A security guard who allegedly stole a woman's bag from a supermarket and tried to extort money from her for its return was offered bail in court on Tuesday.
Accompong is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St Elizabeth in Jamaica. It was formed after the Maroons signed a peace treaty with the British in 1739.
The Bright Horizon Pre-School and Kindergarten dance group performs its 2012 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Festival's gold-medal-winning piece titled 'Praisefest' during the school-leaving exercise at the Faith Temple Assembly of God in Montego Bay on Sunday
The community of Accompong is home to descendants of freedom fighters who battled the British army for 80 years. But despite its violent history, the Maroon village has remained crime free.
It is not often young Jamaican students get an opportunity to meet local and international celebrities while being rewarded, but the RuJohn Foundation made this possible for several Herbert Morrison Technical High School students recently.
The Goodwill district in St James was the location of a community health fair last weekend, which was organised by the Chatham Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church.
The Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth are putting the finishing touches on their newest attraction, set to open in August. It is expected to reignite interest in the historic village and generate much-needed revenue.
WESTERN BUREAU:Acceptance for primary-level education is becoming increasingly difficult for one five-year-old boy in Montego Bay, St James, after several school officials told his parents...
WESTERN BUREAU:A man who reportedly used a fake credit card to buy jewellery from a hotel's store was offered bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
MONTEGO BAY, St James:Antidote Entertainment has found a remedy to soothe the need of party lovers in Montego Bay with their annual Officially Diagnosed event slated for Saturday, June 30.
WESTERN BUREAU:An August 2011 vehicular manslaughter case involving a Dutch national has been set for mention on June 28 to allow time for three police statements to be placed on the case file.
WESTERN BUREAU:Residents of Rejoin, Hanover, have never had piped water. They depend solely on the elements for their day-to-day supply and anxiously await the day when the precious commodity will be piped to their homes.
WESTERN BUREAU:The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been lauded for its hard work in Rejoin as the community recovers from a quadruple murder last month.
WESTERN BUREAU:Nineteen-year-old Amelia Hudson is refusing to limit herself to one profession and has decided to explore a career in modelling while she pursues becoming an educator.
DUNCANS, Trelawny:Trelawny was the venue for birthday celebrations of three of its sons, vice-president of purchasing and logistics at Norwegian Cruise Line Alvin Dennis, police Superintendent Clinton Laing, and his dad,...
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland:Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar Bertel Moore is suggesting that the Martha Brae River in Trelawny could be the solution to the water problem in his division of Negril and elsewhere in the parish of Westmoreland.
Twenty-one-year-old Jamaican Meika Billings recently claimed top honours at her graduation from the University of South Florida. Billings, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders, was awarded the university's King O'Neal Scholar Award in May as the top graduate of her class with the highest accumulative grade-point average of 4.0.
A Westmoreland mother whose 13-year-old son has a condition known to her only as 'quick delivery' received a much-needed wheelchair to assist him to move around.
It will not be business as usual for street vendors in the town of Falmouth as the local authorities embark on a comprehensive clean-up of the town to capitalise on the high number of cruise-ship passengers who visit its port.
A St James man who stoned his neighbour's property after her daughter got into a fight with his girlfriend will return to court on July 25 for sentencing.
Falmouth was created from seaside lands owned by Edward Moulton Barrett in 1790. Barrett sold portions of land to planter friends, but kept the waterfront. He donated what remained for the building of a courthouse, church, and public gardens.
