WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans have been urged by at least two senior Cabinet ministers to brace for a near-complete shutdown of the cruise industry amid swirling concern over the novel coronavirus, which has surpassed 107,000 infections worldwide and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Guardsman Hospitality is heating up nightlife in Discovery Bay, St Ann, with its weekly Friday night Bakka Beach parties, aimed at bringing community members and guests from the surrounding hotels together. The aim, the group’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: A year after Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett announced his pioneering agri-tourism Backyard Garden Programme for the Lilliput community in St James, the initiative has not only blossomed, but has literally bore fruit. In March 2019...
WESTERN BUREAU: First Officer Shaun Nelson answered the vintage rotary phone next to his bed 22 years ago, responding to an American Eagle Airlines human resource officer offering him a job as a pilot. His colleague, Captain Robert McPherson, would...
WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Palace Jamaica bested 650 other resorts in the Caribbean to cop the United States-based Cheap Caribbean’s Noble Beach Prize Pineapple Award after being voted the ‘Customer Favourite’ by the online travel agency’s clients. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: A Montegonian has been named as the new head of MBJ Airports Limited, operator of Sangster International Airport in the parish of St James. Shane Munroe, a Cornwallian who has been working at Sangster for 18 years, was appointed...
WESTERN BUREAU: The success of the 2019 staging of the Jamaica Rum Festival was a foretaste of this year’s event and is set to enhance the country’s global appeal as a travel destination, Phillip Rose, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) regional director...
The humble Atlantic herring, commonly known as sprat in Jamaica, was the given pride of place at Couples San Souci’s 14th anniversary celebrations recently. The chefs were kept busy because as soon as they reloaded the platters of the tiny fish...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Hellshire in St Catherine are optimistic that Guardsman Hospitality’s investment in Fort Clarence Beach will transform the sleepy, suburban residential area into Jamaica’s next community tourism destination akin to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Currently on day 10 of a lockdown in her apartment, a Jamaican teacher in China says she has made an informed decision to stay put, although there have been several calls for her to return home amid a coronavirus outbreak in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica has imposed a ban on travel to and from China with immediate effect and there are jitters that the local tourist industry could be hurt by the snowballing coronavirus outbreak if it reaches these shores. The United States...
WESTERN BUREAU: A number of Jamaicans in Grand Cayman slept in their clothes and had their running shoes next to their beds, along with documents tucked away in waterproof bags, hours after an earthquake struck the Caribbean island on Tuesday....
Nassau, Bahamas: Highest recorded number of stopover visitors, highest recorded number of stopover visitors ever from the United States, and a whopping 7.2 million in total arrivals. That’s the report coming out of The Bahamas months after that...
NASSAU, Bahamas: Jamaica has launched a new tagline dubbed ‘Jamaica – Heartbeat of the World’ and expects to spend at least US$10 million advertising the island to the world in 2020. Coy about discussing a budget during a press conference at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The legendary Appleton Estate has released its newest limited edition of fine rums dubbed ‘Journey’, a blend of spirits, aged between 23 and 35 years. The rum is so exclusive that it will not be available anywhere else in Jamaica or...
WESTERN BUREAU: The family that operated the 214-year-old Richmond Hill Inn, which was ravaged by fire on Monday night, has said that rebuilding the historic Montego Bay landmark is out of the question. The repurposed great house, owned and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Konya Plummer, the footballer who captained Jamaica’s historic run at the Women’s World Cup in France, has joined Nanny of the Maroons, Usain Bolt, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff at S Hotel’s Legends Circle in Montego Bay. Plummer, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: In the last month, Lee Weinstock has brought cheer to a number of schools and and children’s homes in western Jamaica, and he never once donned his Santa Claus hat. But Weinstock, a tourism industry leader who has sought to promote...
WESTERN BUREAU: Golda-mae Bullock’s life has not been the same since she lost her mother at the age of 12 and went on a roller coaster of trauma with her father, who subjected her to severe beatings before the Child Development Agency intervened...
WESTERN BUREAU: British High Commissioner Asif Ahmad says the United Kingdom (UK) has no plans anytime soon to cease funding anti-violence and anti-crime initiatives in Jamaica, but will continue to throw its full support behind any post-Citizen...
WESTERN BUREAU: At least one emissary is calling for a study to examine the pyscho-social and economic factors of crime, including the disparity of government spending within crime-plagued communities. British High Commissioner Asif Ahmad, in a one...
After three and half years as the chief executive of large food and spirits distributor Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited, CPJ, Dr David Lowe is departing the company within weeks to re-enter the financial sector as partner in a new private...
Calling it their most ambitious project yet, Matthew and Danielle Donaldson are spearheading a $600-million luxury housing development in the upscale community of Ironshore, Montego Bay.The project is being undertaken through NFD Construction and...
