Photo: Okoye Henry Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon (centre) interacts with Founder and chairman of Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera (left) and …
Read moreTertiary education crucial to nat’l productivity, says MoBay mayor
Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: NEWLY MINTED Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is urging Jamaicans to see the pursuit of education as a social responsibility while touting tertiary education as the means by which the nation’s level of productivity and growth will improve. Vernon issued the challenge in his keynote address during Wednesday’s press…
Read more‘A beacon of hope’ MoBay City Run renamed in honour of the late Jill Stewart
HORACE HINES Observer writer MONTEGO BAY, St James — The room was heavy with emotion at the launch of this year’s staging of Montego Bay’s premier fund-raising road race when Janet Silvera, conceptualiser of the event, announced that it has been renamed in honour of Jill Stewart, the late wife of Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals…
Read moreMoBay City Run renamed in honour of late supporter Jill Stewart
Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer MONTEGO BAY'S annual MoBay City Run has been officially renamed the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, in honour of the late wife of Sandals Resorts International’s executive chairman, Adam Stewart, who was a major contributor to the programme before her passing in 2023. The announcement of the programme’s renaming took place yesterday…
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