Monthly Archives July 2013

Located at Carr Gate in the plains and  once owned white plantocracy of New Savannah, New Market that surrounded by Dixon Hill to the North, the mountainous terrain of Kepp , the  once slave owned estate to the South, the hilly terrain Brunte and New Works to the West, is Sherel’s Bar And Grill Centre...

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Photo of Carr District, birth place of James “Dick” Richards (1872 – 1965)

New Savannah which borders Carr District, is part of the vast white plantocracy and slave estate spanning from Paynes Town to Kepp. In the absence of the Bye Pass Road from the Public Works Department (PWD) now National Works Agency (NWA) main road at Paynes Town through Cottage District to the intersection of the main road at four roads – near Sefton Hamilton’s (deceased) shop that was constructed and meandered through lands owned by Ernest Wakeland, J.P...

Entrepreneur Sherel “Tiny” Hanson, (center in photo) Owner of Sherel’s Bar And Grill Centre at Carr Gate,  New Savannah, New Market, St. Elizabeth, Vincent Samuels, Community Activist and customer at Sherel’s Bar and Grill.

Little did Kenrick Morgan know that when he decided to reinvent Carr Gate, New Savannah, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies by relocating his Old Hits Party – a vintage affair – from South Coast Rest Stop And Cafe, Old New Market Square to this Cultural Historical site, that Sherel “Tiny” Hanson, 49 year old self-made business woman had also caught the vision to reinvent Carr Gate.  Sherel “Tiny” is the daughter of Dorothy Bennett-Hanson of Jack’s Gate and Reuben Hanson of Glenbournie.  She attended New Roads All Age School.

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In explaining to Councillors of the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council, Technocrats from the Ministry of Local Government and National Security and representatives from Community Based Organizations (CBO’s) and other Stakeholders and Public Interest Groups the purpose of Saint Elizabeth Parish Safety and Security Committee, His Worship the Mayor of Black River and Chairman Saint Elizabeth Parish Council Councillor Everton Fisher said in his welcome and opening remarks that the committee was established with the vision of improving the safety and security of the citizenry in Saint Elizabeth.

Continuing to explain the purpose of the committee, Mayor Fisher said that the vision of the committee also aligns with the national vision which it has adopted and reads: Saint Elizabeth is the place to ...

Left to right in Photo: (1) Councillor A.L Keith Davis, (2) Shane Taylor Director of Planning, (3) Councillor Jeremy Palmer, (4) Winston Laylor, Honorary Counsel of Jamaica to Bermuda, (5) The Rt. Worship Graeme Outerbridge, JP and Mayor of Hamilton Bermuda (6) Everton Fisher, His Worship the Mayor of Black River, (7) Councillor Donal Smith, Deputy Mayor of Hamilton  Bermuda and Alderman, (8) David Gardner, Secretary/Manager of Saint Elizabeth Parish Council.

Reports given by His Worship the Mayor of Black River and Chairman Saint Elizabeth Parish Council Councillor Everton Fisher, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, Minority Leader Saint Elizabeth Parish Council, David Gardner, Secretary Manager, and Shane Taylor, Director of Planning, Saint Elizabeth Parish Council on the outcome of the Mayoral ...

Notwithstanding the absence of a representative from the School Board at Beersheba Primary  School (Government Leased) that did not accept the official invitation from Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) to partner with the Association to be part of the delegation that would attend the Infrastructure Committee of the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council that was held in the E. V. Allen Council Chamber on July 9, 2013, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report on the successful outcome of the delegation as follows:

First, the Association in acquiescing to the 5 minutes slot that the Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee allowed the sole representative from the Association to speak on matters mentioned in letter dated June 20, 2013 addressed to the Secretary Manager, ...

It is with much sad regret that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) announces the passing on July 1, 2013 of Gerald Gayle, age 73 years, Beersheba Elementary School Alumnus from Long Ground, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.

Gerald who has been ailing for quite sometime and whose father Zepheniah and mother and sister Mavis “Pilly Kin” Gayle predeceased him many years ago. Funeral Service  was held on Wednesday, July 18, 2013 at Beersheba Moravian Church, Internment in the family plot at Long Ground.

Nestled in the lush green plains of New Savannah, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies, is Car Gate which is situated a stone throw away from South Coast Rest Stop, Old New Market Square on the main road from Montego Bay, Saint James.

Although famous landmarks such as (a) Miss Emma Coley’s house which served as buying depot for fresh cows milk which Branny Milk Truck use to collect in cylindrical aluminum milk pans and transport to Jamaica Milk Products Factory in Bog walk, Saint Catherine (b) Joe Comrie’s Village Shoemaker’s Shop (c) Mr. Artimus Aarons, “Mass Artie”, JP...

Holland Bamboo, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.

The story that was aired on TVJ nightly news at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 1, 2013 about the alleged response a father has received from the Regional Office, Region 5, Ministry of Education, Mandeville in response to his plea for assistance with respect to severe injury that his son received in his left eye while drinking water at the fountain at Holland Primary School, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies, epitomizes the culture of secrecy, silence, non-response, and pussy-footing that has been characterizing this Regional Office for quite some time.

It is surreal and ludicrous to hear the father whose son was hit in his left eye by another male student at Holland Primary School being allegedly told by the Regional Office, Region 5, Minist...