PORT ANTONIO, Portland: It was a special moment for the Hooda family out of the United States, who donated a variety of food items, toiletries, and other basic items to the Portland Infirmary, while spreading the love of Christmas on Monday. The...
Rio Grande Valley, Portland: Twelve years ago, Norma Taylor lost her brother, Winston Taylor, when a truck laden with agricultural produce crashed in Portland, killing him and 13 others as they headed to Kingston. Taylor said that, while most of...
Rio Grande Valley, Portland: The Rio Grande Valley in Portland Eastern still has a network of roads in deplorable condition, 12 years after a market truck crash which claimed the lives of 14 people, including a 10-year-old boy. Today marks the 12th...
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: Linford Jackson, a farmer who was pinned underneath a market truck for the better part of six hours during a horrific truck accident on December 19, 2008, now walks with a limp and is unable to actively assume his...
Port Antonio, Portland: The Portland Municipal Corporation has shelved plans for a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in the parish capital this year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Port Antonio Mayor Paul Thompson made the disclosure during...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is expected to name a caretaker for the Fellowship division of the Rio Grande Valley in Portland Eastern, in the wake of the recent passing of Irvin ‘Louie’ Brown, who died recently from complications associated with...
PORTLAND: Twenty-two students from various schools in Rio Grande Valley in eastern Portland received tablet computers from businessman Zayne Phillips to assist with their online learning. Phillips, whose mother is originally from the upper Rio...
Janga Gully, Portland: Residents of several Portland communities are peeved at the authorities for the lack of maintenance of a deteriorating bridge along the Janga Gully road, which was ordered closed yesterday. A hole in the deck of the bridge,...
Several days of torrential rains have seriously impacted some roadways in west Portland, which are now being cleared by residents, even as they are still being affected by the inclement weather. Landslides and falling rocks, compounded by inundated...
Junction, St Mary: It will cost taxpayers approximately $321 million for the reconstruction of a section of the roadway at Chovey in Junction, St Mary, which was extensively damaged during heavy rains more than three weeks ago. Government minister...
Port Antonio, Portland: Sixty-one-year-old Portland councillor Irvin Brown died yesterday morning at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), where he had been admitted after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Brown, who represented the...
Three cousins living in Shrewsbury, a volatile community in west Portland, have excelled academically and are among some of the top achievers at their school in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams. The impressive grades...
Carron Hall, St Mary: Despite having cerebral palsy, 17-year-old Carron Hall High School student Rajeeb Page has surprised many by passing four of the five subjects he sat recently in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Damage to the entrance of the new state-of-the-art police station in Port Antonio was caused bizarrely by a stabbing victim fleeing for his life, authorities in the Portland capital have said. Speaking with The Gleaner on...
JUNCTION, St Mary: The National Works Agency (NWA) has cleared a section of the roadway through Junction in the vicinity of the Westmoreland Bridge in St Mary that collapsed on Monday, rendering the corridor impassable to vehicular traffic....
Following an impressive showing at the polls in last Thursday’s general election, Dr Norman Dunn will be returning as member of parliament for the constituency of South East St Mary. Dunn, the incumbent and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate,...
A St Mary family is now mourning the brutal killing of a relative, who was chopped multiple times and his throat slashed during a brazen daylight killing at Forcetrod, Enfield, on Monday. Dead is a 48-year-old farmer, Anthony Edie, who was...
Like a man on a mission, 73-year-old Calvin Robinson has taken it upon himself to tread the rugged, hilly terrain of several communities in St Mary South East to campaign for his candidate, Dr Norman Dunn. Robinson, who made it clear that he was...
Port Maria Mayor Richard Creary has downplayed concerns that his contraction of COVID-19 poses a health risk to staff and clients of the St Mary Municipal Corporation. Creary, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week by local officials of the...
CHARLES TOWN, St Mary: “Goodnight. I will see you later in the week.” Those were the last words a now-grieving Doreen Murray will forever remember saying to her 26-year-old son and promising medical intern, Yakeev Morris. Morris, the youngest of...
WHITE RIVER VALLEY, St Mary: Despite the risks associated with the new coronavirus and painstaking appeals to residents by local health authorities, patrons continue to flock to the popular St Mary attraction, Spanish Bridge, oblivious to safety...
MOORE TOWN, Portland: The Moore Town Maroons in Portland (East) have suspended Emancipation Day celebrations this year owing to health concerns associated with the spread of the coronavirus. Colonel Wallace Sterling of the Moore Town Maroons in...
Describing his administration as the “advocate for change”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that improving the infrastructure of the country and making better the working conditions of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is a...
SHERWOOD FOREST: Portland businessman Everton McDonald has lost his second wife to murder in just over a decade when the partially burnt body of 31-year-old Tonia McDonald was discovered in a car at Sherwood Forest shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday...
Annotto Bay, St Mary Brushing aside increased speculation in recent times that a general election could be on the horizon, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that restoring the economy and ensuring that people regain employment are high on his...
