Claudia Brown, an unemployed resident of Linstead in St Catherine, was not sure where help would come from to restart her small chicken farm that has been an important source to supplement the family income. Brown was forced to close her chicken...
Government Minister Everald Warmington has said that while a “complete overhaul” is needed for some roads in St Catherine North Eastern, where breakaways and potholes have multiplied due to recent rainfall, there is not enough funds available for...
Residents of Nightingale Grove in St Catherine are being plagued with a sewage problem that is causing grave health concerns to them. The prevailing narrative from the residents of the more than 200 housing units is that a malfunctioning treatment...
The dental unit of the Sligoville Health Centre continues to improve its capacity to deliver first-class oral healthcare to the citizens of the St Catherine community. The dental unit was non-functional for some time, but was recently renovated at...
Preliminary assessment of the effects of last week’s heavy rainfall has shown that there was no widespread damage to crops or basic infrastructures in St Catherine. Chairman of the St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Committee, Roogae Kirlew, said...
Sixty-three students residing in St Catherine, Manchester and St Ann are beneficiaries of the 2020 annual Windalco local scholarship and grants programme. The programme, which has been running for more than a decade, has seen more than $100 million...
Trapped inside their houses by rising floodwaters, residents in a section of Willowdene in Spanish Town, St Catherine, have had to pool their resources to cover the $48,000 fee charged by a backhoe operator to give them some relief as water began...
Six persons were honoured by the St Catherine Municipal Corporation and the Joint Civic Affairs Committee at a Heroes Day Civic and Awards ceremony in Emancipation Square, Spanish Town, yesterday. Councillor Roogae Kirlew told The Gleaner that...
With rising COVID-19 cases in the municipality, the St Catherine Health Department is moving to carry out intensive COVID-19 testing of residents in the 14 nursing homes in Portmore to see whether they have been affected by the virus. Prior to this...
Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott is calling for a field hospital to be erected in St Catherine as the parish experiences an uptick in COVID-19 cases. He made the call against the background that the parish’s chief public health officer, Grayson...
Tuesday’s torrential rains resurrected a perennial problem in Waterford, Portmore, causing raw sewage to overflow from manholes in the homes of residents and on roadways. The residents are fearful that the community is at risk of serious health...
The death of her older sister on February 29 could have derailed academic success for Shanique McKenzie as she prepared to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. Her sister was her mentor and study partner who stayed up...
Residents of Bellas Gate, a rural farming community in St Catherine, have been crying out for basic infrastructure and job opportunities for its declining youth population. But that lament for improved infrastructure, such as health and community...
Attorneys representing winning People’s National Party candidate for St Catherine North Western Hugh Graham and the Jamaica Labour Party’s Newton Amos have jointly called for reform to the present configuration of the ballots. Speaking to The...
Former government senator Kerensia Morrison has extended the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) streak of victories in St Catherine North East, defeating Oswest Senior Smith of the People’s National Party (PNP) in Thursday’s general election. Morrison...
Candidates running against strong incumbents in constituencies that are considered safe seats are usually seen as sacrificial lambs. In the constituencies of St Catherine South Western, West Central, South Central, and Central, considered to be...
People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in the battleground constituency of St Catherine North Eastern are banking on the party’s ground operations to get their newly registered voters to the polling stations in two key divisions in the...
Evolving from a non-performing institution that was on the brink of closure, Kitson Town Primary School in St Catherine has made a dramatic turnaround and has honoured four of its top Primary Exit Profile (PEP) performers on Wednesday. The tone of...
An internal feud that played out in the last local government elections has caused Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in the Guy’s Hill division of St Catherine North Eastern to draw battle lines once again. The row is reportedly causing a bumpy...
THE CONSTANT complaints by residents of the Waterford community in Portmore about not knowing the justices of the peace (JPs) who were appointed to serve the area were addressed by the unveiling of a sign with the names of all seven JPs. The sign...
“On June 11 we spent the entire day together,” recalled Shamir Biggs, widow of Detective Corporal Dane Biggs. “I prepared one of his favourite dishes, ackee and salt fish with dasheen, soft yam and boiled banana. When he finished eating, I asked...
Family members of Maurice Gordon Jr – the Jamaican man whose death represented a George Floyd-like cause célèbre against police brutality – restated their outrage over his May 23 killing at a thanksgiving service in Spanish Town on Sunday but said...
The national Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has defended its decision to grant a permit to Kumanda Park Limited, operators of Dovecot Memorial Park in St Catherine, for a proposed 72-acre expansion of the burial grounds. NEPA said that a...
A number of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in the North East St Catherine constituency are demanding that party leader Andrew Holness replace Leslie Campbell with a representative from inside the constituency. The Labourites, most of whom...
Member of Parliament for St Catherine West Central Dr Christopher Tufton has suggested that an independent review be done of the technical study used by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to approve the permit for the 71-acre...
