Back-to-school amnesty for St Ann vendors

ST ANN, Jamaica — Chairman of the St Ann Parish Council Desmond Gilmore announced on Thursday, that the Council will be giving all registered vendors in the three major markets in the parish a back-to-school amnesty. Registered vendors in the Brown’s Town, St Ann’s Bay and Ocho Rios markets are expected to benefit. Gilmore, who […]

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JCA reports significant ASYCUDA compliance

THE Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is reporting significant stakeholder compliance with its Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) world system since its full implementation in April. ASYCUDA is a web-based system designed to transform the JCA to a paperless operation through the use of electronic documents. Commissioner of Customs Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese says the […]

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Dunn’s River Falls gets another “Excellente”

DUNN’s River Falls and Park in St Ann has received the TripAdvisor 2016 Certificate of Excellence for a second-consecutive year. Now in its sixth year, the award celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include accommodations, eateries and attractions located all over the […]

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Mined-Out Lands To Be Made Productive

Transport and Mining Minister Mike Henry says that mined-out bauxite lands across the island will be returned to productive use, especially for agriculture. During a tour of two water harvesting and greenhouse cluster projects in St Ann on June 2, Henry said he is determined to ensure that the lands are returned to the people […]

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Are You a Returning Resident?

If you are a returning resident the following information might be valuable to you.  Why not see what other returning residents have gone through so you can stay on top of what you need to do? Imagine if you meet someone explaining the 30 steps they had to take, when you were thinking it was […]

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200 St Ann Women Get Free Mammogram Screening

“You have breast cancer.” These are the four words no woman wants to hear. But that is exactly what Terri Andrews and Laura Renegar were told. Andrews is an information communications technology director of RSM US LLP, America’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services in Charlotte, North Carolina; and Renegar, an American Cancer […]

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