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LUCEA, Hanover — The Lucea Infant School marked 10 years of giving back to communities in and around the town by selecting Noel Holmes Hospital children’s ward as this year’s beneficiary. The Guidance Department’s Values and Attitudes Programme led a team of students and staff on a recent visit where about 15 care packages were […]

IRWIN, St James — Railed sidewalks and rumble strips are among measures being mulled to make getting to and from school safer for students of Irwin Primary and High schools in St James, where seventh-grader Deanna Solomon was run over by a bus last Wednesday as classmates jostled to get into position and board the

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The St James police are reporting that, so far this year, there have been no murders in Norwood where a zone of special operation (ZOSO) was declared by Prime Minister Andrew Holness in June 2021. “Since the start of the year, it is safe to say Norwood has been one

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Popular watering hole and eatery Margaritaville Montego Bay will have a soft reopening this weekend ahead of resuming full operations in the first month of 2025. “This weekend we will actually open our main floor, not the entire facility,” chairman of Margaritaville Caribbean Group Ian Dear told the Jamaica Observer. “The

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — As they tallied their earnings from the final Ben’ Dung Market before Christmas, vendors at the popular Falmouth bazaar on Wednesday blamed online shopping platforms for slow sales in what has traditionally been a lucrative time of the year for them. Ben’ Dung is touted as the largest flea market in the

LUCEA, Hanover — With two team members asking for transfers last month, Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Dr Kaushal Singh has warned that he is having a hard time retaining staff because they are fed up with having to endure the parish’s bad roads. “How long can I get them to stay? The roads

LLANDILO, Westmoreland — The discovery of a medical doctor’s body with stab wounds at his home in the normally quiet Llandilo Phase 1 housing scheme has left residents shocked and puzzled, given their knowledge of him as an introvert. Fifty-seven-year-old Dr Aung Naing was found naked in his house Sunday afternoon with stab wounds to

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Nicole Bingham could not hide the tears as she tried to come to grips with the reality that her child’s father, Alex Medley, was killed Tuesday morning. Thirty-year-old Medley and two other men, identified as Rojay Duncan and Max, were shot and killed during an alleged shootout with the police

WHITE HOUSE, Westmoreland — “It is one of the best feelings when you can save lives,” said Firefighter of the Year for the Westmoreland Fire Brigade Division, Corporal Adrian McCallum, as he reflected on one of his most memorable occasions while on the job. McCallum was among 51 firefighters from the division who were shown

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Zone B leaders Green Pond SC and Cambridge United will both go in search of back-to-back wins when the St James Football Association/Sandals Resorts International Major League continues with two games this afternoon. Green Pond SC are scheduled to take on Norwood Strikers at the Albion play field, while Cambridge