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Old Shoes Market, up from the ashes but......

Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 11:31 AMAdrian Frater

When fire gutted a section of the Old Shoe Market in downtown Montego Bay early last Friday morning, destroying 30 of the 200 shops at the popular arcade, many lives were thrown into disarray as the affected vendors collectively suffered...

Eyesore of the week

Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 7:12 PMAdrian Frater

‘Kiki’ Rodney is International Dancehall Queen

Published:Sunday | August 2, 2015 | 9:26 AMAdrian Frater

Twenty-year-old Kingston-based dance tutor Keisha 'Kiki' Rodney copped the coveted 2015 International Dancehall Queen title at the Pier One Complex in Montego Bay early Sunday morning when she emerged as a popular winner from the 36-strong...

MoBay residents blast ‘hostile policing’

Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 3:23 PMAdrian Frater

WESTERN BUREAU:WHILE MOST stakeholders in Montego Bay are seemingly happy with the efforts of the security forces to quell the lawlessness which has been plaguing the western city, some inner-city residents are hopping mad, lashing out at the...

Ja’s Newnham tops individual field

Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 8:21 PMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Despite shooting a three over par final round, Jamaica's Jonathan Newnham nonetheless emerged as the top individual performer in the 2015 Caribbean Golf Championship Hoerman Cup, which concluded at the Half Moon Golf Course in Montego...

Dancehall Queen 2015 set to sizzle

Published:Friday | July 24, 2015 | 4:38 PMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Big Head Promotions, the promoters of the annual International Dancehall Queen Contest, is promising that this year's staging, which will unfold at the Pier One Complex, in Montego Bay, on Saturday night, will be an exceptional affair...

Eyesore of the week

Published:Friday | July 24, 2015 | 4:29 PMAdrian Frater

Major fire at MoBay’s Old Shoes Market

Published:Friday | July 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Several vendors who operated in the popular 'Old Shoes Market' on South Street in downtown Montego Bay, St James, are now counting their losses after a massive fire destroyed 30 fully-stocked shops early yesterday morning."All I can...

St James to get 200 new cops today

Published:Monday | July 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:The under-pressure St James Police Division, which has been grappling with a spate of murders in recent weeks, is to be strengthened by the addition of 200 police personnel today.In the wake of two double murders and three other...

Eyesore of the week

Published:Monday | July 20, 2015 | 1:38 PMAdrian Frater

Reggae Sumfest 2015: High-quality Beenie Man performance closes festival

Published:Sunday | July 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, News Editor

The 2015 staging of Reggae Sumfest came to a grand climax at approximately 6:10 a.m. when ace deejay Beenie Man exited the stage after putting the lid on the second of the two international nights with one of his trademark high-quality performance...

Reggae Sumfest 2015: Jennifer Hudson left patrons begging for more

Published:Sunday | July 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, News Editor

Superstar Jennifer Hudson was in fine fettle at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex, in Montego Bay, earlier, mesmerising patrons on International Night Two of Reggae Sumfest 2015 with a command performance. pic.twitter.com/wu5MLzOucx...

Reggae Sumfest 2015: Ikaya, others sizzle in Pepsi Refresh hour

Published:Sunday | July 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, News Editor

Ikaya, who is arguably one of the finest female vocalist, who has emerge in Jamaica in recent times, gave a wonderful display of her amazing talent when she sparkled like a well polished diamond in the Pepsi Refresh hour on the final night of...

Reggae Sumfest 2015: Rapper Yazz The Greatest delivers energetic performance

Published:Sunday | July 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, News Editor

The youthful fans attending the final night of Reggae Sumfest 2015 got a chance to get down and go wild thanks to an energetic performance by emerging rapper Yazz The Greatest of the television series fame, Empire. Singing on a track to smooth...

Saw closes Dancehall Night in style

Published:Friday | July 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Having decided to do what no woman had ever attempted when she accepted the offer of closing Dancehall Night of Reggae Sumfest 2015, Lady Saw gave a performance that reflected the many sides of her sometimes thought-provoking persona.In a...

Reggae Sumfest 2015: 'Below expectation' - Sumfest chairman on International Night One turnout

Published:Saturday | July 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, Gleaner Writer

Sumfest chairman Robert Russell says he was disappointed with the crowd support for Friday night's International Night One as according to him the performances were quite good but the crowd support was below expectation. "We had a quality...

Reggae Sumfest 2015: Impressive line-up for final night, Beenie Man to close show

Published:Saturday | July 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater, News Editor

Western Bureau: Today’s final night package, which will bring the curtain down on Reggae Sumfest 2015, is now up and running at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay, with opening act Dwane Antonio setting the pace for the impressive line-up of stars down to perform later.

Divas night in MoBay - Provocative Lady Saw, sizzling Spice Sumfest standouts

Published:Friday | July 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Woman power ruled supreme on Thursday's Dancehall Night of Reggae Sumfest 2015. Lady Saw, who created history by becoming the first female act to close the traditionally packed night, and the red-hot Spice, whose sensational entry created quite a...

Reggae Sumfest... chock-full of goodies - Festival to generate more than J$1 billion this year

Published:Saturday | July 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:History will be created at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in Montego Bay this Thursday night as for the first time in the annals of the 23-year-old music festival, a female artiste, the sensational Lady Saw, will be the...

Canadian Diaspora group totally committed to Jamaica

Published:Saturday | July 11, 2015 | 10:51 AMAdrian Frater

While the sixth Biennial Diaspora Conference, which was recently held in Montego Bay, St James, was primarily aimed at creating linkages and opening up investment opportunities for the members of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation, it was all...

MoBay first to hit 100 murder mark … stakeholders petrified…mull solutions

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Western Bureau:Following the gun-slaying of four persons, last weekend, St James now has the dubious distinction of being the first parish to record 100 murders since the start of the year, raising fears that criminals are again operating with...

Something Extra - Tuesday

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Bank officials and renowned personalities from the Montego Bay social circuit had a ball at The Aqueduct on Rose Hall, where Scotiabank staged its inaugural Polo Under The Stars event, while over at the Iberostar Rose Hall, Summerfest Productions...

UTECH comes good for CRH

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 1:47 PMAdrian Frater

Thanks to the generosity of the University of Technology (UTech) Western Campus Seminar Group, women in western Jamaica, who might be at risk for breast cancer will soon be able to access mammography services at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH)...

Health sector out west got diaspora attention

Published:Friday | June 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

While concerns were raised in many quarters about the effectiveness of the recent Sixth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, which was held in western Jamaica, the public health services in the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) can boast of...

JLP’s Reynolds resigns for medical reasons

Published:Wednesday | June 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater

Social scientist Donovan Reynolds, who was earlier this year selected by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as its candidate to challenge the sitting member of parliament, Dr Wykeham McNeill, in the Western Westmoreland constituency, has...

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