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...
PROSPECT, Portland: The Portland Municipal Corporation is to spend $200,000 to provide the Prospect Cemetery with a much-needed facelift in the form of bushing and spraying to rid that burial sight of shrubbery and other forms of vegetation. The...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Portland police have stepped up surveillance in the northeastern Jamaica parish after 27-year-old Orville Purnell, a fugitive who fled St Lucian authorities, escaped custody from the Kingston Central police lock-up on...
PORT MARIA, St Mary: MAYOR OF Port Maria Richard Creary said that the mandatory vaccine initiative implemented for monthly meetings is bearing fruit, noting that there are signs that persons are taking their jabs. Creary, who spoke to The Gleaner...
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...
