Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Member of Parliament for South St James, Derrick Kellier, has endorsed the call by residents for a police post to be established in the Maroon Town area, citing that there is available accommodation to house the facility.
Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Mayor of Lucea Shernett Haughton listens keenly to Ambassador Anthony Johnson, former Jamaican high commissioner to the United Kingdom, during the Friends of the Noel Holmes Hospital and West Haven Children's Home charity ball and gala at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover last Saturday.
Published:Saturday | September 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM
A Kingston man had several fraud charges against him dismissed in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after the complainant chose to discontinue the matter.
WESTERN BUREAU:A group of of volunteers who embarked on a mission to alter the negative perception of Rose Heights in Montego Bay some three years ago, is now celebrating the success of the I Can initiative in the community.
WESTERN BUREAU:The acquisition of land titles by residents of Retirement, St James, is now back in the spotlight following a meeting of the Retirement Development Trust in which residents were advised to pay over $75,000 by September 14 for the land they occupied.
WESTERN BUREAU:From an early age, Gloria Veira had a profound love for children and would take the newborn babies in her neighbourhood in Bryan's Crescent in May Pen, Clarendon, to her parents' house.
WESTERN BUREAU:As Jamaica continues to grapple with an increase in the number of cases of child abuse, a St James man was fined $6,000 in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court last...
WESTERN BUREAU:West Haven Children's Home in Copse, Hanover, is in dire need of financial assistance to maintain its programmes for the 82 special-needs youngsters housed at the facility.
WESTERN BUREAU:Sheldon Headley, a Montegonian who defrauded a motor vehicle buyer of $250,000 several months ago, was back in court on Tuesday for bilking another man of over $1 million.
WESTERN BUREAU:A Port Maria, St Mary, resident, who allegedly tried to rob a woman while employed as a hotel maintenance worker in Montego Bay, had his bail conditions altered on Tuesday.
WESTERN BUREAU:In an ambitious bid to reposition Montego Bay and return the city to its glory days as a premier tourism destination, the St James Parish Council is to establish a Montego Bay Redevelopment Committee (MBRC) to undertake the task.
FALMOUTH, Trelawny:With the soldiers working all night until 5 a.m. Wednesday, laying the pipelines for the sewage system of the new Falmouth Police Station, it is a clear indication that meeting the September 19 deadline will be an uphill task.
With few employment opportunities available for youth in Jamaica, 19-year-old Sashane Sterling is not one to sit idly by and has, instead, decided to join the Herbalife sales and promotion team as her way of becoming an...
WESTERN BUREAU:With other countries on par with Jamaica's banana and sugar production, State Minister for tourism and entertainment, Damion Crawford, has called for greater emphasis to be placed on tourism as the vehicle to grow...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Some days ago, I visited the St James Parish Library with my daughter who wanted to do some research, and was quite taken aback regarding the rude, reprehensible and discourteous customer service that we received.
The four men accused of killing a Salt Spring, St James resident in February are to return to court on October 11, as the ballistic report is still outstanding from the case file.
A St James man who reportedly hit two women in a vehicular accident, one of whom later died in hospital, was offered bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
WESTERN BUREAU:The Montego Bay-based Ignite Productions has produced a new single, Proud Jamaicans to honour the recent Olympic performance of Jamaican athletes, but is seeking corporate support for the song.
Chief Executive Officer of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Everton Anderson (second right) tears the plastic off an ultrasound machine with the assistance of Caron Chung (right), executive director of the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ); Mark Jones,...
