Looking in on Whitehouse, MoBay
Perched along the seacoast of Montego Bay is the sleepy fishing village of Whitehouse, 15 minutes east of downtown Montego Bay. It is not surprising that the majority of the community's approximately 900 residents have turned to fishing as their...

History of Montego Bay
History of Montego BayExcerpted from the book, Tour Jamaica, by Margaret MorrisChristopher Columbus sailed into what is now Montego Bay in 1494 and named it "el Golfo de Buen Tiempo" or Fair Weather Bay. The coast was frequented by Arawaks, traces...

The History of Barnett Street
  The busy Barnett Street. MONTEGO BAY'S Barnett Street in the early days was an unpaved street which ran entirely as a two-way street west to east. The history associated with the street remains especially in its houses. On the...

Brief Profile of St. James
The parish of St. James, which was one of the second batch of parishes to be formed in Jamaica was so named by Sir. Thomas Modyford, an English statesman...