Despite his vision being impaired, 39-year-old cricketer Neville Williamson was determined to cast his ballot yesterday. When The Gleaner caught up with the first-time voter at Eltham Park Primary School in St Catherine Central, he was bubbling...
That’s the view of 94-year-old Eva Thomas, who has struck a philosophical note amid swirling coronavirus infections that have topped 1,700 cases in Jamaica. As scientists race against time to develop a vaccine while grappling with the highly...
The opening of a footbridge on the border of St Catherine and St Mary was an Independence Day gift that brought cheer to residents of Mud Lane and surrounding communities. Residents of the farming communities of Springfield and Guy’s Hill in St...
The St Catherine South police have launched an investigation into the death of a Portmore woman. The deceased has been identified as Karen Nugent, a 36-year-old employee of Sagicor Insurance Company. Nugent, who resided on Charles Drive in...
A 15-year-old boy reportedly perished trying to save his 17-year-old brother on Sunday, ruining what was planned to be a joyous family reunion for a matriarch celebrating her 80th birthday. The double-drowning tragedy happened in the murky waters...
National rugby representative Reinhardo Richards is literally “living on the edge” and is gravely concerned about his home perched on the margins of the Rio Cobre. Richards’ Barrett Street home in Spanish Town is on the verge of being swallowed by...
Late sculptor Austin Campbell was praised last week for his professional artistry, but the most glowing tribute described him as a dedicated family man. Campbell died at his home on June 23 after a short illness. He was 85. Donna Bryan, one of his...
Donovan Carter has cut and carved out a niche for himself in the settee-making industry for 27 years. And even amid the slowdown of commerce sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, he still has a steely will to press ahead with his business, Unique...
The Supreme Court has awarded damages of more than $9 million to a woman for negligence in the removal of her womb at the Spanish Town Hospital almost nine years ago. The verdict was handed down by Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick on May 27, 2020, in...
Eight-six-year-old Lucius Nathaniel Binns was a picture of happiness after receiving a mattress, courtesy of the St Catherine North police. Binns, who lives in a dilapidated, board-and-zinc structure, was thankful, but still needs more help. “I am...
A 60-year-old St Catherine resident is in desperate need of help to save the structure she has called home for almost 30 years. Ronica Graham, a grandmother, said that the deterioration in the building’s structural strength has worsened over the...
The operator of the St John’s Wholesale Liquor and More Limited suffered a multimillion-dollar break-in late last month. According to proprietor Marlon Morris, on Friday, May 29, he securely locked up the business. Upon returning to work the...
NINETY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD INA Rankling was a picture of joy on Labour Day yesterday as the Guanaboa Vale police and community members erected a spanking new kitchen for her in Old Road, Kitson Town, St Catherine. District Constable Antoinette Keddo...
FORMER BASIC school teacher, 88-year-old Luna Hall, peered out of her board dwelling and shouted, “Thank you, Jesus, help is here,” as she received her care package on May 17. “This is meaningful and I really appreciate it, as I was asleep and...
Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie said that only 30 per cent of Jamaica’s 11,013 community bars are properly licensed to operate. He warned that during the two-week trial reopening, the first relaxation of restrictions since the COVID-...
The corporate hands of charity from pharmaceutical company Medimpex were extended to the Spanish Town Hospital on Monday with a donation of six infrared thermometers. Chief Executive Officer Dwayne Francis praised the handover as timely. “We are...
The drowning of a three-year-old boy has reignited calls in Kent Village, Bog Walk, for the erection of perimeter fencing to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. Residents said that the Rio Cobre – that yawning graveyard of memories – presented...
The adjustment to the shopping days for St Catherine, which has been placed under lockdown for 14 days because of the spread of COVID-19, has still not satisfied some vendors. Sellers in Linstead said that while they were mindful of the attempts to...
Residents in Bog Walk have accused shopkeepers of price-gouging as a seven-day lockdown of St Catherine took effect yesterday morning. Scores of commuters fitted with face masks to guard against contagion from COVID-19 braved the midmorning sun to...
The St Catherine Municipal Corporation has imposed an immediate ban on visits to the Spanish Town Infirmary. The decision was announced by Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott during the monthly municipal meeting on Thursday. The chairman said that the...
Security has been boosted at Eltham High School in St Catherine after armed men stormed the compound on Monday. The breach was triggered by a dispute between two students, one of whom left the property and returned with other attackers. Additional...
Two months ago, a group of gunmen pounced on patrons at a shop and a nearby bar in Dover district, Kitson Town, St Catherine, unleashing a bloody attack in which nine persons were shot, four fatally. Still reeling from the incident which shook the...
The National Water Commission (NWC) has been collared by the authorities for its role in providing breeding grounds for mosquitoes in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, as the parish continues to ramp up efforts to beat back the challenge posed by the...
A St Catherine taxi operator whose belt-whipping of a schoolboy went viral last September has pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding. He is Jeovanni McDonald of Gordon Pen. When McDonald appeared before Parish Judge Natalie Dixon on February 3, he...
The St Catherine Health Department has ordered the immediate closure of the Spanish Town Police Station lock-up because of a rat infestation and other unsanitary conditions. The closure was confirmed by Grayson Hutchinson, chief public health...
