A mangled minibus, half-eaten food scattered on the ground, and a tree bent from the force of the impact painted a grim picture in the aftermath of the tragic accident that claimed one life along the Font Hill main road in St Elizabeth early...
The dead and dearly departed are in good hands. This according to licensed funeral director Christina Millwood-Nicholson. The 31-year-old Millwood-Nicholson, who is from Manchester and now resides in New York, owns Unique Mortuary Supplies, located...
Yoni Epstein, chairman and CEO of itel, became the 13th laureate from Jamaica to receive the Anthony N. Sabga prestigious Caribbean Excellence Award last weekend. The annual event was held at Hilton Barbados Hotel in Barbados recently. Epstein won...
WHILE NEIDER dos Santos was ready to come back to Montego Bay United Football Club (MBU) for preseason, the team had other plans and is currently in the process of announcing a replacement. In a Gleaner interview with Dos Santos, he said the...
The St James Municipal Corporation are the new title sponsors of the St James Primary Schools Netball under-12 competition. The launch for this year’s competition took place at the Montego Bay Boys and Girls’ Club in Montego Bay yesterday. The...
‘Same mission, bolder vision … Our look might have changed, but our heart hasn’t’ was the watchword of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run’s organising committee as they unveiled a new logo to redefine the annual run/walk event’s brand. The new logo’s...
Fabian Kelvin, a man associated with the Irwin High School’s football team and listed on match cards as manager, will have his case of grievous sexual assault against a student, heard in the St James Parish Court on May 21. Kelvin, who sources at...
Boxing may be viewed by some people as a barbaric sport, but for Dr Lola Cunningham it can be a helpful tool to curb crime and violence among students and as an alternative to work off their pent-up anger if it is introduced in schools. Cunningham...
PATIENCE IS running out for track and field interests with uncertainty surrounding whether or not the Montego Bay Sports Complex will be ready for Western Relays in 2025. Speaking with The Gleaner, Ray Harvey, chairman of Western Relays organising...
WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN 17-YEAR-OLD Rihanna Golding graduated from Hanover’s Hopewell High School in July 2023, she was upbeat to pursue her dream of doing culinary arts. However, those thought were soon set aside, and replaced with worry when her...
FIRST-TIME medallists at the annual ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), Shanoya Douglas, Johan-Ramaldo Smythe and Osmond Holt were honoured by Muschett High during a parade in Wakefield Square in Trelawny yesterday...
NEWLY RE-ELECTED Jamaica Football Federation President, Michael Ricketts, says his new administration is ready to get the ball rolling now that the long-awaited presidential poll is over. Ricketts, who defeated challenger Raymond Anderson 39...
“Polo is a family sport for us … (and) we came out victorious” said an overwhelmed Freddie Farquharson of West Indies Petroleum (WIP) team, following their victory in the 2024 Willie deLisser (Polo) Cup final on Saturday. Young Farquharson, who was...
West Indies Petroleum (WIP) and Chukka will meet in the final in the 2024 Willie deLisser Cup today at the St Ann Polo Club in Drax Hall in St Ann. Match time is 4 p.m. Thursday’s thrilling semifinal game between Insurance Company of The West...
While the P.H.A.S.E 1 Academy Basketball programme gives young Jamaican basketballers exposure to global competitions, CEO Wayne Dawkins believes enough basketball is not being played locally, and the athletes are at a disadvantage with regard to...
HEAD COACH of Muschett High School’s track and field team, Garth Smythe, is revelling in his rise to being one of the top junior coaches in Jamaica and though there have been calls for him to be part of the country’s national setup, he isn’t...
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player, Jamaica-born Samardo Samuels is joining the coaching staff of P.H.A.S.E 1 Academy and is now helping the team to prepare physically and mentally for the Phenom Prep National Championships in Rock...
The Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) Team Jamaica, led by Kurt Chin, secured a narrow 9-7 victory for the second consecutive time against Appleton Team USA in a friendly international polo match at the Hanover Charities...
Reggae Boyz coach Heimir Hallgrimsson is pleased with what he is seeing from a locally based Reggae Boyz squad, which secured a 2-0 victory over hosts Montego Bay United (MBU) in a practice match yesterday at Wespow Park in Montego Bay. “It was a...
Bouncing back from a hamstring injury, St Elizabeth Technical High School’s (STETHS) sprinter Habiba Harris is in high spirits and remains disciplined in her preparations for the season. Milo Western Relays and the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls...
Organisers of The STETHS Invitational track and field meet have decided on a rename when the annual event occurs next year. The major meet on the track and field calendar will now be called the Ollivierre/Smith Invitational track and field meet....
DESPITE ONGOING uncertainty about when the annual Milo Western Relays will return to western Jamaica, the addition of shot put and discus throw for the event’s upcoming 45th staging to be held at G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport...
Discus and shot put will be added to the list of events at the 45th staging of the Milo Western Relays, set for the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in St Catherine on Saturday, February 10. Milo will pump $4 million into the event...
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green believes that St James has significant potential to become a major export point for orchard crops such as mango, ackee and breadfruit, and is calling on farmers to collaborate with the his ministry to make this a...
MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) are confident that the players they acquired this week will put the team in the top six in the second round of the 2023-2024 Wray...
