A five star beach resort that offers a range of experiences designed for people who love the sea. Equipped with all the services and facilities required to combine long stays ashore with life on board, designed for yachting, sailing, diving and fishing, as well as meetings & events, families, weddings and honeymoons, spa & wellness.

Zimbali Retreats is a concept born by the love of a couple who joined in their belief of a simpler, more natural life; a life at one with Mother Nature. Their backgrounds could not be more diverse.

Silent Waters Villa is a superb location for a family reunion, corporate retreat, destination wedding (seating 54 guests) or just a small group of friends seeking a most unusual holiday experience. Nestled in the hills of Jamaica, overlooking pristine forests and the spectacular turquoise waters of Montego Bay sits a truly remarkable private Jamaica resort property .... an enchanting heaven.

Its core group has remained fairly stable over the past sixty years, a full list of the Jolly Boys members would include a large number of official but transient members. Today, the "original" group consists of Albert Minott (lead vocals), Derrick “Johnny” Henry (rumba box), Allan Swymmer (percussion), and Egbert Watson (banjo). The current touring band mixes three of the original members (Minott, Bennett and Henry) with three younger members (Dale Dizzle Virgo on drums & percussions; Lenford "Brutus" Richards on banjo; and Harold Dawkins "Jah T" on guitar).

JIS:

MORE THAN 200 residents of the rural community of Rio Bueno in Trelawny will have water flowing from taps in their homes in time for Christmas.

The Rural Water Supplies Limited (RWSL) has undertaken work to connect the residents to the Rio Bueno Water Supply System.

This was disclosed by the agency's managing director, Albert Thompson, as he delivered an agency report at a meeting of Heads of Agencies and Departments of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change recently.

A Jamaican gay rights activist has brought a rare legal challenge to the Caribbean island’s anti-sodomy laws that criminalize consensual sex between men, according to the Canadian advocacy group he works for.

Gay rights campaigner and attorney Maurice Tomlinson filed a claim in Jamaica’s supreme court challenging the constitutionality of the rarely-used 1864 laws that ban anal sex and anything interpreted as “gross indecency” between men.

Today’ social workers are recognizing the need to update and acquire new skills in order to deal with the traumatized whom they encounter.

 

Violence and crime continue to leave many, traumatized, stressed and depressed to some degree. Social workers encounter such persons on a daily basis. Consequently, the theme has been chosen for the year’s conference is:

“Clinical skills for the Contemporary Social Worker”

 Residents of the Riverton City community are complaining that the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has left their community's main road in a terrible and health-threatening condition.

One resident, who gave his name as Sealah, said, "Three days after the JDF fix dis, a dis happen."

He was pointing to the visibly unfinished state of the entire road leading up to the Riverton City disposal site.

"Look pon di road weh di soldier dem come scrape off. Mi cyaa believe seh a di road dis weh di man dem scrape off."

 Account holders who receive email asking them to confirm sensitive financial information are being urged by the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (C-TOC) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to contact their financial institution immediately.

This advice comes against the background of what senior superintendent of police (SSP) in charge of the C-TOC, Clifford Chambers, has described as an increase in electronic fraud during the festive season.

 Western Bureau:

Former president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Clayton Hall, has added his voice to calls for the maintenance of corporal punishment in schools, arguing that based on his childhood experiences, it serves as a deterrent to undesired behaviour.

Hall, who was addressing a retirement function for two teachers of the Cacoon Primary and Infant School in Lucea, Hanover, on Friday, also sought to make the distinction between vengeance beatings, child abuse, and punishment for improper behaviour.