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Darien Henry heads to MoBay Community College

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Almost 200 vaccinated at AM Resorts blitz

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�Roughly 200 tourism workers employed to the Secrets, Breathless and Zoetry Resorts and Spas, subsidiaries of the AM Resorts Group, were vaccinated against COVID-19 last Thursday during a blitz held at Secrets Resorts and Spa in Montego...

Kimberlee's kindness knows no bounds

WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland — An infectious smile flashed across Kimberlee Callam's face as she recalled one of her very first acts of kindness.

All set for inaugural Tryall-CUMI Charity Golf Tournament

TRYALL, Hanover — All systems go for Saturday's inaugural staging of the Tryall-CUMI Charity Golf Tournament to be held at the Tryall Golf Course in Hanover, starting at 9:00 am, organisers say.

'We Prayed'

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�Simone McPherson, the mother of former Jamaican national track and field representative Kevin Nedrick, said she was “overwhelmed” with emotions last Friday when she got news that her son had been acquitted of sexual...

Mandeville outpatients want facility to remain at SDA church

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Operations at the relocated Mandeville Regional Hospital outpatient department progressed so smoothly yesterday that some patients are hoping that the facility remains at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church.

'Wait and See'

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�When cruise shipping returned to the island for the first time in over a year last month with the arrival of a vessel in Ocho Rios, St Ann, stakeholders in the nearby parishes of Trelawny and St James began to salivate in...

Hospital's outpatient department relocated

OPERATIONS of the Mandeville Regional Hospital Outpatient Department will be relocated to the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church Hall, 3A Caledonia Road, Mandeville, as of today, September 8.

Westmoreland Chamber offers options to no-movement days

BY ANTHONY LEWIS

Ocean's 11 boss looking forward to more cruise ships

OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Forced to lay off about a third of his workforce at Ocean's 11 when COVID-19 upended the economy, former Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Manley Bowen is hoping last month's reopening of the cruise shipping industry means better days are ahead.

Highway completion date extended to 2023

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Motorists eager for the completion of work on the US$188-million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000's east-west corridor will have to wait longer as the project has been extended to January 2023.

Doc's quest to protect the environment

STONEHENGE, St James — In the quiet, rural community of Stonehenge, a one-man battle to save the environmental has raged for four years.

Chen wants stronger vaccination push

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Chairman Wayne Chen says Jamaica should be vaccinating at least 15,000 people daily and push to have 60 per cent of the population inoculated three months ahead of the March 2022 deadline set by the...

No storage problem for COVID victims, says Lyn

MANDEVILLE, Manchester – Despite Jamaica having recorded more than 1,600 COVID-19 related deaths since the onset of the pandemic, including more than 350 in August, veteran funeral director Calvin Lyn says there is no issue with storage space for the...

Funeral director calls for changes at RGD

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Jamaica Association of Certified Embalmers (JACE) and Funeral Directors Calvin Lyn is calling for changes to be made at the Registrar General's Department (RGD) for the agency to issue copies of a cause of death...