 1:35 PM
Western News
A mother’s GRIEF
On Monday, May 27, 2013, when Marvia Patterson beheaded four-year-old Natasha Brown in the rural community of Duanvale, it was the first time that the little girl’s mother Marvilyn Graham had allowed her to leave home to walk on her own the short distance to her basic school in the district. ... Read More
MoBay City Run hopes
to raise $5million
ORGANISERS of the second Flow MoBay City Run are hoping to raise $5 million from the staging of this ... Read More
Sandals Montego Bay to co-sponsor Green Pond High 10th anniversary celebrations
MONTEGO BAY, St JAMES - SANDALS Montego Bay will later this month partner with the Green Pond High S ... Read More
Cornwall
Regional
Hospital
donation
Keriesa Bell-Cummings (third left), senior hospital administrator, and Denise Forsythe (fourth left) ... Read More
Green Pond gets computer lab
MINISTER of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell last week handed over a $4.7 million state-of-the-art computer and resource laboratory to the Green Pond Primary and Junior High School located in the inner-city community of Green Pond in St James. The new facility is a project of the Universal Service Fund, controlled by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Paulwell said that the facility is one of over 200 such centres across the island, with St James acc ... Read More
NWA moves to improve safety along Elegant Corridor
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- THE National Works Agency (NWA) is moving to improve road safety along the Elegant Corridor in St James through the implementation of a project aimed at reducing excessive speeding along that thoroughfare. The project involves the installation of rumble strips in the vicinity of the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, which has seen an alarmingly high incidence of fatalities, due in part to excessive speeding. Rumble strips are a series of small raised pavement markers, which ... Read More
Power Brokers Workshop and Luncheon
Rochelle Cameron (right) head of LIME's regulatory and legal affairs, north, makes a point during a panel discussion at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and industry (MBCCI) Power Brokers Workshop and Luncheon held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Rose Hall last week. Other members of the panel include (from left) Nathan Robb, president, MBCCI; Kelly Tomblin, CEO, Jamaica Public Service; Cordel Green, executive director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica; and Wayne Cummings, senior dire ... Read More
The Tryall Club gets new managing director
TRYALL, Hanover -- ARAM Zerunian has been appointed the new managing director for The Tryall Club in Hanover. He replaces Sam James. Zerunian comes to the 89 villa Tryall Club from the Half Moon Hotel and Villas, where he served as general manager for 13 years. He has extensive experience in all aspects of resort operations, including construction, villa operations renovations, new facility opening, project management, budgeting, training, food and beverage, and administration. "Mr Zerunian ... Read More
MBU, Reno to continue battles in RSPL
WESTERN-based clubs Montego Bay United (MBU) and Reno FC will continue their battles at either end of the Red Stripe Premier League table with home games against Harbour View and Tivoli Gardens respectively on Sunday. Defending champions Montego Bay United who are in a battle for a semi-final place will host sixth-place Harbour View at WesPow Park, while Reno FC in 11th place, host fifth-placed Tivoli. Both games are set to start at 3:30 pm. Montego Bay United are in third place on 44 points, ... Read More
UWI, WJC scholarship fund launched
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- THE University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus Ambassadorial Corps Scholarship Fund kick-started last week with $1.6-million during an official launch of the fund at the offices of Rainforest Seafoods in Montego Bay. The fund, which is being set up to assist students in need of financial assistance, got underway with a $1-million donation from a major sponsor and $100,000 pledges each from six of the 12 members of the ambassadorial corps, who will demit offic ... Read More
Beaches Negril's Anthony Campbell is Westmoreland FA's MVP
WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland -- Anthony Campbell, captain of champions Beaches Negril was on Sunday named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2013-14 Westmoreland Football Association's Captain's Bakery and Grill Major League at the awards ceremony held at Sandals Whitehouse in the parish. Beaches Negril dominated the Westmoreland Major League last season, and won three of the major awards handed out on Sunday. Other awardees from the resort were Desmond Montaque who was named top defend ... Read More
Albert Town JPs recognised
SIX veteran justices of the peace (JPs) who have collectively served in southern Trelawny for almost 200 years were honoured during a glitzy ceremony hosted by the Albert Town Zone of the Trelawny Association of Lay Magistrates in that town last week. Among the half dozen who received accolades for their outstanding services, was 92-year-old businessman Kenneth Grant, who for the past 47 years has provided exemplary services as a justice of the peace to the citizens of Albert Town and surroun ... Read More
Let's export sprinters
WE got news last week that former Jamaican sprinter Jacques Harvey has chosen to represent Turkey and has completed the change of allegiance process. We have no information as to why the Hanover native might have made the move to take his talents elsewhere. However, the fact that he has also changed his name to Jak Ali Harvey, is a signal that he has converted to Islam. What is certain is that with his personal bests still above the 10.00-second mark in the 100m and 20.00 seconds in the 200m, ... Read More
Teaching the minister
Young Ariana Dias (second right) shows Minister with responsibility for Sports Natalie Neita Headley (centre) the proper way to hold a table tennis racket during the Jamaica Open Winter Table Tennis Championships at the Montego Bay Community College on Sunday. Sharing in the moment are (from left) Kendra Reid, Kayne Brown and Jerry Reid of the Institute of Sports. (PHOTO: ALAN LEWIN) Read More
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