THE historic Half-Way-Tree clock tower was yesterday damaged in an early morning fire. It was not clear up to last night what was the cause of the fire. Public relations officer at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Emilio Ebanks, said that he was unable to say what caused the fire. “When fire personnel arrived at the scene, the base of the clock was packed with garbage,” Ebanks said. This iconic landmark has since 1913 been the main arrival and departure point for Kingston, from the days of the ‘horse and buggy’ before motor vehicles, and the demarcation line for downtown and uptown Kingston. Mayor of Kingston Angela Brown Burke, in a release shortly after the incident, said it would do its part to preserve the historic landmark and appealed to citizens to allow the authorities … Read entire article »