Posts Tagged: Ocho Rios

Corporate Group to build 250-room hotel in St. Ann

Buoyed by the financial success of its hotels, the Corporate Group is investing more on the north coast. Corporate Group of Companies is committing itself to playing a more integral role in the development of the island’s north coast and…
Read more »

Maurice Kirk… a warbird wins peace

The story of Maurice Kirk is an amazing ride, interwoven with animals and aeroplanes. Kirk, the veterinarian-cum-pilot, had an emergency landing at the Boscobel Air-Strip in St. Ann after his single- engine World War II warbird J3 Piper Cub US…
Read more »

Dinner with Asha and Joey

Joe Issa and his fiancée, St. Ann businesswoman Asha Maglani (right), chat with Eva Myers, the owner of Evita’s Italian Restaurant, during their recent visit to her award-winning establishment. Joey recently proposed to miss Maglani at Noel Cowards Firefly in…
Read more »

Holy Cross/Joe Issa Scholarship Fund launched

The Holy Cross / Joe Issa Scholarship Fund was launched in Ocho Rios recently. President of Holy Cross College, Father Michael McFarland outlined the terms of the Holy Cross / Joe Issa valued at fifty million Jamaican dollars over a…
Read more »

Cancellations rock tourism

Ocho Rios major cancellations in both the cruise shipping and hotel sectors are threatening to derail the country’s tourism industry as the fall-out continues from the three-day all-island gas price demonstration. Cruise line officials, fearing for the safety of their…
Read more »

Ocho Rios businesses hurting

The prolonged infrastructural work in the resort town of Ocho Rios, St. Ann, is said to be talking a toll on commerce there, as a number of business men complain that they have been faced with financial problems resulting from…
Read more »