WESTERN BUREAU: The support and audience reaction to the staging of Jesus Christ Superstar seemed not only to have served as a confidence booster for executive producer Andre Dixon but re-emphasised the dire need for a performing-arts centre in...
They left some of the biggest names in the music industry to return to the place they call home. The original members of Buju Banton’s Til Siloah band, are back with him, and the words that comes from their mouths is a rendition of Half Pint’s One...
NASSAU BAHAMAS: The last time Mark ‘Buju Banton’ Myrie performed to a Bahamian audience, he was hailed a star. Last Saturday night when he returned at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, the former star easily moved from his dancehall genre...
WESTERN BUREAU: The University of the West Indies (UWI) should have its first-ever Graduate School of Tourism up and running at its Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay by the beginning of 2020. Speaking at the official groundbreaking for the new...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the Caribbean ecosystem becomes more vulnerable, Sandals Foundation has committed to engaging 100,000 people in environmental conservation over the next 10 years. “This commitment includes working with schools and educators to...
Dave Revels’ Shadows of the ‘60s, Fitzroy ‘Saxie’ Minott, Jumanji band and Lady Marlene brought an international combination to the opening of Montego Bay’s newest attraction, Grand A View Restaurant and Event Place, last Saturday night. Opened...
WESTERN BUREAU: A sustained effort is now being pursued by the tourism ministry to ensure that Jamaican farmers reap the full benefits of the industry. Speaking at the official opening of the Grand-a-View Restaurant and Event Place in Montego Bay...
Women who have suffered from discriminatory hiring policies are more likely to be promoted to leadership when companies are on the brink of failure, a university academic has asserted. Women were also more likely to be put in leadership positions...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former No-Maddz member, Chris Gordon, has crossed a lot of hurdles to get to where he is today – an entrepreneur pushing medical cannabis on a strip plastered with some of the quaintest attractions in the tourism capital, Montego...
WESTERN BUREAU: Inexpensive fares offered by low-cost carriers are the key reason for the steady increase in tourist arrivals into Sangster International, the airport operator has said. Speaking at a meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce...
WESTERN BUREAU: The construction of Montego Bay’s Closed Harbour Beach Park, for which ground will be broken today, will transform development in the city’s downtown area, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has predicted. Both the Tourism Enhancement...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Tourism has responded to concerns raised by members of the international press about the use of imported conference memorabilia at the recent United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Government of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica and other Caribbean interests have failed to tap the lucrative travel market in China because of structural barriers and lacklustre marketing, says an agent leading the Chinese delegation to the Caribbean Travel Marketplace...
“Jamaica’s international standing and prestige have risen tremendously, thanks to its efficient and dignified management of the very high level United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) event in Montego Bay,” a founding...
Self-taught artist Danielle Lee, who has been painting over the past seven years, has become an expert in the field of tattoo art. She recently opened Modify Me at the Iconic Fearview Plaza in Montego Bay.The 24-year-old, who did a body modification...
WESTERN BUREAU:The man who led the war that spurred the end of slavery in Jamaica, Sam Sharpe, is to have a day named in his honour come 2019.The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has announced plans that it will be putting things...
The flagship property in the Sandals Resorts International chain has been given a US$60-million makeover with added luxury services.Sandals Montego Bay was the first property acquired by Gordon 'Butch' Stewart nearly four decades ago, in 1981, to...
The woman who made history when she was named the first female president of the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ), Patricia Hayle, has taken the spotlight again as the 2018 Distinguished Member awardee for the...
Western Bureau:Despite the seeming reluctance by successive governments to fully embrace casino gambling, a leading United States expert is insisting that Jamaica stands to make billions from the activity.The case for Jamaica to move quickly to...
The Hanover Grange Villa at the Tryall Club was on metaphorical fire on Tuesday night, as renowned UK-based jazz vocalist Mica Paris wowed lovers of the music genre in what was her second charity concert performance in Jamaica.The fourth generation...
WESTERN BUREAU:Five-year-old Tamelia Thompson knew that her sisters, Tiara and Tiana, were dead long before her teachers confirmed her premonition."We saw her crouched in a corner, praying," said Carolyn Brown, principal of the Providence Heights...
WESTERN BUREAU: With three more lives lost, two of them children, on the Rose Hall Highway in St James, stakeholders are calling for a rezoning of the accident-prone main road. Principal of the John Rollins Success Primary School, Yvonne Miller...
WESTERN BUREAU:Some 8,000 indigent patients - many living below the poverty line - with non-communicable diseases are to receive free medication courtesy of locally based pharmaceutical company Indies Pharma.The company has donated medications...
WESTERN BUREAU:Twenty marching bands are to be established across the island to enhance the entertainment and cultural offerings at the island's cruise-shipping ports.According to Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, the Tourism Product Development...
Wearing costumes of black satin character sketches depicting the 'wrath of God', one of Jamaica's leading contemporary dance companies, Movements, opened the much-touted World Travel Awards (WTA) Latin America and the Caribbean at Sandals Montego...
