Western Bureau: The 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations was a bittersweet experience for 12-year-old Briyah Brissett, a student of the Greater Destiny Preparatory and Kindergarten (GDPK) in St James, as, while she got the high school of...
NATIONAL BASKETBALL Association (NBA) player, Devin Vassell, says he is more than willing to represent Jamaica on an international level and is ready to bring others to join. Vassell, who plays small forward or shooting guard for the San Antonio...
THIRTY STUDENT athletes from western Jamaica were privileged to have a first-class experience from National Basketball Association (NBA) player Devin Vassell’s basketball clinic. Vassell, who plays for San Antonio Spurs, hosted the basketball...
WESTERN BUREAU: FACING A dual struggle with mental health and bullying, Wayne Lawrence is not only determined to overcome these challenges, but urging other men who are facing similar concerns to not give in by isolating themselves, but to seek...
PRESIDENT OF Montego Bay United (MBU) Dr Germain Spencer is defending the recent appointment of new head coach Xavier Gilbert to begin the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) 2025-26 season, despite criticism from the fans of the club. Gilbert, former...
Montego Bay United chairman, Yoni Epstein, said the decision to hire Arnett Gardens head coach over the last two Jamaica Premier League (JPL) seasons, Xavier Gilbert, came down to the need for long-term stability. According to Epstein, whose...
A ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR cash prize is up for grabs this summer for the six top high school football teams in western Jamaica. Montego Bay United FC (MBU) is staging its inaugural Invitational High School Football Competition at the Catherine Hall...
WESTERN BUREAU: Embedded in their bloodline, brothers Stephen and Luke Josephs are the latest torchbearers of a family deeply rooted in service to the vulnerable. Through the newly established Crisis Support Charity and Burn Foundation, the...
RENEWED ENERGY is expected for the 13th staging of the Western Primary Schools Athletic Championship (WPSAC), which, organisers say, will bring spirited competition among young athletes across western Jamaica. After a brief hiatus in 2024, owing...
LaToya Calvin-Williams, co-ordinator of the QEC33 (Quality Education Circle) Netball League expressed pride at putting together a competition that contributed to the sport’s development. Anchovy Primary School emerged as the first champions, edging...
DESPITE ENDING the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season without a trophy, Montego Bay United (MBU) chairman Yoni Epstein is happy with the progress since his team took charge of the club two years ago. MBU (75 points) ended the season fourth,...
IT IS refreshing when a youngster knows what he has to do to make it at the highest level. It usually augers well for a professional future, and this is the case for Jamaican swimmer Benjamin Davis. The 17-year-old Mount Kelly student is already...
THE GUARDIAN GROUP SHINE 5K Night Run/Walk lit up the streets of Montego Bay on Saturday night for the second leg of its much-anticipated return after a five-year hiatus. In humid conditions, the more than 3,600 participants were energised from...
SPANISH TOWN Police FC were crowned champions of the Jamaica Football Championships (Tier II) when they defeated Treasure Beach FC 2-0 at Drax Hall Sports Complex on Saturday. In a thrilling encounter, Spanish Town’s leading goal scorer Jordan...
A LATE strike from leading scorer Warner Brown earned Arnett Gardens a 1-1 draw with defending champions Cavalier in the first leg of their Jamaica Premier League semi-final tie at the Montego Bay Sports Complex last night. Cavalier’s Jerome...
HIGH-INTENSITY competition is expected for the third staging of the Western Prep School Championship, organised by Western Athletics and Sports Development. Lloyd’s Department Store are the new title sponsors of the competition this year. During...
In a bid to facilitate students moving from deep rural St James to participate in tournaments in downtown Montego Bay, La Toya Calvin-Williams has created the QEC33 (Quality Education Circle) Netball League for young netballers. The league began...
A FATHER with his two-year-old son in his arms walking a marathon was always going to catch eyes. According to Reality White, the act of walking the five kilometres of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run on Sunday at the Harmony Beach Park in Montego...
AN OVERWHELMED Ray Simpson choked up in tears when asked about the record-breaking turnout at the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, named after his beloved daughter and wife of tourism mogul Adam Stewart, on Sunday. Initially, an emotional Simpson was...
TAJAY MITCHELL, a student of Northern Caribbean University, will line up for the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMCR) this year, and he is hoping that others like himself will benefit from an initiative that make his appearance a possibility....
MOUNT PLEASANT Academy’s head coach, Theodore Whitmore, says his team will be taking it game by game after the St Ann-based club secured another win in the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League yesterday. In a thrilling encounter, Mount Pleasant blanked...
WESTERN BUREAU: “We just get Jesse and him just gone suh,” said Shanoi Smith, the foster mother of 13-year-old Jesse Patterson, who collapsed and died while participating in a cross-country event at Anchovy High School in St James last Friday. “I...
DESPITE THE glaring absence of a chevron track to practice on, schools from western Jamaican still gave as good as they got at the recently completed ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium. Four schools...
Western Bureau: Seven months ago, 18-year-old Rihanna Golding, of Bogue in St James, had her right leg amputated after she was diagnosed with stage two osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in 2023. Today, she is again battling the cancer that she thought was...
