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The Lawrence family from left: Zariannah, Howard, Shantoy, and Natallee. (Photo: Pat Roxborough-Wright)
CAMBRIDGE, St James - Holding hands with 14-year-old Shantoy Lawrence is an unnerving experience. They're unnaturally cold and her fingernails are a pale shade of blue, an unmistakable sign that something is terribly wrong with this incredibly beautiful, dark-complexioned girl....more
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British Airways resumes MoBay service
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - After a seven-year hiatus British Airways has resumed its service from London Gatwick to this resort city. Last Thursday, the airline began a twice-weekly non-stop service to the Sangster International Airport in the tourism capital, bringing to five the number of flights per week by the airline into the island....moreFerris Primary opens new building
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland is celebrating another boost to its infrastructure following the official opening of a new building for the principal, staffroom and grade six classroom....more 2 comments
Thursday, November 05, 2009
A St James man who admitted to being caught selling pirated videos of movies, was given time to pay off his fines when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court on Tuesday....more 1 comment
St James school gets sports gear, teaching aids from British counterpart
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 19-member group from the St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls in Lambeth, England, last week donated sports gear and thousands of dollars worth of teaching aids including laptop computers and an E-Beam to the Anchovy High School in St James....moreThursday, November 05, 2009
Lack of funding for sports in Jamaica is nothing new and national teams seeking to take part in international competitions or to host same have long begged and beseeched for a share of the sponsorship pie....more 2 comments
26 benefit from scholarships courtesy of MoBay Rotary bikeathon
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Twenty-six students from high schools, community colleges and vocational institutions were last Thursday presented with bursaries and grants totalling over $400,000, the proceeds from May's Rotary Club of Montego Bay East Bikeathon, at the Sunset Beach Resort....moreNBL-West heading for close finale
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James- The finalists in the first-ever Flow National Basketball League West competition will be decided this weekend after what is expected to be a tense, nail-biting finale....moreWestern Confed kicks off Sunday
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Two-time defending champions Wadadah FC will meet former champions Reno FC in the feature game of a triple-header at Jarrett Park on Sunday as the 2009-10 Captain's Bakery Jamaica Football Federation's Western Confederation Super League kicks off....more 4 comments
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Businessman Charles Douglas has vowed to keep his models in skimpy school uniforms on his 'Rip the Runway' fashion show, despite stinging criticisms from educators here....more 2 comments
Hopeful Digicel awaits approval for controversial cell tower
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Telecommunications provider Digicel is hopeful that its application to erect a 45-metre cellular tower in the middle-class community of West Green will be approved at today's meeting of the St James Parish Council's Physical Planning Committee....moreWho best to succeed Custos Barrett?
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Come December 14, Custos of Trelawny, Royland Barrett will demit office, after occupying the position for 17 years....more 2 comments
Treat those rusty knees and elbows to some sweet potato...
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Sweet potato (Ipomea Botatas) is indigenous to Central America, and according to archaelogical evidence, is one of the oldest vegetables known to man. When Christopher Colombus came to the New World, he discovered the Incas and the Mayas using sweet potato as a food....more 2 comments
Bogue Heights cosmetologist jailed
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James- A 30-year-old Bogue Heights cosmetologist, who often travelled to other islands in the Caribbean to earn money as a go-go dancer, was on Tuesday sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle over 7lbs of ganja to Curacao....more 5 comments
Thursday, November 05, 2009
WHITEHOUSE, St James - The executive of the Whitehouse Fisherfolk co-operative have retained a lawyer to help them recover millions of dollars worth of lobsters they say were stolen from them over a one-year period....moreMore Public Health Inspectors needed
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Ministry of Health and Environment is seeking a solution to the shortage of public health inspectors that has plagued the profession for years....more
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