Mayor of Port Antonio Paul Thompson is threatening legal action against residents of the upper Rio Grande Valley in East Portland who continue to dump garbage into streams. Thompson told The Gleaner that he had received multiple reports of waste...
Ten students from southeast St Mary received tablet computers from the Universal Service Fund (USF) on Thursday during a function at the Westmoreland Oval in Annotto Bay. The students, drawn from deep-rural primary schools across the constituency,...
Lifespan Spring Water, the Portland-based bottled-water company now marking its 21st anniversary, has grown from a modest start-up in rural Jamaica into a regional brand with international reach. According to chief executive officer, Nayana...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Port Antonio Hospital on Friday received well-needed assistance in the form of medical supplies to assist with providing medication to users of that facility. The donation came from Leaders of The New Millennium, an...
Reaching 100 is achievement enough; doing so after blindness, cancer and COVID-19 is rather more impressive. Wedie May “Mum” Howell, born in 1926 and long the quiet centre of life in Brainerd district, St Mary, recently marked her hundredth year...
Public disorder in Annotto Bay has become a mounting concern for residents and businesses, prompting calls for tighter enforcement against illegal vending and chronic traffic congestion in the St Mary town. Stakeholders complain that blocked...
The authorities in Portland have voiced concern about persistent delays in the collection of solid waste across the parish, warning of mounting public-health risks. Chief medical officer for Portland Health Services, Dr Sharon Lewis, raised the...
As the winter tourist season opens, with parts of the north coast still recovering from Hurricane Melissa, Island Village Plaza in Ocho Rios, St Ann, is stepping in to serve residents and visitors. Across the north coast, several major hotels...
Passley Gardens, Portland: President of the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), Derrick Deslandes, has condemned Sunday’s alleged rape of a female student by unknown assailants on the institution’s property, which has left...
Annotto Bay, ST MARY: The Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau and the Independent Commission of Investigations have launched an investigation into the death of an inmate while in custody at a police station in St Mary. The...
Businessman Telief ‘Peter’ Hall says his recent journey to hurricane-ravaged St Elizabeth revealed devastation far worse than he imagined. Hall, who operates Roots 21 restaurant in Port Antonio, set out with a 28-member team from Boundbrook to...
With the peak winter tourism season set to begin on December 15, stakeholders in Portland are rallying to support recovery efforts in the island’s western tourism belt, following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. Hah-R-Mony Entertainment...
Flooded classrooms and a torn-off roof tell the painful story of Baxter’s Mountain Primary in St Mary, where students and teachers are appealing for urgent repairs. Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction across Jamaica, and the small school...
Duane Bryan knew his board house wouldn’t survive Hurricane Melissa. So hours before the storm made landfall, the Portland farmer left his home in the upper Rio Grande Valley, Portland. When he returned the next day, there was nothing left. “I am...
Raft captains at the Rio Grande rafting attraction in Portland claim Hurricane Melissa swept away nearly 140 vessels, crippling their livelihood and leaving them in urgent need of financial assistance. The Rio Grande overflowed its banks during the...
The Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventists is aiming to provide meals for up to 40,000 Jamaicans who go hungry each night as part of efforts to combat food insecurity across the island. Speaking during World Food Day celebrations at the Port Maria...
Residents and business operators in Port Maria are bracing for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Melissa threatens to dump heavy rainfall across Jamaica, raising fears of a repeat of past disasters in the flood-prone town. The looming storm,...
PORT MARIA, St Mary: Port Maria Mayor Fitzroy Wilson has declared that no effort will be spared in restoring law and order on the streets, which are currently being overrun by illegal vending in the parish capital of St Mary. Wilson’s comments come...
Buff Bay Valley, West Portland: For coffee farmer Dian Ellis of Hart Hill, Portland, whose five acres of fully grown berries are now ready for harvesting, insurmountable challenges continue to impact her farm, along with others, on a daily basis,...
Prospect, St Mary: Established in 1956, Prospect College in St Mary, which was designed to instil moral values and discipline among boys, is reaping academic success, especially during the recently concluded Caribbean Secondary Examination...
Portland: A sombre mood hung over Titchfield High School in east Portland on Monday, as students and teachers mourned the death of 18-year-old Vijay Popley, upper- sixth-form student who reportedly drowned while swimming at a beach in Port Antonio...
Cascade, St Mary: Investigations are continuing into the circumstances that led to a fatal all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident in Cascade, St Mary, a few weeks ago, which claimed the life of a male British tourist and left his wife hospitalised. The...
EAST PORTLAND: Portland resident Percival ‘Cat’ Scott, who switched allegiance to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in 2020, says he has experienced real prosperity as a result of the Andrew Holness administration. Cat, as he is called by his...
Port Antonio, Portland: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed that Portlanders could benefit from more than 1,300 housing solutions in 2027, should the Jamaica Labour Party form the next government. Holness, who was addressing supporters...
Hope Bay, Portland: A mother and daughter are among eight people now in police custody following an early-morning robbery attempt at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, on Monday. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m., when several armed...
