Rastas victimised ... again? Coral Gardens celebrations become a nightmare as 'cops' demand payment
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-19 03:10:00 -0700 | political-news
Coral Gardens celebrations become a nightmare as 'cops' demand payment Published: Sunday May 19, 2013 Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer Fifty years after the State used police officers to brutalise members of the Rastafarian faith in Coral Gardens, St James,...
Crump bowing out - Businessman says no to calls for him to continue as chamber president
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-19 01:52:28 -0700 | political-news
Crump, who has declined the overwhelming cry for him to serve another term, will hand over the gavel to a new president at next Wednesday's annual general meeting of the chamber. He told The Sunday Gleaner that he plans to...
Saying goodbye and diaspora relations
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-19 01:50:16 -0700 | allnews
The senator, who hails from the South West St Elizabeth constituency, argued personal family reasons for his decision, a position most Jamaicans can relate to and accept. Rev Redwood and I have had many personal encounters outside of the Senate,...
Saying goodbye and diaspora relations
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-19 01:50:16 -0700 | allnews
The senator, who hails from the South West St Elizabeth constituency, argued personal family reasons for his decision, a position most Jamaicans can relate to and accept. Rev Redwood and I have had many personal encounters outside of the Senate,...
McNeill is sleeping on the job, says Bartlett
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-17 23:15:42 -0700 | political-news
Opposition spokesman on Tourism Edmund Bartlett says he was shocked by statements made on Thursday by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment Dr Wykeham McNeill about seeking to have talks with Playa Hotel and Resorts. The tourism minister made the statement...
Wheelchair druggist gets jail time... fined $1.3 million alongside two years mandatory
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-17 01:35:52 -0700 | political-news
The wheelchair-bound man who was arrested and charged for attempting to smuggle cocaine and ganja out of Jamaica via the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, was handed a mandatory two years and four months sentence and fined $1.3 million...
Two charged in aftermath of MoBay raid
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-15 23:37:29 -0700 | political-news
Arrested and charged are 49-year-old Canadian national Allister Chase and 33-year-old Patrick Parkins of a Westgate Hill address. Chase, a sales representative by profession, was charged with possession of, dealing in and taking steps to export hash oil while Parkins,...
Rav Wilding on a romantic Jamaican getaway with fiancee Jill
Source: Mail Online UK
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-15 09:19:05 -0700 | travel-news
Like a boxer pre-fight, I was nervous about whether the scales would tip in my favour. To our mutual relief, my weight is 218lb, so I donned my helmet and our riding adventure began. Built for speed: Rav pays homage...
Miguel adorns Sumfest 21 - R&B star, Jr Gong, Chronixx on closing night
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-15 04:08:47 -0700 | entertainment-news
Social media network Facebook was buzzing last Friday night, minutes after news broke that America's latest heartthrob, Miguel, is one of the headline acts on Reggae Sumfest 2013. The Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter joins an impressive list of internationally...
Massive MoBay raid - Drugs, cash seized; Canadian national held in 11-hour operation
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-15 12:33:21 -0700 | political-news
We have seized a substantial amount of drugs and an undetermined sum of money," a police officer told The Gleaner . "One person has been taken into custody so far." United States operatives and the Jamaica Defence Force, targeted three...
Jamaicans in the US urged to attend diaspora conference
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-15 03:09:06 -0700 | political-news
Addressing nationals at a town hall meeting at the Redeemer Covenant Church, in the city of Minneapolis, on May 9, ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, pointed out that the conference will give participants an opportunity to hear,...
'Give us diamonds'
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-12 23:11:50 -0700 | political-news
In the ad, he declared the current haemorrhaging of millions of dollars in cost to the nation at both properties could be easily cauterised. "It's not complicated. Instead of losing $50 million a month, the Trelawny stadium should be turned...
Playa replaces Ritz with Park Hyatt
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-12 23:11:49 -0700 | political-news
The Gleaner has learnt the Park Hyatt will step in the day The Ritz closes its doors next Monday, May 20, after 13 years in Jamaica. This will be the first Hyatt property to do business in Jamaica, a plus...
DPP wants police to investigate dentist in Coudray-Greaves case
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-11 03:10:31 -0700 | political-news
The orthodontist has requested that a sum of $1.8 million be paid over to him, according to reports corroborated by the DPP. "Unfortunately, I don't think the police authority has done enough to investigate this gentleman, and I am going...
St James businessman has bail extended
Source: Jamaica Star
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-10 14:28:44 -0700 | entertainment-news
A St James businessman accused of stealing motor vehicle parts from another man had his bail extended to May 21 when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The matter was deferred on account of the absence...
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