West Kingston News

Shortly after the passing of Ambassador Dudley Thompson, the Observer published an editorial titled 'Messrs Seaga and Thompson: from foes to friends'. The piece reported that the two former political adversaries eventually became friends and developed a "very pleasant personal relationship". I vividly recall the awful days in the early 1970s when ... (more)

DUDLEY THOMPSON, the brash, outspoken and colourful former minister of national security in the Michael Manley administration of the late 1970s, is dead.

After a hotly contested general election which saw an administration mired in scandals and swamped in colossal arrogance, it became abundantly clear to me that the party had not made the transition from its 18 years in Opposition.

The Coast Guard pulled two fishermen from the water three miles northeast of Block Island after their 55-foot fishing trawler capsized Saturday evening, January 7. The F/V Elizabeth Helen overturned at approximately 3:55 p.m. Saturday and the Coast Guard was on the scene by 5 p.m. The Coast Guard was directed to the two uninjured crewmen sitting in ... (more)

The number of homeless persons on the streets of the Corporate Area is on the increase, according to former Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie.