Several residents of St Catherine who suffered significant damage to their homes as a result of Hurricane Melissa’s outer bands are expressing frustration that their cries for help have gone unanswered by the authorities. Although the core of the...
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has officially broken ground for the Caymanas Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a major development to be constructed on 700 acres of former cane land along Mandela Highway in St Catherine. The PAJ will be responsible...
Spanish Town, St Catherine A grieving mother has accused the Spanish Town Hospital of negligence after the tragic death of her 14-year-old daughter, Anna-Shay Campbell, on Tuesday morning. The devastated family staged a protest outside the...
Fenley Douglas, councillor for the Waterford division, in Portmore, has taken aim at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), criticising its management of personnel during last Wednesday’s Portmore municipal council general meeting...
In a groundbreaking development for Jamaica’s renewable energy landscape, a joint initiative between LASCO, The University of the West Indies (UWI), and the USAID has culminated in the completion of a pioneering solar and battery storage pilot...
During the handover of a social housing project on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness clashed with St Catherine South Member of Parliament (MP) Fitz Jackson over the designated Portmore parish boundary. The confrontation arose from the...
In a scathing critique of the National Water Commission (NWC), Robert Miller, member of parliament for St Catherine South Eastern, has lambasted the commission for the ongoing water crisis plaguing communities, such as Waterford, Cumberland,...
The St Catherine South Police recovered an Uzi Submachine gun with a magazine and thirteen 9mm cartridges during an operation in Clifton, St. Catherine, about 10:15 pm yesterday. Reports from the police are that a team from the St Catherine South...
With two of her children at her side on Tuesday, Amorel Wright screamed at the Rio Cobre, her agonising cry personifying the St Catherine river as a cruel thief who had stolen her 14-year-old daughter. Damoya Grant became the latest drowning...
