In a move to transform how people see and respond to agriculture, and to begin the process of tackling some deficiencies now existing in the sector, the Institute of Vocational...
The idea of using sports as a medium to reach students with the good news of Jesus Christ was vividly on display at the Spanish Town Primary School on Wednesday. A combined US college basketball team that visited the school sought to share their...
A renewed effort to rehabilitate the Riversdale Natural Bridge and transform it into a viable income-earning attraction in northeastern St Catherine has commenced, but not without residents expressing doubt about the continuity of the project. The...
In blistering criticism of Mayor Norman Scott and the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, lawmaker Kerensia Morrison accused the local government authority of keeping her in the dark about the official parish Labour Day project in her constituency...
Rose Byfield is a broken woman. A vendor selling clothes for more than 20 years in the Morant Bay Arcade, she was shell-shocked as she surveyed the wreckage caused by an early morning fire at the St Thomas site. She is among 19 shop owners who are...
Donald 'Tabby Diamond' Shaw, lead singer of the internationally famed reggae group Mighty Diamonds, and Fitzroy 'Bunny Diamond' Simpson will be laid to rest side-by-side at the Meadowrest Memorial Park in St Catherine. Funeral director Peter...
Charlemont High is reeling from the death of 62-year-old vice-principal Jennifer Gidden, who had been absent from school since falling ill last October. Gidden is the sixth teacher in Jamaica to have died in just over a week - a shocking sequence...
The family of 11-year-old Ananda Dean, whose rape and murder sparked national outrage more than a decade ago, is reliving that agony after her 27-year-old sister Shanice was killed in a shocking funeral attack on Tuesday. Gunmen struck early in...
As the St Catherine Festival Queen contest heats up, 10 young ladies from the parish will be vying for the coveted parish Festival Queen title. The ladies, except for one who currently works as an administrative staff member at the Eltham High...
Bridgeport councillor, Kenord Grant, said the industrial action by the National Water Commission (NWC) staff has raised serious issues with the management of Jamaica’s water security. Speaking at last Thursday’s monthly general meeting of the St...
“I can’t believe I watched my friend drown and couldn’t help him.” Those sentiments of regret and helpless desperation still haunt 17-year-old Jason White, who is still visibly shaken weeks after witnessing the death of his best friend, teenager...
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has pledged an overhaul of Jamaica’s agricultural sector, making that reform a central plank for social and economic development. Responding to a range of issues ranging from inadequate farming extension...
The police are maintaining a strong presence in the community of 31, off St John’s Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, following two fatal shootings in separate incidents. Gunmen shot and killed 36-year-old Shaunette White and shot and injured her...
More than 1,000 homeless people in Kingston were treated to a day of care at the St William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on Saturday. The event was the inaugural staging of the Desmond McKenzie Wellness Day of Care, put on for the homeless and...
Dyermark Preservation Farms, born out of interest by its owner Lansford Dyer in emerging agricultural practices such as regenerative agriculture and sustainable intensification, is trying to revolutionise agricultural practices with a focus on...
The St Catherine North Police say they are still gathering information on the fatal shooting of popular Ewarton businessman Nicholas Lyn. Lyn, who owned and operated Mikey Jerk Centre along the Ewarton main road, was reportedly shot and killed by a...
An increase in mini-dump sites – partly due to irregular garbage collection – in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has prompted Mayor Norman Scott to call on the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to establish an emergency response team to...
Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott and Deputy Mayor Ralston Wilson were yesterday recognised by their colleagues for serving the Old Capital – and St Catherine at large – for a combined 20 years in their respective capacities. It was clear from the...
A leading voice in coronavirus care management in Jamaica has suggested that the Holness administration has been overhasty in scrapping pretesting requirements for entry into the island and lifting the mask mandate in enclosed public spaces amid...
With the emphasis on increasing Jamaica’s Irish potato output to satisfy domestic demands, which could be crucial with the world’s number three and four Irish potato producers now at war, some Irish potato farmers in Springfield and Guy’s Hill have...
Students have been finding more creative ways to sneak contraband into schools to satisfy their urges for drugs and foster other illegal activities. Among the latest trends is a practice of opening bags of snacks, loading them with contraband and...
Despite efforts by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to beef up garbage collection in the Independence City and Edgewater communities in Portmore, residents say they are sceptical about whether the process will continue on a...
After suffering more than $1.5 million in losses from two burglaries at her business place in less than two months, Blossom Paige is heartbroken after a predawn fire at the New Forum Fishing Beach in Portmore wiped out her restaurant Sunday. Paige’...
Once a beautiful recreational area for citizens and event planners, the run-down Rose Duncan Public Park in Linstead, St Catherine, is now a dumping ground where some of the town’s homeless and vagrants find refuge. Named after an educator and...
More than 100 teachers and members of the ancillary staff at the Innswood High School in St Catherine took to the streets Thursday to peacefully protest the non-payment of National Housing Trust (NHT) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) that they...
