Montego Bay welcomes New Year in style
WESTERN BUREAU: ON THE eve of his 50th anniversary, Jamaica's calypso monarch, Byron Lee, stood at his mixing board and spun the musical magic of the Dragonnaires. The occasion was New Year's Eve and Lee was in his fifth year of revelry...
Dancing into 2006
THEY CAME in glitters, sequinned, jewelled neckline tops, and suits, hundreds of them, from far and near. Some from as far as Denmark, England, Canada and Hungary - all to ring in the New Year at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel...
Newborn celebrity
WALDERSTON, Manchester: BABY SHENIEL Smith became an instant celebrity at birth as she was the first to be born in the maternity ward at the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester for 2006. The little bundle of joy was delivered ten minutes past midnight...
Cornwall Regional appeals for foetal monitor
WESTERN BUREAU: STAFF IN the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay yesterday issued an urgent appeal to corporate citizens to assist in procuring a Doppler foetal monitor...
Billboard crackdown
THE ST. MARY Parish Council, is warning that the erection of illegal billboards will not be tolerated in the new year. According to Sheldon Peart, secretary/manager at the St. Mary Parish Council..
Boost for cruise industry in Jamaica
THE CRUISE shipping industry will get a major boost this year, with a massive expansion of the island's two main ports. Michael Belnavis, president of the Ocho Rios Cruise Shipping Council, said the upgrade of the Ocho Rios and Montego Bay ports...
Rebel without a Claus
FOR CHRISTMAS this year, my son Zubin got a remote-controlled SUV that goes 650 feet per minute. Fast as that is, it is much slower than the rate at which my money leaves my pockets and bank account every holiday season.
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