Bleak prospects for sugar industry
WESTERN BUREAU: MORE PROBLEMS are looming for the already limping sugar industry, as more than half of the cane fields that supply the Frome factory in Westmoreland have still not been planted, and according to the...
Ja has overcome racism - ex-mayor
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA HAS overcome the crippling effects of racism since gaining Independence in 1962, according to former mayor of Montego Bay, Shalman Scott. Describing the period from slavery to Independence as a "long and...
West reaps multiple environment awards
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE ARE more successful environmental projects being conducted by hoteliers and non-Government organisations in western Jamaica, than elsewhere in the island. The trend is reflected in this year's...
Hero's welcome planned for umpire Bucknor
UMPIRE STEVE Bucknor, who recently became Test cricket's leading umpire when he did duties in the just concluded Test series between England and India, in England, will receive a hero's welcome when he returns home this Saturday...
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