ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann:Pastor Alberta Boswell James founded the Restoration of Life Mission in Christ Apostolic Church at Jail Lane in St Ann's Bay decades ago with the mission to save souls and help others.Over the last 27 years, she has held a back-...
Several students from St Christopher's School for the Deaf in St Ann were among the 91 children who benefited from Moon Palace Foundation's annual Summer Art Camp, held over one week at the Ocho Rios hotel and ending last Saturday.Most of the...
Noranda Bauxite has continued its annual scholarship fund this year, donating just under $1.7 million to students who have excelled at the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) level.At the same time, Craig Thompson, Noranda's operations director, has...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:For the sixth year, United for Hope Medical Mission has provided free medical service for residents in rural Jamaica.The Texas, USA-based group recently completed four days of serving residents of several communities in St Ann and...
Chairman of the Sagicor Group Richard Byles is questioning why Jamaicans are not being targeted for better paying positions in jobs that are being created in several sectors of the economy.Delivering the keynote address at Saturday night's St Ann...
The St Ann Homecoming and Heritage Foundation on Saturday night paid homage to two institutions and an individual who have made significant contributions to the parish.At its 13th Annual Awards Banquet held at Jewel Dunn's River in Mammee Bay, St...
Jamaicans from all across the island turned out in large numbers on Tuesday night (July 31) at Seville in St Ann to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Emancipation Jubilee under the theme 'The Genesis'.Performers, stretching from Westmoreland in the...
Education Minister Ruel Reid has underscored the importance of celebrating emancipation from slavery as Jamaica observed 180 years of freedom on August 1.Giving the main address at the Emancipation Jubilee at Seville Heritage Park in St Ann on...
After an introductory period where Clickmarket established itself as the leading Jamaican online market, parent company, Cool Corporation has now renamed the entity Coolmarket, joining it with more than 20 companies under the Cool Corp umbrella."We...
Opposition spokesperson on Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill is urging portfolio minister Edmund Bartlett to convene a meeting with craft traders and producers to hear their concerns and avoid disruption in the sector.More than 20 representatives of craft...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:Commercial Credit Investments (CCI), a loan company in Ocho Rios, has taken the unprecedented step of offering to help parents in St Ann and St Mary with back-to-school expenses, even as it means giving out fewer loans.A health...
Craft vendors and traders from Jamaica's main tourism resort areas, Negril, Montego Bay, Falmouth, and Ocho Rios, have flatly rejected Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett's plan to erect artisan villages in resort areas.At an emergency meeting in Ocho...
A market study conducted by Dr Joy Moncrieffe of the Institute for Applied Social Research has confirmed the view held by many that employers are not keen on employing persons with disabilities (PWDs).The 2016 study said that while there were some...
It didn't take the masses from Mines district to pack the St Ann's Bay Baptist Church on Saturday, July 14, to show how well loved Owen George Cole Sr was. Countless others from several communities across the parish also turned out to pay last...
The multimillion-dollar Ocho Rios Fishing Village was officially opened Thursday evening, signalling a new phase for fisherfolk who have occupied the location for years.The magnificently crafted village, spearheaded by the Port Authority of Jamaica...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:Palace Foundation, the charity arm of Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios, St Ann has been supporting community health and wellbeing from its inception.At the recent Relay For Life concert in that resort town,...
For yet another year, the Jamaica Ex-Police Association of South Florida has returned to the island to assist in several areas of the society as part of its annual outreach project.This year, the team of around 30 former cops spent time in St Ann,...
Fifteen brilliant and selfless Jamaicans from the county of Middlesex, some with heart warming tales of overcoming their struggles to achieve their goals, last Thursday received the 2018 Governor General's Achievement Awards at a ceremony at the...
Gospel singer Kevin Downswell will head a list of gospel artistes who are slated to perform at the Jamaica Cancer Society St Ann and St Mary Branch's Relay for Life at Turtle River Park, Ocho Rios, St Ann today.St Ann gospel artistes Gospel Head...
Well-thinking St Mary resident Cheridah Wilson initiated the Amiri Raja Takemoto Hamilton Scholarship last year to assist high-school students in the parish who are in need of such assistance.Named for his grandson, Amiri, the scholarship was...
When Sashawn Hall of Ocho Rios Primary School begins classes at Holy Childhood High in September, she wants better grades than the 92 per cent average she got in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).Hall got scores of 96 per cent in mathematics, 94...
St Ann's Bay Primary School's head girl, Cassandra Davy, and head boy, Rashard Dennis, did extremely well in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), with near perfect averages in the five subject areas.Cassandra, who will attend St Hilda's Diocesan...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw has urged employers to focus more on helping to develop their employees in order to increase productivity in the workplace.Addressing the 36th annual Business and Workplace...
Dr Myrna Hague-Bradshaw, organiser of the Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival and Franklyn D Resort (FDR) in Runaway Bay, St Ann, may have discovered a partnership - sweet jazz music and appetising cuisine. That was the order of the day as...
"God bless you."That's one of the favourite sayings of Reverend Charles J Barrett. And whereas he loves to proclaim blessings on others, the outpouring of love and affection on the occasion of his 99th birthday last Saturday, in Brooklyn, New York,...
