Opposition Leader Mark Golding said that he is encouraged by the turnout of People’s National Party (PNP) supporters and business interests during a ‘Power of the Dream tour’ of West and East Portland last Friday. Golding, accompanied by general...
BUFF BAY, Portland: Residents of at least three adjoining communities in the Buff Bay Valley of Portland yesterday staged a protest seeking to get the authorities to pay urgent attention to a bridge in Craig Mill, which is in a deplorable state....
PORT MARIA, St Mary: After being ravaged by flood rains on February 1, vendors occupying shops at the Port Maria Arcade in St Mary have received cheques from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) as part of a relief effort by the...
DURHAM, Portland: Sighs of relief have been echoing throughout Portland following Wednesday night’s arrest of Davian Bryan in the hills of Durham in the Hope Bay Valley after being on the run for five months. Bryan, who was facing firearm and rape...
FAIRY HILL, Portland: It was a tense situation, for the most part, among residents during a town hall meeting held to discuss the development of the Winnifred Beach in Fairy Hill, Portland, on Sunday. From the outset, it was obvious that there were...
BUFF BAY, Portland: The Transport Authority (TA) is to delay the issuing of 45 new road licences to owners/operators of taxis for a month, as the transport regulator seeks to create a balance among those desiring to operate and those commuting the...
PASSLEY GARDENS, Portland: President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Derrick Deslandes, has promised to implement improved security measures in the wake of the abduction and sexual assault of a student on Thursday....
Twenty-eight-year-old Saquino Farr, who is charged with seven counts of obtaining goods by means of false pretence and conspiracy to defraud, is to return to court on March 25 and 29 to answer to the charges. Farr also had his bail extended when he...
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary: Eleven primary schools in St Mary have received 270 books from the office of the Indian High Commission to Jamaica to assist with their development and also to learn about India’s culture. The books were handed out to the...
SEAMAN’S VALLEY, Portland: Farmers in sections of Portland Eastern whose fields were devastated by heavy rains in recent days are hoping that various state agencies will be able to help them to get back on their feet in short order. The farmers...
Boundbrook, Portland: TRIBUTES ARE pouring in for former Jamaica youth cricketer and express fast bowler, Lee ‘Babba lee’ Lawrence, who passed away at his residence in the United States (US) recently. Lawrence, who was affectionately called Babba...
ZION HILL, Portland: Dozens of students were left stranded and had to return home on Monday after taxi and minibus operators withdrew their services in protest over the deplorable road conditions from Anchovy to Hector’s River in east Portland. The...
PORT MARIA, St Mary: St Mary Central Member of Parliament Dr Moras Guy has appealed for state support after three days of torrential rainfall caused devastation across the northern parish. Neighbouring St Ann was also hit by flooding, especially in...
FAIRY HILL, Portland: The Portland police have confirmed that they have received reports that truckloads of white sand are being stolen in the dead of night from Winnifred Beach in east Portland. Commanding officer of the Portland police,...
TOM’S HOPE, Portland: Jermaine Miller, a 31-year-old Portland man who was electrocuted while clearing vegetation from power lines – leaving him paralysed from the waist down – is receiving much-needed help. Miller, who fell from a tree after being...
While the Port Antonio Hospital is reportedly coping amid the alarming nationwide increase in COVID-19 cases and other illnesses, two health facilities in the northeast parish of St Mary are either nearing capacity or bursting at the seams. Acting...
Portland’s medical officer of health, Dr Sharon Lewis, is appealing for more to be done to adequately tackle the chronic garbage problem plaguing the parish, which, according to her, could result in an increase in the rodent population. Lewis...
Approximately 300 households in Portland are benefiting from food and other items through a special distribution package being undertaken by the Jamaica Red Cross, Portland chapter, which is aimed at providing assistance to the indigent and the...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: SIMILAR TO the rest of the island, the northeastern parish of Portland has been experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases since late December, a situation health authorities believe was driven by an increase in social events...
Having been out of school for almost two years, last week’s late notification that face-to-face lessons would have resumed on Monday resulted in several students in Portland missing the first day of the Easter term as dressmakers were not able to...
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: The body of a man found floating in the murky waters of the Rio Grande in Portland on Thursday is believed to be that of 20-year-old Tyreke Grossette, who went missing on December 24. The partially nude body, which was...
BUFF BAY, Portland: A $125-million, state-of-the-art police station was declared officially opened in Buff Bay, Portland, on Thursday by Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang. The newly constructed building was completed in late November...
Two rural communities, Hope Bay and Fellowship in Portland, are set to benefit from the free Wi-Fi hotspots which were commissioned into service on December 16. A joint initiative between the Universal Service Fund (USF), which falls under the...
BUFF BAY, Portland: The manhunt for Davian Bryan, a Portland man suspected to have abducted of two young girls in St Thomas in October, is still on, the police have said. The abduction of the girls – aged nine and 13 – days apart had triggered...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Vice-President of Cruise Shipping and Marina Operations at the Port Authority of Jamaica, William Tatham, is refuting claims that passengers aboard The World, which docked in Port Antonio in November, did not visit...
