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21-year-old cops inaugural MBCC's Culinary Arts Club's Bakers' Cup

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�Growing up on Fustic Road, a busy commercial street in the heart of Montego Bay, has not deterred 21-year-old Davio Henry's dream of making her mark in the field of culinary arts.

Capture land woes

SCARLETT HALL, Trelawny — Scores of individuals who informally occupy lots on a 167-acre property in Scarlett Hall, Trelawny, are now picking up the pieces after unknown masked men, wielding sledge hammers, demolished about six of the several houses under construction during a...

Agriculture minister wants Jamaica to capitalise on wellness tourism

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�With Jamaica boasting a wide array of native medicinal plants, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green is of the view that enough is not being done to capitalise on wellness...

Tale of a gay Jamaican

MONTEGO BAY, St James -�While the date July 13, 2016 might be regular to others, for 24-year-old Keneil Beckford this date will be stamped on his memory forever, due to the trauma and pain caused by people he trusted.

Holness promises more low-cost houses for St Mary

GALINA, St Mary — A 300-unit development will be built in St Mary soon as part of efforts to address squatting by providing affordable housing. This was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness during a recent visit to the north-eastern parish.

5 western Jamaica players invited to basketball trials

Five players from western Jamaica have been invited to the final trials for the national Under-17 basketball team that will be held in Kingston, this weekend at Jamaica College in St Andrew.

Lessons to be learned from McLeod, Osaka and Sha'Carrie

There are lessons to be learned by young Jamaicans aspiring to be professional athletes in three very well publicised recent events involving our 2016 Olympic Games 110m hurdles champion Omar McLeod, Japanese Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka, and American sprinter...

Odaine ties the knot

Former Cornwall College and Jamaica track and field representative Odaine Lewis tied the knot with his girlfriend Nosharian Latham on Saturday.

Sandals Foundation hosts 'safe' back-to-school treats in Westmoreland and Hanover

NEGRIL, Westmoreland -�With the new school year set to begin in a few weeks, close to 600 students in infant and primary schools will be benefiting from back-to-school initiatives spearheaded by the Sandals Foundation, Sandals Negril, and Beaches...

Don't crush the psychedelic mushroom industry, warns former CLA head

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Former chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), Dr Andre Gordon is warning regulators against repeating the mistake of overregulating the budding psychedelic mushroom industry in a similar vein as the cannabis industry.

Abandoned by his dad, St Ann cop now a father figure to many

LUMSDEN, St Ann — The combination of being abandoned by his father as a youngster then having the mother of his child leaving him to care for their six-month-old alone could have made Richard Plummer bitter. Instead, he has become a nurturer.

Triplets ace PEP, now mom worried about school fees

BURNT SAVANNAH, St Elizabeth — Even as she celebrates her triplets' latest academic feat, Tamara Barrett remains wary of the financial challenges ahead.

Do better, JPS, urge Bluefields residents

BLUEFIELDS, Westmoreland — A recent spate of interruptions to the power supply has left members of this and nearby communities calling on utility provider Jamaica Public Service Company to do better.

Suspects in Nattallie Dawkins murder to get legal aid

MAY PEN, Clarendon — The two men charged with the murder of teacher Nattallie Dawkins, 19-year-old Eladio Goulbourne and 20-year-old Mario Headly, are to be assigned legal aid ahead of going back to court on September 13. They were both remanded in custody when they appeared in the...

From teen mom to cybersecurity analyst with US Homeland Security

LIME TREE GARDEN, St Ann — At 16, Antoinette Shirley, an impressionable young girl living in Lime Tree Garden, St Ann, had two things in mind — mothering her newborn child as best as she could and finding a way to make her dreams become reality. The latter was the more...