Photo of Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino in Cable Beach, New Providence Island

At 3pm, I hear the white buggy pull up outside and footsteps coming towards my front door.

FROM the time of Independence in 1962, tourism and bauxite have been the engines of growth for the Jamaican economy. However, the role of tourism as a future engine of growth is now in doubt.

With accommodation cheaper than it has been for years, there's no time like the present to explore Broome.

About 30 protesters gathered on the road to James Price Point this morning waiting for Shire rangers to deliver a letter instructing them to dismantle their camp and move on.

In a few weeks New York-based soprano Rachelle Durkin will make one of her many trips home to sing at Opera Under the Stars in Broome.

Police have hit back at claims their response to protesters in Broome was a disproportionate waste of taxpayers money, pointing out they had prepared for the worst case scenario based on events at the same site last year.

Kerry van der Jagt discovers Kununurra and Broome are like diamonds and pearls — very different but very alluring.

The Department of State Development has revised its estimates estimates of potential dredge spoil resulting from a proposed port at James Price Point upwards by 60 per cent in new information provided to the Environmental Protection Authority.