Mayor of Port Maria Fitzroy Wilson has confirmed that work on the road leading to Port Maria Hospital in St Mary will commence next week after delays caused by prolonged rainfall. The $12-million project, partly funded by the Tourism Enhancement...
Citing 2024 as a good year, Vana Taylor, Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) second vice president, and area chair for JHTA Ocho Rios Runaway Bay Chapter, is hoping for improvement in the attitudes of persons, in aesthetics and customer...
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is expecting huge crowds for its annual Fireworks Festival, set to ring in the new year at three locations across the island tonight, with a roster of popular and upcoming artistes. This is the 21st staging...
On the back of some excellent work that impacted many people from Ocho Rios and its environs over the past year, general manager of the Moon Palace Foundation, Natalie Boreland, has been chosen as the Kiwanis Club of Ocho Rios’ 2023-2024 Citizen of...
Miracles still happen. Just ask Sean Thomas of Port Maria, St Mary. When the detective corporal earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology, with honours, from the International University of the Caribbean in 2019, he became the first member of his...
Luke Ellington, principal of Lukington Productions, says it’s all systems go as his latest comedy drama, Bad Influence, is set for a Boxing Day opening at Clarendon College, Chapelton, in the parish. The play moves to Colonel’s Cove in Morant Bay...
The services at the urology department at St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital have been bolstered with the donation of several pieces of equipment valued over US$10,000 from Sandals Foundation. “Following the successful fund-raising efforts of the...
Thirty-two years after migrating to the United States (US), Andrea Holmes-Seymour still agitates for a return to a Christmas that she had got used to while living in Jamaica. For her, and so many other Jamaicans, Christmas in Jamaica is like...
In what some persons have dubbed an early Christmas at the Turtle River Park, the St Ann Development Company, a subsidiary of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), recently lit a Christmas tree at the park. The unique decor sees the main walkway...
Chairman of the Destination Assurance Council and vice-president of Palace Resorts, Clifton Reader, is pleased with the end result of Sunday’s Ocho Rios clean-up in St Ann that saw several organisations working together to boost the resort town’s...
ST ANN: The Destination Assurance Council (DAC) and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) are collaborating with several local organisations for an Ocho Rios clean-up day, scheduled for tomorrow. Key partners in the initiative include the...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has highlighted alarming increases in dengue, Oropouche, and avian influenza (H5N1), also known as bird flu, over the past year in the Region of the Americas. During a virtual press conference on Tuesday...
Member of Parliament for St Mary Central, Dr Morais Guy, is calling on the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to prioritise restoring power to National Water Commission (NWC) facilities during power outages to expedite water restoration for consumers....
Member of Parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth North East Delroy Slowley has given 14 talented youngsters the opportunity to write, direct and even act in their first movie, under the newly established Creative Arts Centre. Making his presentation...
Churches in Jamaica are expected to find it easier to get international funding for their humanitarian projects with the launch of the Caribbean Council for Ethical and Financial Accountability (CCEFA) on Wednesday at The University of the West...
Drawing on a quote from Acts 20:35, St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis says it has been a rocky road over the past 12 months but he remains “undaunted” by the sacrifices he must make to upgrade his constituency, which occupies more...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, George Wright, says he is committed to building his constituency and used his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate on Tuesday to highlight some of the developments taking place...
Sandals Foundation and Kee Farms have joined forces to empower fisherfolk in the area of the Boscobel fish sanctuary in St Mary to implement an innovative seaweed farming initiative. This initiative will enable the building of the fisherfolk’s...
The St Ann Chamber of Commerce is calling for all relevant sectors to support its plan to revitalise the resort town of Ocho Rios, citing its importance to Jamaica’s economy. Chamber President Dr Ransford Davidson said recently that the Chamber was...
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says there are no current plans to increase the electricity rates to Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers in order to boost the Electricity Disaster Fund (EDF). The EDF currently stands at US$56 million...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to recognise the Revival Pilgrimage to Watt Town in St Ann in December, a move that Culture Minister Olivia Grange has hailed as a timely tribute to former Prime...
Light and power provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), has applied to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to withdraw US$26 million from the Electricity Disaster Fund (EDF) to shore up repairs required as a result of Hurricane...
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith has welcomed a declaration from the nation’s new education minister, Dr Dana Morris Dixon, who has indicated that she will be placing significant focus on literacy and numeracy at the...
NEWLY RETURNED president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, Dr Ransford Davidson, is urging the parish’s business community to focus on key areas in tourism to ensure a memorable experience for visitors, as Jamaica prepares for the 2024/2025 winter...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has declared that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a crisis not just for his ministry, but for the entire society. “The NCD crisis is now a significant developmental issue which threatens...
