Montego Bay, Jamaica News

Disaster mitigation stakeholders from some 30 countries in the Caribbean, Latin America and the South Pacific, are in Jamaica for the 4th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management .

Dubbed an excellent piece of Caribbean folklore, the much-anticipated White Witch play will have a gala world premiere on Saturday, February 6 at the Fairfield Theatre in Montego Bay.

United States track star Wallace Spearmon shares the stage with Usain Bolt at his SuperParty in St Ann.

JetBlue plans to announce a 25 percent expansion of its Caribbean service from Boston, according to Katie Johnston Chase at the Boston Globe .

Island wisdom suggests one begin one's Jamaican holiday with a glass of green coconut juice said to be "the only water that washes the heart." My NYC sister and I had just arrived at Sangster Airport after an easy, non-stop 3 A1 2 hour flight on Jet Blue.

"No other island in the Caribbean is as beautiful or as productive," said Grace Elmore from behind the bar at Richmond Hill Inn, a colonial lookout-cum-eyrie owned by her family since the 1960s.

Kathi Cooke unhinged the gate to her house in Montego Bay and opened her arms. I strode into her embrace and then into her home.

The deal Forget hanging your stockings by the chimney with care this Christmas. Instead, haul out the holly down in the tropics.

An all-inclusive stay at a high-end resort on the north coast of Jamaica. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 The Real Deal Round-trip airfare on American Airlines to Montego Bay; four nights at the 757-room Gran Bahia Principe Jamaica ; all meals, snacks, and beverages, including beer and soft drinks; daytime activities, including nonmotorized water ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James- A plan by the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation and the Montego Bay Marine Park to the problem of declining fish stock by training local fishermen to earn part of their livelihood as tour guides is being rejected by some veteran seafarers here.

McCalla, Lightbourne The country's Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, and Chief Justice Zaila McCalla head the star-studded group of legal luminaries that will invade western Jamaica this weekend.

"Food" is cheap and tasty and sets you up for a hard day at the beach. But where do you go in the evening? The First Post is here to help.

So they all got the memo and, horror of horrors, there are no clean hands. It's yet another Olint scare.

There is now a major musical buzz sweeping western Jamaica as retro music fans are now gearing up for the Off Tha Wall Retro Party, which is slated to rock the Pier One Complex in Montego Bay on Saturday.

Each year, Northern Caribbean University pauses to acknowledge the academic achievements of its students at the highly anticipated and prestigious Honours Convocation Ceremony.

Through next Tuesday , buy rare one-way sale rates from USAirways to a pair of island destinations.

In yesterday's front-page article, "Bail too easy - Police Officers Association appeals to courts, frowns on suspended sentences", members of the association lamented the fact that "almost everybody who goes before the courts comes out on bail". This cry from the police for more persons to be remanded by the courts is not new.

The Salvation Army will launch its annual Christmas Kettle at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St James tomorrow.

While most doctors venture to Jamaica to get away from the pressures of caring for patients, Tom Rexroth will be doing just the opposite as he visits the Caribbean island this week.

The Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay remains open and operational, a release from the airport's managers and operators, MBJ Airports Limited, confirmed Friday evening .