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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon is banking on drones and artificial intelligence to help maintain order in the western city, and has started putting the pieces in place. In November, during a visit to China in which he talked trade and tourism with officials in Zhuhai and Yiwu —

SEAFORD TOWN, Westmoreland — A claim that 12-year-old Deanna Solomon fell under the Montego Bay Metro bus that crushed her to death after being pushed by fellow students in a scramble to board the vehicle increased the pain her family has been feeling since the tragedy on Wednesday. “Right now all of us break down,”

MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny — Hearts sank at William Knibb Memorial High School here on Tuesday when news emerged that 17-year-old grade 11 student Rodrique Frank succumbed to injuries he received in a motor vehicle crash in his Deeside community on Sunday. The young man’s passing was especially painful as he was said to have been

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Tributes continued to pour in Thursday for well-known Montego Bay businessman Robert Russell, a day after the country was rocked by news that he had died. “He was a leader, a natural leader and we miss him a lot,” managing director of Round Hill Hotel and Villas Josef Forstmayr told

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A defence lawyer has argued that his client’s decision to flee from custody four years ago was motivated by dissatisfaction with the way he was being treated. The man, the attorney said, was kept waiting for processing without any food or drink and was later placed in a cell that

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Residents are being advised to consume only approved meats, after the recent discovery of a crocodile carcass at a food establishment in Montego Bay. Public health officials say the find was made during a visit to a venue that had previously been ordered closed and which was being vetted ahead

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover — For the fifth-consecutive year Lindsey Johnson of Tropics Tours has captured the Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) top-selling travel agent spot. The prize for 2024 was presented during the 10th staging of the Jamaica Travel Specialists One Love Affair awards ceremony which was held last Saturday at the Platinum Club Convention Centre

LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland — An 80-year-old pensioner, who may have to relocate to make way for the planned Negril International Airport, already knows his asking price. He wants $10 million for his one-bedroom concrete house in Masemure Flats. “It was last week that I was hearing and I said that I have my house and

MONTEGO BAY, St James —— The St James Municipal Corporation is claiming that it is set to realise millions of dollars in savings following the acquisition of a new Christmas tree. According to Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon, the previous Christmas tree cost the corporation a significant sum each year when it was put