ISLINGTON, St Mary: More than a week after residents of Islington in St Mary protested outside the Municipal Corporation building, demanding payment for work done during the Ministry of Health and Wellness' vaccination blitz in September,...
Unvaccinated players in the tourism industry could lose out on the opportunity to earn from their livelihood following the return of cruise ships to Port Antonio after a two-year absence. It was the advent of COVID-19 that severely disrupted...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: In what has been described as a low-key and symbolic tournament, the Mayberry Investments-sponsored Superstars of Port Antonio Blue Marlin climaxed on Friday with seven billed fish tagged and released. The tournament, which...
NORWICH, Portland: The family of Davian Bryan, the Portland man who allegedly abducted nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia and who has been implicated in the disappearance of another girl, said that they are now living in fear after receiving death...
Port Antonio, Portland A mini park which was built to accommodate persons seeking relaxation and comfort while engaging in social gathering in Port Antonio, has been transformed into a dumping site. The once-picturesque park, with its beautiful...
TEMPLE HALL, St Andrew: At least four people are now homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed a nine-bedroom concrete house at the foot of Clark’s Hill in Temple Hall, St Andrew, shortly after 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. The victims, whose age...
PORTLAND: Tributes are pouring in for the late Orlene Wellington, president-elect of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education (JAGCE), who passed away on Thursday at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital after a long illness. President of...
NAYLORS HILL, Portland: Users of the main thoroughfare leading to the Port Antonio Hospital are clamouring for urgent repairs to be done to the roadway, which is in a state of disrepair. The roadway is heavily utilised by taxi operators, residents...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Following a spate of robberies targeting business establishments in Port Antonio, the Portland police are now stepping up their nightly patrols in an attempt to disrupt the activities of migrant criminals now plaguing the...
MOORE TOWN, Portland: Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons in Portland, Wallace Sterling, is calling for dialogue and consultation between the Maroon community in Jamaica and the Government to resolve ongoing and long-standing issues affecting...
With more than 40 acres of fully grown banana and plantain crops ravaged by Tropical Storm Grace, two farmers in the neighbouring parishes of Portland and St Mary are now reeling from their losses. The damage caused by the tropical storm was quite...
PORT ANTONIO: Portlanders turned out in large numbers on day four of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ vaccination blitz aimed at inoculating as many persons as possible, including students, as a safeguard against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic....
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Mayor of Port Antonio Paul Thompson is expressing deep concern over the steady increase in COVID-19 cases in Portland, which is threatening the dormant period that the parish once experienced. Thompson, who is also...
BUFF BAY: Four Haitian fishermen who landed in Buff Bay on Tuesday were severely dehydrated and appeared to be malnourished, the Portland police have reported. The men are being treated and held at an undisclosed facility in the parish. Portland...
St Margaret’s Bay, Portland: With her heart beating rapidly and tears flowing down her cheeks, Annmarie Bryan, daughter of 60-year-old farmer Cynthia Hinds described her painful ordeal in removing her mother’s burnt body from a hut yesterday in St...
Moore Town, Portland: Moore Town Basic School in the Rio Grande Valley of eastern Portland, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, has been renovated through the efforts of a kind individual. The school, which was leaking profusely from its...
A new transportation centre to be built in Port Antonio, is expected to ease traffic congestion and provide adequate parking for public passenger vehicles plying the easterly and westerly route in Portland. Last Thursday, a team from the Factories...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Informal settlers occupying lands at Bryan’s Bay and at the old marina in Port Antonio, Portland, are fearful that their lives and property will be under serious threat in the event of a hurricane, or during persistent...
Constituents of Portland Eastern are clamouring for the naming of standard-bearers to fill the power vacuum in the Fellowship and Fairy Hill municipal divisions since the deaths of councillors Irvin Brown and Derron Wood, respectively. Residents of...
BUFF BAY, Portland: A murder suspect who fled St Lucia after allegedly killing a man was captured in Portland by the police during a raid conducted on Sunday in Buff Bay. Police authorities in St Lucia have revealed that 27-year-old Jamaican...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Relief agencies in Portland are now bracing for an influx of Haitian boat people arriving in the northeastern parish following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and fears that the political turmoil in the CARICOM...
West Retreat, Portland: A teenager is dead while a man is now battling for life at the Port Antonio Hospital following a horrific three-vehicle accident along the West Retreat main road in Portland shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday. The deceased,...
BOUNDBROOK, Portland: People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding on Wednesday chided East Portland Member of Parliament (MP) Ann-Marie Vaz for what he described as her deafening silence on the spate of murders plaguing the once-peaceful...
Annotto Bay, St. Mary: Describing the Annotto Bay area in St Mary as vulnerable to flooding and other disasters, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning residents to be on the alert and to brace for unfavourable weather conditions,...
Orange Bay, Portland: The Portland police are probing a suspected case of murder after the partially burnt body of a middle-age woman of Orange Bay in the parish was found with what appeared to be stab wounds. The body of the 54-year-old woman,...
