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June 18, 2018
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Gladstone Taylor / Photographer Kevin Bennett (right) receives a STAR-branded bottle from Sherilla Gordon, marketing officer of the Gleaner Company (Media) Limited, after purchasing three copies of The STAR last Thursday. Bennett, who was a patron at Wayne's Sports Bar in downtown Kingston, entered the Star Spot the Ball competition. The RJRGLEANER Communications Group publication is offering its readers a chance to win a grand prize of a five-day, four-night stay for two, including airfare, at the all-inclusive Breezes Resort and Spa Bahamas, as well as weekly prizes. All readers have to do is to look out for the football photo published in The Star on Thursdays and Fridays, mark an X where they think the football should be in the photo, complete the entry form, and send in their entries. Weekly prizes includes 32-inch television sets and various cash prizes before the grand prize draw. The competition will run for four weeks, with readers encouraged to enter as many times as they wish.
This massive hole in a bridge in Llandewey, St Thomas, is a major cause for concern for members of the community.
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Omar Robinson, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), says Jamaica's tourism capital, Montego Bay, St James, is the safest place in Jamaica.

Robinson, speaking at the JHTA 57th annual general meeting at the Moon Palace Jamaica Grande on Saturday, said the state of emergency that was decared in St James on January 18 has yielded positive results.

"I tell you, Montego Bay is the safest place to be, ladies and gentlemen; a lot of civility has returned to Montego Bay," he said said.

Police data indicate that 39 persons were murdered in St James, up to May 26, when compared with 113 over the corresponding period last year. St James ended 2017 with a record 335 murders, that's 66 more than reported in 2016.

"From all indications, the enhanced security measures have won some positive results, with the police reporting a significant reduction in murders, the recovery of illegal weapons and ammunition, the detention of several wanted men and an overall sense of calm being restored in Montego Bay," Robinson said.

The National Works Agency (NWA) says a recent inspection of the Llandewey Bridge in western St Thomas has found that a small section of the concrete deck had failed.

The agency said that use of the bridge, which links the communities of Llandewey, Ramble and Cedar Valley, is being restricted to small vehicles only.

Manager of communication and customer services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, said persons should exercise due care when using the structure. He said the bridge's deck is to be temporarily repaired with a metal deck; the works for which is being treated as an emergency. The structure had previously been identified for replacement by the NWA.

Shaw said the survey and designs for these permanent works are currently being finalised.

Winston Watson, group general manager at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), is emphasising the need for Jamaicans to practise energy conservation.

"When you conserve, you put (money) back in your pocket. You don't have to spend it, you don't have to give it to JPS. Even if you have to do some capital outlay to get started, at least you get the savings over 15 (to) 20 years. So you are winning, any way you look at it," he said.

Watson was speaking at the opening ceremony for the two-day Jamaica Alternative Energy Expo at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Friday.