The proposed 300-acre plot of land identified for the construction of a state-of-the-art correctional facility is creating anxious moments for residents of Hartlands and adjoining communities in St Catherine. The St Catherine and Tower Street...
Kayla Wheeler had never watched professional skateboarding before she got involved, but her passion for the sport was piqued after seeing some of her university peers having fun. After four years of dedication, she is now representing Jamaica...
Constable A.J. Wilson, who graduated Thursday as the top performer from a group of 120 new police officers, said he was overwhelmed at receiving the top honour. “The journey has been rough,” Wilson admitted, but credited the hard work of the...
THE ST CATHERINE Municipal Corporation (StCMC) has issued a cease-and-desist order on Dovecot Memorial Park, amid claims that burials are being conducted on a 50-acre plot that has been the source of an ongoing dispute. The StCMC, chaired by Norman...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has signalled its intent to take action against UC Rusal, the Russian company which operates Windalco, over the latest contamination of the Rio Cobre by caustic effluent from the bauxite and...
Lascelles Anderson was not home on Thursday morning when his house was set alight. Its burnt-out shell now stands among more than a dozen razed by gunmen since Tuesday in the tense Mexico area of Gregory Park in Portmore, St Catherine. “Everything...
Amid a row over vandalism claims and political sabotage in Waterford, Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas has declared as graffiti any unauthorised paintings on public property, even if they are for the promotion of Jamaican culture. Fenley Douglas,...
A day after residents protested against a chemical spill that killed hundreds of fish in the Rio Cobre, de facto Environment Minister Matthew Samuda has threatened to hit bauxite mining company Windalco with financial penalties. The Government has...
Member of parliament for West Central St Catherine Dr Christopher Tufton has committed to help boost domestic food production by providing well-needed support to some 200 farmers across his constituency. On Wednesday, he delivered 6,600 pounds of...
The killing of two men whose decomposed bodies were found in bushes along a canal behind the Spanish Town motor vehicle examination depot on Job Lane are believed to be gang related. The police are yet to disclose details of how they were killed...
People’s National Party President Mark Golding has chided the Government for its non-response to the Opposition’s proposals to cushion the effects of the cost-of-living crisis on the most vulnerable citizens. “The world is going through a wicked...
Seventy-four-year-old Hubert Mike stared at the broken motorcycle parts close to his home and business place in Byles district, near Kitson Town, trying to make sense of a crash that claimed the life of his 35-year-old son, Kenish Oneil Mike. In a...
St Catherine councillors have been left fuming after the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development decided to put the brakes on a tablet-distribution programme for students in the parish. Joy Brown, the Jamaica Labour Party-aligned...
Councillor for the Papine division, Venesha Phillips, has pledged not to leverage influence among her supporters to interfere with the political ambitions of People’s National Party (PNP) prospective candidate Peta-Gay Ferguson....
Amid growing fears that the historical significance of Sligoville in St Catherine could be forgotten by future generations, a resource centre has been opened in what was Jamaica’s first free village after Emancipation, to preserve its legacy and...
Donald Williams did not hesitate to dash from inside his house to see what had transpired when gunshots rang out at his gate on Wednesday evening. The sight of his 43-year-old fiancée, Nekeisha Pottinger, lying stomach-down at the gate was not what...
Armed with weapons purchased with loot from the multibillion-dollar lottery scam, more crooks have reportedly joined an extortion racket, squeezing millions out of business and transport operators in Spanish Town daily, using deadly fear to secure...
The terror of guns and internal gang warfare tore through Jamaica’s Old Capital Tuesday afternoon, prompting the imposition of a 48-hour curfew after at least three men were killed in related incidents in Spanish Town, St Catherine. It’s the “...
Residents of several communities in the Point Hill division in St Catherine were left stunned yesterday by news that councillor hopeful Omar Francis had died in a motor vehicle accident. Francis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for the...
Lawrence Smith relocated from Guyana 20 years ago and settled in the Williams Lane area of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Over that time, he watched the community disintegrate into gang conflicts. However, he did everything to keep his wife, four...
The State-owned Jamaica Unban Transit Cooperation (JUTC) is presently reeling from an acute shortage of spare parts to service its fleet of buses. An inside source, speaking on conditions of anonymity, told The Gleaner that the company is having...
In a tactical move aimed at circumventing a Christopher Williams-led faction, the Jamaica College Old Boys’ Association (JCOBA) 1908 voted on Saturday to adopt limited liability status for purposes of taxation and charitable status. The JCOBA 1908...
Siblings Ulett Steer and Everton Richards say they will never be able dispel the grief and agony they endure one year after their younger brother was brutally murdered in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew. Gradley Richards, who was said to be mentally ill...
After a hiatus due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kingston and St Andrew Association of Branch Societies and the Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) 26th staging of Agrofest returns to the annals of agricultural shows in Jamaica. Staged at the...
