Regional

Thanks for saving the dogs

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Managing director of the Montego Bay Animal Haven Tammy Browne still cannot believe she managed to pull off the Caribbean's largest-ever single exportation of dogs. And she is full of praise for all who helped her fly 144 mongrels from Montego Bay, on a...

$26-m drop in revenue

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Long lines and heavy crowds at the tax office, a side effect of safety measures in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, are partially being blamed for a more than $26-million drop in property tax revenue in...

'Help us help the students'

GRANVILLE, St James — The Kiwanis Club of Montego Freeport, which has partnered with the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College Diagnostic and Early Intervention Centre to launch a programme that helps children with learning disabilities, is hoping corporate Jamaica will come on board to...

What about us?

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — President of Funeral Directors Association of Jamaica Melvin Honeyghan is expressing grave disappointment with Government's recent adjustment to the ban on burials, arguing that only funeral directors who are contracted by the State will benefit from...

Taking the jab? Westmoreland CMO offers tips

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Chief medical officer (CMO) for Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital Dr Marcia Graham has provided tips for those receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. It ranges from items needed, what to wear to how much time the process will...

No Bypass Delay

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has flatly denied claims that the long-awaited Montego Bay bypass road project will be delayed.

Outstanding!

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Mt Alvernia High School's Class 2 long jumper Aaliyah Foster and Albert Town High's Class 3 middle distance runner Neon Smith were among the top performers at last Saturday's Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Qualifyication Trials 3.0,...

Western stars on show at NCAA

WESTERN Jamaica was well represented at last weekend's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a trio of former County of Cornwall Athletics Association (COCAA) champions among the stars at Randal Tyson Center at University of...

St Bess four-year-old farmer means business

In Bethsalem District, St Elizabeth, four-year-old Oneil Grant, otherwise known as Chris, tends to his goats, rabbits, chickens and crops with a fearless and tenacious spirit.

Business leaders in 'road rage' over new MoBay bypass delay

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Upset by a recent pronouncement that the date for the start of construction of the much-anticipated Montego Bay bypass road project has been pushed back until the end of next year, the Montego Bay business community is seeking audience with the Government...

Guns, ganja seized by security forces in Westmoreland

FIVE people were arrested in a major drug/gun bust by a joint police-military operation in Westmoreland on the weekend.

'Divine intervention'

MURRAY MOUNT, St Ann — The same day an old wagon van used by caregivers at Widow's Mite home became totally unusable, a charitable organisation gave them a new bus.

Caribbean defiance!

The March 4, 2021 reopening of Beaches Ocho Rios, the last of the Sandals resorts to roar back to life in Jamaica, has sparked hope for the revival of tourism, in Caribbean defiance of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Crime trending down in Manchester, police say

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Police here are reporting a 26 per cent reduction in major crimes recorded since the start of this year, in comparison to the corresponding period last year

VIDEO: COVID vaccine safe and effective, doctor assures Jamaicans

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Acting medical officer of health at the Manchester Health Department Dr Shonette Blair-Walters has added her voice to prominent Jamaicans encouraging their compatriots to take the COVID-19 vaccine, even as Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell questioned the...