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Calling goat farmers!

CLARKE… we eat a lot of curry goat but 80 per cent of the goat meat is imported

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke has urged farmers to prepare to significantly increase the rearing of small ruminants as the Government intends to import less goat meat into the country. "We are self-sufficient in pork and in poultry, but we import ... Read More

(L-R) RUSSELL… will join Brown. Dustin Brown (left) greets Maureen Rankine last December, the last time he was in the island. (Photo: PAUL REID) Dustin Brown returns to MoBay
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Some lucky players will get the chance to trade strokes with professio ... Read More

(L-R) Kevin Downswell had patrons dancing and shouting. Deneese Wright was well received Gospel kick-starts Hague Show
HAGUE, Trelawny — THE entertainment segment of this year's staging of the Hague Agricultural a ... Read More

PHOTO: Congrats!
Noel Sloley Jnr (right) collects the Half Moon 50th anniversary trophy from Guy Steuart, Director of ... Read More

PHOTO: MAKING IT FALMOUTH

Thursday, March 06, 2014    

Abbrozene Johnson, senior librarian at the Trelawny Parish Library (left) is presented with a copy of the book entitled, Jamaica's Fascinating Falmouth, from author, Fay Pickersgill, at the launch of the book at the Falmouth Town Hall last week Thursday. The book is a combination of historical highlights and pieces of information not widely known about the Trelawny parish capital. Read More

Western entertainment diary

Thursday, March 06, 2014    

THURSDAY March Madness Thursdays @ Margaritaville, Montego Bay from 10:00 pm - 12:00 am. Adm: $600; Ladies free before 12:00 pm. Music by: DJ Little Richie. Karaoke Thursdays @ MoBay Proper, Gloucester Avenue, Montego Bay, starts 9:00 pm. Adm.: FREE FRIDAY Exclusive Spring Break All White Party @ Sunset on the Beach, Negril. Adm: Regular-$1,000; $500 with invitation; VIP-$2,500. Redstripe's GLAMOROUS @ the Aquasol Tennis Courts, Hip Strip, Montego Bay. Gates open 7:00 pm. Adm: $1,000 before ... Read More

Western Sport Diary March 6-9

Thursday, March 06, 2014    

TODAY Westmoreland FA Cpt Bakery&Grill Major League Russia FC vs Belmont- Llandilo 3:00pm Petersfield FC vs Negril FC- Petersfield 3:00pm St James FA Dennis Barton/Weston King Div 1 Granville City vs Heights FC- Sam Sharpe TC Mountain Villa vs Irwin FC- Wyndham Copperwood vs Marl Road- Bickersteth FRIDAY St James FA Sandals/ATL/Honda Senior League Fogo United vs Reggae Youths- Jarrett Park 3:00pm Violet Kickers vs Revelation FC -Jarrett Park 5:00pm Seba FC vs Salt Spring United- ... Read More

Accused Negril bigamist back in court today

Thursday, March 06, 2014    

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — IAN Samuels, the West End Negril native accused of marrying a Canadian woman while he was still married, is scheduled to return to the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer to a charge of bigamy and three counts of forgery. Samuels, 36, who has been living in Canada since 2009 — two years after he married his second wife in the resort town of Negril — pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared before Resident Magistra ... Read More

Rotary Club stages successful disabilities workshop in Negril

BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer Writer | Thursday, March 06, 2014    

United States-based psychologist Dr Sally Bloch (standing) making her presentation to educators during the recent disabilities workshop in Negril.

NEGRIL, Westmoreland — The Rotary Club of Negril in collaboration with its partners from the United States of America recently hosted a two- day workshop for educators in the Negril area under theme 'Learning, Attention and Autism Spectrum Disorders.' The workshop, aimed at empowering participants on how to identify and deal with children with mental or physical challenges was staged on the compound of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in Negril, at a cost of $150,000. ... Read More

Clergy, council at odds over use of car park

BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at-Large, Western Bureau cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com | Thursday, March 06, 2014    

The controversial First Assemblies of God Church car park at Seaboard Street in Falmouth.

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — ANTHONY Streete, the pastor of the First Assemblies of God Church in Falmouth, has blasted the Trelawny Parish Council for not allowing his church to continue operating a car park on its premises, as part of its efforts to raise much-needed funds to expand its outreach programmes. Ironically, the council had operated the facility -- located at 6 Seaboard Street in close proximity to the $7.5 billion Falmouth Cruise port -- for more than two years on the basis of a lea ... Read More

‘Far too long’

BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter | Thursday, March 06, 2014    

From left: Giuseppe Maffessanti pose with Ann Brockett, John Miller, Carlton Wright, Kit Morrison and Howard Brockett, owners of land given to them by the St James businessman at Great River, St James.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — WHEN Montego Bay developer and builder Giuseppe Maffessanti sub-divided a parcel of land in Great River, St James, and distributed it to 32 families, he didn't expect that nearly a decade later they would still be without their titles, because of red tape. "We have been dealing with this thing for the last 10 years and up to now we can't give the people their titles. How come it is taking so long?" Maffessanti questioned. "We gave them the land with the anticipat ... Read More

I don't see where it is benefiting us

BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter | Thursday, March 06, 2014    

Cecil 'Bill' Noble

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — TRELAWNY-BASED ground transportation operators many of whom have acquired loans to purchase motor vehicles in anticipation of large volumes of work from the Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier, are now complaining bitterly that they are being short-changed. They claim that business for their vehicles from the three-year- old pier, constructed at a cost of $7.5 billion by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Port Authority of Jamaica, is woefully less than they have ... Read More

REVISED! - COCAA adjust points standings in Western Champs

BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer | Thursday, March 06, 2014    

Rusea's High's Shanice Cannigan (left) leads Herbert Morrison's Sashane Hanson in the Class 1 girls 100m hurdles at the COCAA/Gatorade/Hanover Co-op Credit Union's Western Champs last month. She was, however, disqualified from the 400m hurdles event after she had entered one more event than was allowed. (PHOTOS: PAUL REID)

MONTEGO BAY, St James — THE disqualification of Rhodes Hall's Toju Johnson and docking of points from Rusea's High's Shanice Cannigan have resulted in an adjustment to the points standings in the recent County of Cornwall Athletics Association's (COCAA) Gatorade/Hanover Co-Operative Credit Union Western Champs. The points deduction will not affect the overall champions, as both Munro College boys and St Elizabeth Technical girls extended their margins at the top of the table as a result. ... Read More

PHOTO: Thank You, Cabbies

Thursday, March 06, 2014    

Montego Bay taxi-operator Dillsdale Bailey (centre) and Joan Hines (left), a sales representative who plays dominoes with the cabbies at the St Claver's Avenue taxi- stand, make a financial contribution to Janice Pilliner, aunt of the eight orphans whose parents- 33-year-old Rosemarie Wilson, also called 'Wendy' and Junior Pilliner, otherwise called 'Tyan', a 44-year-old farmer- were killed during a gun attack at their Savanna-la-Mar home late last month. The contribution which was presented re ... Read More



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