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Boost for Maffessanti Charities

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation on Tuesday, May 8, presented Managing Director of Maffessanti Builders Ltd. and patron of the Maffessanti Charities, Giuseppe Maffessanti, with a cheque valued at $209,000.
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P.M. is Trelawny reunion week patron

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is this year’s patron for the 31st staging of the Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA) annual reunion weekend, May 25-27, in New York....
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Faster response time to hospital calls

Patients can anticipate a faster response time from the Cornwall Regional and Savanna-la-mar hospitals, thanks to the deployment of a Multi-Patient Transfer Unit to both facilities. Funded through the National Health Fund (NHF), the two units were presented on Thursday, May 10, by George Duncan, who has been returned as Board Chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority. ...
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Trelawny basic school, police station to benefit

The Hilloughby Basic School in Cascade, Hanover, has been chosen by the Jamaica Ex-Police Association of South Florida, Inc., (JEPA) for their ‘Adopt a Basic School for A Day Project’ this year....
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‘More family planning needed’

There is a call to immediately address the issue of lack of family planning and the effects that the breakdown of the family continues to have on the family in Jamaica. ...
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Mavado guilty

Popular dancehall artiste, David ‘Mavado’ Brooks has been found guilty of malicious destruction of property and assault occasioning bodily harm, nearly a year after he assaulted a St. James man and damaged his motorcar in an apparent case of road rage....
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Hanover lotto scam bust

Another major dent has been made in the lotto scam, which has tarnished the country’s international reputation and contributed to the worrying crime rate, particularly in western Jamaica....
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Regulating night noise -New superintendent under fire from businesses

A decision by newly-appointed head the St. James Police Division, Superintendent Egbert Parkins to enforce the Noise Abatement Act and the Spirit License Act has angered a number of operators of entertainment complexes in Montego Bay. ...
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St. James Infirmary gets needed donation

Residents at the St. James Infirmary in Albion, St. James, should experience less aches whenever resting following Wednesday’s donation of 15 Therapedic mattresses to the facility....
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Alleged teen rapists bailed - Another suspect being sought

Two Hanover teenage boys, who were last week arrested and charged with the rape of a 14 year-old girl at a school in the parish, have been granted bail. In the same breath, the police have launched a manhunt for a third student said to be one of the perpetrators. ...
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Major setback in drug case

The prosecution has still not been able to start legal proceedings in the case against a St. James man and two British women who were arrested following the seizure of nearly 100 pounds of marijuana at the Sangster International Airport more than two years ago....
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Skeletal remains found hanging in Rosemount Gardens

Residents of Rosemount Gardens in St. James are expressing shock at the discovery of skeletal remains hanging from a piece of rope in a section of the community on the weekend....
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St. James police seize 3 high powered guns

Three high-powered illegal firearms were taken off the streets of Montego Bay yesterday, along with a large amount of ammunition....
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GlobalFire assists Jamaica Fire Brigade

The Jamaica Fire Brigade is set to benefit from a donation from the GlobalFire organization based out of Canada....
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Schoolboys facing sex charges

Charges are expected to be laid today against two teenage boys of a prominent high school in Hanover after they allegedly sexually molested a teenage girl on the school’s compound last week....
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Call on Chinese businesses to get involved

Re-elected president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCC&I), Davon Crump, has called on the Chinese business sector in Montego Bay to become more involved in the development of the city to which they are indelibly linked. ...
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Fire boat coming - Mayor Harris

Efforts have jump-started to secure a fireboat for the parish of St. James according to Glendon Harris, the Mayor of Montego Bay....
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MoBay could be wiped out!

The City of Montego Bay could be wiped off the north coast of Jamaica in just a few decades if global warming goes unchecked....
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‘THEY TOLD ME TO LEAVE OUT THE GREEN’ - Decorator

The plot has thickened in the ongoing saga surrounding the absence of green cloth in the stage backdrop at the recent swearing ceremony of the Chairman and Councillors of the St. James Parish Council. The decorator, in a statement issued Friday, said that he was told to forego the green due to time constraints. ...
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Landmark business vandalized

The bad luck associated with Friday the 13th was real for proprietor of one of Montego Bay’s landmark businesses, United Finance Sales and Service at 26 Union Street in the second city....
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