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Published:Tuesday | June 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Town clerk at the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Robert Hill, said yesterday's partial collapse of a derelict building along Sutton Street in downtown Kingston, shows the extent of the challenge facing the corporation, as it seeks to rid...

Published:Tuesday | June 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:A period of 18 months has been offered up by the president of the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), Handel Lamey, for the construction of a competition-ready swimming pool in Montego Bay.Lamey told The Gleaner on Tuesday...

Published:Monday | June 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Since last week, three children have been held in separate incidents for possession of illegal firearms, prompting an assessment by the police to determine if a more widespread pattern is emerging, said the Jamaica Constabulary Force communications...

Published:Tuesday | June 14, 2016 | 5:40 PMPaul Clarke

Western BureauAfter his smashing performance at last Saturday's Jamaica Public Service Western Primary Schools Athletics Championships in Montego Bay, long jump record holder for boys 12 and under, Alicke Cranston of Black River Primary, is already...

Published:Monday | June 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Catherine Hall Primary School's 4x400m relay team added the exclamation mark to the eighth staging of the JPS Western Primary Schools Athletics Championships, but it was the super-dominant Corinaldi Avenue Primary that took home the...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:Back-to-back winners Howard Cooke Primary will be hoping to overcome the challenges of rivals Corinaldi Avenue Primary at the eighth staging of the JPS Western Primary Schools Athletics Championships tomorrow at the Montego Bay Sports...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2016 | 5:02 PMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:Corinaldi Avenue Primary's stranglehold on the Burger King/St James Under-13 netball crown remains intact, following their battling 14-8 victory in the final against Anchovy Primary on Thursday at the Montego Bay Boys and Girls' Club....

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2016 | 2:35 PMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:Mickel Fetlow won the most valuable player award for his starring role in the Captain's Bakery and Grill/Charley's JB Rum Hanover FA Knockout League.Fetlow was the outstanding player in Lucea FC's 3-1 victory over Sandy Bay FC in...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Defending champions Corinaldi Avenue Primary will meet Anchovy in today's final of the Burger King/St James Under-13 netball competition.Corinaldi dispatched arch-rivals Howard Cooke 19-17 in their semi-final matchup on Monday at the...

Published:Monday | May 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) champions Montego Bay United have been slapped with hefty fines amounting to $275,000 by the Professional Football Association of Jamaica (PFAJ), arising from the club's protest action leading up to...

Published:Thursday | May 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:If Amal Bell continues along the path he is currently on, he could one day become Jamaica's top goalkeeper, at least that is the view of scouts at the recently held Cayman Island Youth Football Tournament.The 14-year-old St James High...

Published:Sunday | May 22, 2016 | 8:05 PMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Maverley-Hughenden Football Club's hunt for a place in the 2016-17 top flight began with victory yesterday as Phillip Peddie came on as a second- half substitute to score the game's only goal against Granville FC in the Charley's JB...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

The Captain's Bakery and Grill/Charley's JB Rum sponsored Westmoreland FA Major League final between Three Miles River FC, and Roaring River FC played at the Llandilo Sports...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Noted former athlete and administrator, Ray Harvey, believes Jamaica is in line to improve on the 12 medals they won at the 2012 London Olympic Games.Harvey said early indications are that double Olympic gold medallists Usain Bolt and...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Two-time defending champions Howard Cooke will have to contend with the regular lot plus eight new schools that are slated to make their debut at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Western Athletics Primary Championships at the Montego...

Published:Friday | May 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Published:Monday | May 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Orville Powell, the outspoken executive of Red Stripe Premier League champions Montego Bay United, continued his broadside on the operations of the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) and Professional Football Association of...

Published:Wednesday | May 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:A mother and her 12-year-old son became the latest victims of the vicious cycle of murder in St James after gunmen broke into their home in Tucker, St James, early Wednesday morning and sprayed them with bullets as they slept.The dead...

Published:Monday | May 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau: Despite being unimpressed with the overall standard of football in Trelawny, Linnel McLean, the parish's top administrator and president of the Western Confederation, said he is hard-pressed to see a club there advancing to the...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Published:Monday | May 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Orville Powell, president of newly crowned Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) champions, Montego Bay United (MBU) , said he has been stung by the callous way in which 'The Establishment' treated his club in the build-up to Sunday's...

Published:Sunday | May 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Ronique Williams underlined his utter dominance by winning a third MoBay City Run overall title yesterday. It was brilliant run from the defending two-time winner, who used his experience to win the 10 kilometre road race. Williams’ time of...

Published:Sunday | May 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Granville FC crowned themselves in glory by winning their first ever Western Confederation Super League title 3-2 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Sandals Whitehouse at Jarrett Park on Saturday.It ended a trophyless 16-year wait for the...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke

Western Bureau:The 'eat-a-food' mentality that has become an entrenched way of life in St James, is one of the factors Assistant Commissioner Winchroy Budhoo, head of the Area One Police, believes is causing crime to flourish in the parish."St...

Published:Saturday | April 16, 2016 | 6:31 PMPaul Clarke

WESTERN BUREAU:Rodene Morris was on fire in Thursday's final of the Western Basketball Association-ISSA Girls' Open Championship top-scoring with 32 points to lead Rhodes Hall High to their first-ever title, a 50-37 victory over Spot Valley High at...

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