'SONNA PUCKHOO' SHOT DEAD - Son of MoBay tycoon killed at his gate

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Shakeel Lincoln, Krystal Lincoln and stepson Lorenzo Stephens were left motherless and fatherless respectively on Wednesday morning of
this week after gunmen snuffed out the life of Radcliff Lincoln, Jr., otherwise called ‘Sonna Puckhoo’, 41 year-old Cornwall College past student and son of deceased popular businessman Radcliff ‘Sonna Puckhoo’ Lincoln Snr.

Two more corrupt cops nabbed

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
The reputation of the St. James Traffic Department received yet another body blow within the past four days after another two police officers were taken into custody by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch on reasonable suspicion.

ACCUSED RAPIST SHOT DEAD....Man reportedly raped and buggered mother

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Volney Barrett
A 38 year-old St. Elizabeth man who was accused of sexually abusing his more than 80 year- old mother, was shot dead by the police on Wednesday night in as Top Hill in that parish. The police had gone there to execute an arrest warrant.

Cambridge teen missing

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Fourteen-year-old Shyann Leemock of Cambridge, St. James has been reported missing from home since Tuesday, August 4.

Crime rate falls in St. James - say police

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Okoye Henry
Strategies toward effectively fighting crime have long been a longstanding problem for Jamaica, and especially St. James, which for sometime was labelled the crime capital of Jamaica, with its overbearing crime issues.

Robbers on the run....Man shot after $100,000 heist

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
The police in Sandy Bay, Hanover and Montego Bay, St. James have since embarked on a massive manhunt to apprehend the two armed robbers who are said to be behind a $100,000 heist which occurred in Hanover on Wednesday morning.

Caretaker Sleeps While Thieves Enter House....Two caught by cops, others escape

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Two of four robbers who broke into a house at Bogue Hill were caught red-handed by the police, when they responded to an emergency alarm triggered by the would-be thieves.

Back-to-school blues for Westmoreland unemployed

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Paul Clarke
The advent of a new school year always results in untold stress on the pocket books and wallets of parents, who have to find a tremendous amount of money to purchase books, shoes, uniforms and bags for September morning.

[OPINIONS]:::WOE UNTO CORRUPT COPS

No. 13 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Western Mirror
The arrests of three policemen in Montego Bay for allegedly taking bribes in the execution of their duties are further evidence that a remolding of the Jamaica Constabulary Force is needed.

[OPINIONS]:::Going after rogue cops

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Robert Dailey
The Bruce Golding led administration has finally established the Independent Commission of Police Investigations which was long overdue frankly speaking. Former Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions in Jamaica and Attorney- at-law Mr. Terrence F. Williams was officially sworn in as Commissioner of the newly formed Independent Commission of Investigations by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on Thursday, July 29, 2010.

[OPINIONS]:::Remedy Bogue Road Dualisation now

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Martin Watson
I am a frequent reader of your newspaper, and I must say thanks for highlighting some of the ills that beset us as a people. However, I want to use this space Sir, to ask those with the obvious power to quickly do something to remedy the situation with the dualisation of the Bogue Road.

[OPINIONS]:::You can do better, Summerfest

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Shauna Grey
Every year, people from all over congregate In Montego Bay to attend the ‘Greatest Reggae Show on Earth’, Reggae Sumfest. Some of these people spend their last dime to come and see their favourite artistes in action.

[SAV SUSS]:::The Undertaker

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Savannah Joe
It is usually us as parents that at times send our children unknowingly to whoredom, but as the Lord called the prophet Hosea and told him to take a prostitute for his wife, then, all is not lost.

[MARINE PARK]:::Too Quite....Where did all the storms go?

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
The updated hurricane outlooks still forecast a very active Atlantic storm season -- about twice the “normal” level of activity.

Trelawny Custos gets temporary office

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Shamir Brown
Custos of Trelawny, Paul Muschett, will soon be engaging persons from the comfort of his new office space, albeit temporarily, after he was allowed the use of the Falmouth Information Centre at 1 Trelawny Street.

Site for displaced craft vendors identified

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Shamir Brown
The craft vendors, who for many years called Bamboo Village their place of trade, have been offered a site at a new area on Market Street by the Trelawny Parish Council, Cohn Gager, Mayor of Falmouth, explained at a meeting Wednesday.

MoBay could host Miss Universe next year

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Volney Barrett
The resort city of Montego Bay could host the prestigious Miss Universe Pageant next year, if the promoters decide to take it to Jamaica.

Rusea's benefits from Grand Palladium outreach

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Chris Bodden
In keeping with its image as a good corporate citizen and friend to the Lucea community, the Grand Palladium Hotel once again has come to the assistance of Rusea’s High School.

'Him beat mi because him love mi'....A woman's story of physical abuse

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
By Serena Grant
Editor’s Note — Physical abuse against women has been a topical issue in Jamaica for numerous years and while some women are brave enough to eject themselves from their poisonous relationships, there are those who, regardless of how severe the beatings, ‘stand by their man’. In the article below a young woman speaks of her experiences.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::'FOR BETTER OR WORSE'

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Lesbian or maama man?
Winner of six Actor Boy Awards, A Box Office Success in Kingston and overseas, Basil Dawkins provocative comedy moves into Montego Bay this Sunday August 29, starting 6:30 p.m. for one performance only, at the Half Moon Conference Centre.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Chu-Chu says ‘pure madness’ this Sunday

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Comedian Chu-Chu declares that he is going to unleash “pure madness” at the Pier One Complex (Howard Cooke Boulevard, Montego Bay) this Sunday (August 29, 2010) when he headlines a strong cast of stand-up ‘laugh-makers’. The event is dubbed ‘Montego Bay Comedy Explosion’. Showtime is 7 p.m.

G2K CALLS ON PNP TO CLEAR THE AIR ON TRAFIGURA

No. 133 Friday, August 27, 2010
Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party calls on the Peoples National Party to immediately address serious and long outstanding questions held by the country, concerning the cloudy arrangements of the Trafigura affair.

RAPE ON THE RISE.....Taximen target teens

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Since the start of the summer season, St. James has recorded an increase in sexual offenses, according to the police at Montego Freeport.

TRAFFIC COP NABBED......Caught accepting bribe

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A popular police officer attached to the Traffic Department at the Montego F1eeport Station has found himself in a pot of hot water after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe from a motor vehicle owner on the station’s compound on Monday afternoon.

Headless Victim Identified

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The police in Granville and Mt. Salem have determined the identity of a man who was discovered burned to death and his head severed at a bushy section of the Retirement Dump in St. James last Friday morning.

St. James man missing

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Twenty-two-year-old Garreth Billings of Greenwood, St. James has been reported missing since Friday, August 20.

FALMOUTH POLICE SEIZE ILLEGAL HANDGUN......One arrested

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Shamir Brown
The Falmouth police were rewarded in their crime-fighting efforts Sunday, after they were able to remove an illegal gun from off the streets of the parish.

ELECTROCUTED WHILE PICKING ACKEES

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A Trelawny man was electrocuted while allegedly picking ackees. As a result, the police in the parish along with personnel from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) have launched an investigation into the recent death of the man who was a security guard. He was found dead on the branch of an ackee tree on Saturday.

TWO VISITORS DIE

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Two visitors, who were vacationing at the Palmyra Resort in Rose Hall, St. James, lost their lives tragically on the weekend. One of the victims, the police reported, died by drowning while the other passed away as a result of a heart attack.

17 year-old Anchovy High graduate gains 11 CSEC subjects

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Volney Barrett
He attained a Grade One in the CSEC examinations last year. That was not enough to prevent his critics from giving up on him. This year, he was adamant that he wanted some additional distinctions in the other 10 subjects he wrote in the examinations.

ACS DISPUTE SETTLED?

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Okoye Henry
Contract workers who were made redundant at ACS: A Xerox Company, formally called ACS E-Service, staged a protest at the facility last Friday morning, over the lack of clarity as it relates to their redundancy payment.

[OPINIONS]:::Better PNP prospective candidates needed in St. James

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Valentine Pearson
In recent months, the North West, East Central, West Central and South St. James PNP constituency executives in Region six has been stepping up their effort in selecting prospective candidates of a higher caliber for Local Government elections whenever time it is called next year.

[THE X-FACTOR]:::LIE TO ME

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Brian Brown
“The visionary lies to himself the liar only to others.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Tell me one thing about you, which is absolutely, irrefutably true. Yes you’re pigment and basic features are what they are. But what about you the person is an undeniable fact?

Smelly Freeport!.....resident urges use of TEF to fix problem

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Okoye Henry
A longstanding sewerage problem at the Freeport community in St. James is as of late, becoming even worse with the relevant authorities/officials continuing to turn a blind eye to the issue.

[BAHA'I FAITH]:::Open your spiritual eyes! Prepare your hearts!

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An Old world order built on disunity, prejudice arid injustice bereft of the consummate injunction of all religions — to love thy neighbour — is finally crumbling.

Meadows calls for craft vending facility

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Jamaica Labour Party Constituency Caretaker/candidate for Trelawny Northern, Senator Dennis Meadows, is advocating for relocation site for the over 80 Bamboo Village craft vendors, mostly women, who have been displaced by the acquisition of lands in Coopers Pen by private interest where they have been producing and plying their crafts for over 30 years.

What of the Tourism Industry Refurbishing Programme, Minister?

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Opposition spokesman on Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeil is calling on the Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett to explain the sequence of events that led to the “bungling” that took place with the recent announcement, and then retraction of the Tourism Industry Refurbishing Programme.

Axe and Adze Youth Club Treats Hanover Infirmary Residents

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Chris Bodden
The Axe and Adze Youth Club treated the residents of the Hanover Infirmary to dinner on Sunday, August 22, 2010.

Trelawny Craft Vendors want relocation

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Shamir Brown
The craft vendors that had occupied a section of Coopers Penn known as Bamboo Village, are calling on the relevant authorities to help them escape their plight in a hasty fashion. This point was made at a meeting in Coopers Penn recently.

Children’s Corner at PNP Constituency Conference

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A Children’s Corner will be introduced at the Annual North West Constituency Conference of the Peoples National Party (PNP) to be held at the Montego Bay High School, Saturday, August 28, 2010.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Dancehall Queen Promoter honours pledge

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Some 20 appreciative students will assemble at the Coral Cliff Gaming Lounge tomorrow night (August 26) to collect cash awards towards their tuition fees for the upcoming school term.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Laughter returns to MoBay this Sunday

No. 132 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Laughter returns to the Pier One Complex (Howard Cooke Boulevard, Montego Bay) this Sunday (August 29, 2010) with a rare presentation of a stand-up comedy. The event is dubbed “Montego Bay Comedy Explosion”.

EXECUTED...Father of 12 murdered in Hanover

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Twelve broken-hearted children, a mourning common-law wife as well as friends and other relatives are calling on the Lucea Police to act swiftly in apprehending the culprit or culprits responsible for the recent gun slaying of their loved one in the Lances Bay community of Hanover on Tuesday evening.

KNOCKALVA PRINCIPAL UNDER FIRE

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Auditors from the Ministry of Education are to commence a probe into reported financial irregularities at the Knockalva Technical High School in Hanover as the Board has demanded the immediate resignation of the principal, Beryl Roper.

OUT ON BAIL...Teen could have additional charges laid against him

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Additional charges could be brought against a 19 year old man, now out on bail, after he was recently charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, when he appeared before the Western Regional Gun Court.

Robbers - A menace to Bogue Village residents

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
The Freeport Police are reporting an increase in robberies in the Bogue Village Housing Scheme.

The Tryall Fund awards scholarships

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
The Tryall Fund is pleased to announce its Scholarship class of 2010 and has awarded 13 academic scholarships for continuing education.

[OPINIONS]:::BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Western Mirror
It’s the back to school season again and, as usual, parents and guardians face the task of outfitting their children and wards with the Uniforms, books, bags, shoes and the like. As they go about ensuring that those items are in place, there are some issues that they will have to contend with.

[OPINIONS]:::'Make Garveyism part of school curriculum'

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Valentine Pearson
As a people, we are calling on the Ministry of Education to introduce immediately the teachings of Marcus Mosiah Garvey in our school curriculum so that especially our children, who will be the future leaders can be motivated and believe in themselves.

[OPINIONS]:::The Charles Gordon Market is stink and filthy

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Hugh G.D. Ennis
Whichever body is responsible for the cleaning of the
Charles Gordon Market and its immediate environs is not
doing their job properly. Also, whoever is signing those
cheques has not been monitoring what they are paying
for each pay period.

Rotary Club honours Cornwall College CAPE student

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Volney Barrett
Results of the examinations administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) were released this week. Members of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay hosted a congratulatory luncheon for some students of Cornwall College Interact Club who attained excellent passes.

Three year-old reading prodigy

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Okoye Henry
Many Jamaicans would agree we are a nation filled with extraordinary god- given talents that is hardly matched by any other country, whether in the Caribbean or elsewhere. This trend of thinking is formed through decades of personal exposure showcased by our people in education, dance, music or academics.

NWU assists children with back-to-school financing

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Okoye Henry
Four children were presented with educational awards made available by the National Workers Union (NWU) Women’s Committee, last Thursday, August
12.

Child Health and Development Passport expected September

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer says approximately 45,000 children are expected to receive the new Child Health and Development Passport (CHDP) over the one year period from its implementation on September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011.

[SAV SUSS]:::Nobody does it better

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Savannah Joe
When they terminated the services of the employee for stealing, everywhere she went, she ensured that similar to the wandering Jew there was mass destruction and a rapid rate of staff turnover.

PORTIA COMES TO EASTERN HANOVER

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller is tentatively slated to be the guest speaker at the Eastern Hanover combined divisional and constituency conference, to be held at Sandy Bay in the parish.

Treadegar Park murder suspects held in Negril

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Okoye Henry
Two men suspected to be involved in last week’s murder of eight persons in Tredegar Park in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, were held while two of their cronies were killed in an alleged gun battle between the police in Negril, Westmoreland.

CUMI COME RUN 2010 LAUNCHED....This year's target - $3million

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Volney Barrett and Phillip Green
The Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI) headquartered in Brandon Hill, Montego Bay is aiming to raise $3 million from its second annual CUMI Come Run, scheduled for Monday, October 2, 2010.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Former Dancehall Queen Wants To Be A Deejay

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Joel Lawson
If things go as expected, Tavia Morris could be on the roster for the 2011 Reggae Sumfest season. This is the dream of the 2009 Dance queen.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Ralph Next Level at Cariblue Hotel this Sunday

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
DJ Danger of the popular Classique sound system, Krazy Dawg, the only fully digital sound system in the West, Insomniak with TC and Viper are among the top sound systems to sizzle at Ralph Next Level beach party this Sunday, August 22.

[ENTERTAINMENT]:::Queen Ital on the Move

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Okoye Henry
A talented singer, excellent music writer and years of exposure and stage performance, 28 year-old Queen Ital is making her move to become the next big female artiste in the island.

Great back to school products at Fontana Pharmacy

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
Fontana Pharmacy, Fairview Shopping Centre, Montego Bay has, over the years, proven that they are the ultimate one-stop shopping experience in the Montego Bay and western Jamaica. With the back to school preparations on in earnest, Fontana Pharmacy is your store of choice.

Trelawny schools excel in CXC

No. 130 Friday, August 20, 2010
By Shamir Brown
With the news that students did well in their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and with the results still fresh in the minds of people, principals from schools across Trelawny are exceedingly happy.