THE MEN’S Health Fair hosted by the Jamaica Cancer Society St Ann St Mary Branch and North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) last Sunday in Ocho Rios saw an increase in the number of men examined for prostate cancer, compared to the 2022 event...
Browns Town High School in St Ann has had a rich legacy in music, from having the top school band in St Ann in years gone by, which has produced the likes of Digicel Rising Stars winner for 2018, Tasha Gay Solomon, and Celicia Ellis, who finished...
The St Ann Cricket Association is seeking to ensure that female cricketers at the primary school level get some amount of exposure by ruling that teams in the primary schools 20-over competition must field a female player or play one short. There...
HAVING BEEN in Western St Mary for close to two decades and not seen political representatives effect fixes that he believes the constituency needs, educator Errol Bascoe, nicknamed ‘Di Teacha’, is seeking to be a change agent as he aspires to...
IN HER own words, 52-year-old Winsome Reid of McNie district in south western St Ann, “struggled along the way to raise my (seven) kids” but has never given up hope that there would be a brighter day. In her younger days, she was forced to drop out...
Jamaica must increase water harvesting and make use of solar energy if the country’s agricultural sector is to perform at the level stakeholders wish to see, a bauxite official has warned the ministry of Agriculture. Kent Skyers, community...
As residents of Epworth district in southeast St Ann warmly welcomed the long-awaited rehabilitation and opening of its main road by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday, April 21, one special resident was absent. Centenarian Solomon Emanuel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ravaged by fire in February 2018, the 185-year-old St Ann’s Bay Methodist Church is now being targeted by robbers, who have broken into the building on several occasions in recent times, even as the church works to repair the fire...
THE TRAINING of educators in the new concept of positive discipline is gaining momentum, with over 50 teachers from 21 schools across Jamaica completing a one-day workshop on the topic at the Eltham Training Centre in St Ann on Wednesday....
PRINCIPAL OF Aabuthnott Gallimore High School in Alexandria, St Ann, Eloise Panton, says the school is back on track to producing musical excellence after a donation of some much-needed equipment, courtesy of Kaeru Studio, a reggae recording studio...
The Retreat Health Centre in St Mary is to be relocated as of March 27 for five months in order to facilitate renovation work on the facility, according to the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA). The clinic will be housed temporarily in...
Louis Grant, whose tenure as general manager at several Jamaican hotels during his more than five decades in the tourism sector, has been hailed as a pioneer in the sector in the wake of his passing. Grant, 86, reportedly died at his home in St Ann...
At 83, veteran actor John Amos is not giving up just yet and with his son, KC, is planning to do some work in Jamaica and showcase the island’s talents. Amos and KC and director Ricky Lee, who have all been in Jamaica for sometime, accompanied...
Jamaica’s culinary industry, already gaining momentum internationally, took a huge step forward with the launch of a research and development steam lab at the Heart College of Hospitality Service (HCHS) in Runaway Bay, St Ann on Wednesday, February...
Fire investigators going through the rubble of a burnt-out apartment to determine the cause of Sunday’s fire at Cardiff Hall in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Monday made a ghastly find when they stumbled upon the body of a young girl who was apparently...
Elderly folk in St Ann and St Mary who are in need of medical attention will be able to avail of those services at home. Dr Jennice Baker’s JenMed Home Health Care Services has recently launched this new service to cater to the elderly. Baker said...
Several transport operators who attended a meeting called by the St Mary Police Diivision to discuss the new Road Traffic Act on Wednesday at the Port Maria Transport Centre vented their frustration at problems affecting them in the sector. “Some...
William Tatham assumed the position of director of cruise shipping with the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in 1998 and after four years was shifted to the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) as vice-president in charge of cruise shipping. At the end of...
Moon Palace Foundation Jamaica, the social and welfare arm of Moon Palace Jamaica hotel, has increased its support of staff at the Ocho Rios-based hotel, with the introduction of its PHD Help Centre to assist workers’ children at the primary level...
For decades, Miss Annie hustled to build a solid foundation for her and her family, from selling stuff while in school to eventually opening Annie’s Mart in Pagee, Port Maria. She worked hard to send her children to high school, then to college,...
Five years after Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Pastor Omar Oliphant was called to the bar, his wife, Sharette (nee Kirby), has followed in his footsteps, overcoming pandemic hurdles to form a husband-and-wife lawyer couple. “The truth is, it really...
There was a groundswell of support among parents for Steer Town Academy Principal Omar Mongal on Thursday as a probe looms over alleged cheating at the school in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams last year. The Overseas Examination...
An explosion at a restaurant at the Bahia Principe Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, early Wednesday morning left two workers with minor injuries and damage to sections of the property. The hotel said the incident happened at around 4:45 a.m. at one...
Discovery Bauxite’s goal of planting 200,000 trees over a three-year period in support of the National Tree Planting Initiative is ahead of schedule, the company has indicated. The project, Operation Discovery Tree, was launched last year December...
When Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Assistant Superintendent Garnett Douse was presented with a Badge of Honour for meritorious service on National Heroes Day nearly two months ago, he had promised to personally show his medals to son Larenzo when he...
