Saint James Parish, Jamaica

The man convicted of the murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Shineka Gray in 2017 has been sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole until he ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/12/shineka-grays-killer-sentenced-life-prison/

Jamaica may be outside the path of totality for today’s solar eclipse, however, the Gleaner’s lenses caught some of the action from Montego Bay, St James ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Dancehall Emperor Shabba Ranks landed in the island today, a source confirmed to The Gleaner. "He came in at Montego Bay at 10 this morning with his wife ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20240410/shabba-ranks-lands-jamaica   #GLNREnt

Following Shanoya Douglas’ outstanding performances for Muschett High School at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) and ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/11/smythe-eyes-world-u20-win-shanoya-douglas/

Adidas’ reported $5.9-billion offer to sponsor Jamaica’s athletics programme is the latest in a decade-long courtship of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/12/decade-long-chase/

Word on the streets is that the GenXS Xengsu costume ruled the road Carnival Sunday! The stunning creation designed by Trinibagonian Douglas John was a hit ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/ruffling-feathers/

Eyewitnesses to the gruesome car crash in Portland, which claimed the lives of a father and his six-year-old son, said it is not a sight they wish to behold ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/02/update-eyewitnesses-describe-horror-of-fatal-portland-car-crash/

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today announced that the Government has allocated $150 million in emergency funding to truck water to areas in Jamaica affected ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240409/pm-announces-150-million-emergency-funding-drought-affected-areas   #GLNRToday

Glenmuir High School alumni Colleen Lowe is the new clerk to the Houses of Parliament. The Jamaica Observer has confirmed that Governor General Sir Patrick ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/08/lowe-flies-high/

Popular streaming sensation Kai Cenat had social media buzz during his recent tour of Jamaica. While many celebrated his island adventures – shared with ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/kai-cenat-defends-jamaica-tour-amid-cultural-appropriation-accusations/

Delroy Patterson's parents walked so he could fly. And after five years of living his dream as a pilot in the United States of America ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240401/soaring-delroy-patterson-dreams-taking-parents-flight   #GLNRFeatures

Some 14 people, including four children, have been left homeless following a fire along Barnett Lane in Montego Bay, St James on Monday night ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240416/fire-barnett-lane-montego-bay-leaves-14-homeless   #GLNRToday

Senior Superintendent of Police Vernon Ellis, after serving an unprecedented six and a half years, is no longer the commander officer for the St James Police ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240415/hard-act-follow   #GLNRToday

Patience is running out for track and field interests with uncertainty surrounding whether or not the Montego Bay Sports Complex will be ready for Western ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240417/too-long-wait   #GLNRSports

Well-known People’s National Party (PNP) activist Ricardo “Taz” James is dead.www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/04/pnp-activist-taz-passes-away/

Thirty-eight-year-old bank executive Sheena Headley, who was arrested and charged in June 2022 after cocaine worth $85 million was found in the trunk of her ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240415/bank-executive-freed-cocaine-charges   #GLNRToday

St. Catherine-based family fun park Dacosta Farms and Attractions shuttered its doors on Tuesday with the company telling the Jamaica Observer that the action ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/03/sometimes-you-have-to-move-on/

PAID PARTNERSHIP Register now on our website to run for education. WEBSITE: mobaycityrun.com/participate/registration/ The Jill Stewart MoBay City Run takes place on Sunday, May 5, 2024 ... Show more   #MobayCityRun   #Run   #Walk   #Charity   #RunforEducation

Principal Shernet Clarke Tomlinson is very aware of the many negative stereotypes people have of the West Kingston inner city in which the Edward Seaga Primary ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240406/edward-seaga-primary-wins-jsifs-best-kept-school-contest   #GLNRToday

The national murder toll has surpassed the 300 mark, the Jamaica Constabulary Force's latest serious crimes statistics show. The JCF says as at April 13 ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240415/murders-surpass-300-14-lower-time-last-year   #GLNRToday

Arguing that Gregory Roberts is a habitual criminal, the prosecution on Friday asked the court to consider slapping him with life imprisonment for the murder ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/06/give-63-years/

Survivors of domestic violence will be encouraged to share their stories when a joint select committee of Parliament, now reviewing the Domestic Violence Act ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/13/parliamentary-committee-reach-victims-domestic-violence/

With Negril in the grips of a water crisis, the theft of one of four water tanks from the local primary school has hit the institution hard ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/negril-primary-pleads-help-following-water-tank-theft/

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, says track and field events will return to the Montego Bay Sports Complex soon ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240413/mayor-vernon-track-and-field-will-return-mobay-sports-complex-soon   #GLNRSports

PAID PARTNERSHIP Register now on our website to run for education. WEBSITE: mobaycityrun.com/participate/registration/ The Jill Stewart MoBay City Run takes place on Sunday, May 5, 2024 ... Show more   #MobayCityRun   #Run   #Walk   #Charity   #RunforEducation

After squeezing into the Jamaica Premier League playoffs on the final match day, finishing sixth on the same number of points as Montego Bay United ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240418/drewsland-optimism   #GLNRSports

A parallel diaspora conference has been announced by organisers for June 16-19, coinciding with the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference to be held at the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240408/parallel-diaspora-conference-put-spotlight-govt-corruption-crime   #GLNRToday

Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Ionie Ramsey Nelson is less than impressed by the decision of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to ditch ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/04/nothing-to-celebrate/

Renowned for his ‘electrifying’ performances, dancehall artiste Skeng ignited the second staging of the Sav Jerk Festival in Westmoreland on Easter Monday with ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/02/skeng-and-kaka-flames-excite-at-sav-jerk-festival/

Jump, a song recorded by South African singer Tyla and which features American rapper Gunna and Jamaican dancehall artiste Skillibeng ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/03/skillibeng-hits-multiple-charts-thanks-to-tyla-and-gunna-collab/

As the Jamaica Constabulary Force continues its robust transformation process, one of its major services to the public is being overhauled to improve ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240407/criminal-records-office-now-digital   #GLNRToday

The 2024 Carnival week, which culminated on Sunday, April 7 with thousands of revellers on the streets of the Corporate Area ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/bacchanal-boostestimated-5-billion-earnings-carnival-week-says-tourism-ministry/