Families who have been relocated because of mining operations and have had to wait decades to gain a title to their new location are now benefiting from a speedier process implemented by Mining and Transport Minister Robert Montague, using a...
A gunman believed to have been seeking to exact revenge on another man opened fire at an illegal party in Old Folly, Discovery Bay, St Ann, early Monday morning, leaving two persons dead and three others injured. Up to late Monday evening, police...
Five persons whose families were relocated by Noranda Bauxite because of mining operations on Tuesday collected their land titles from Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague during a ceremony at the company’s offices in Brown’s Town, St...
Kingston photographer Jeremy Francis brought 30 years of experience in photography to the inaugural ‘Art in the Village’ showcase at Island Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, St Ann, last weekend. Francis, who is also a location scout and...
Twenty-six-year-old Constable Orlando Irons, who died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which also claimed the life of controversial pastor Kevin Smith on October 25, was laid to rest in St Ann on Friday after a service in which...
“Why do we have land where everything grows, and yet we’re not self-sufficient with our food supply?” That is the potent question Christopher Binns, of Zion Ites Farm, the farming aspect of Stush in the Bush, located in Free Hill, St Ann, is asking...
The St Ann’s Bay Market has benefited from a facelift valued at $1.5 million, thanks to a donation from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). According to Dallas Dickenson, councillor for the St Ann’s Bay division, work was carried out during...
Political commentator, attorney-at-Law Linton P. Gordon, believes the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) still has enough shine from its 2020 general election victory over the People’s National Party (PNP) to perform well in St Ann in the upcoming...
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP), with 11 divisions to the People’s National Party (PNP) five, is confident of maintaining control of the St Ann Municipal Corporation in the upcoming local government election, while the PNP is expecting a swing that...
The brilliance of Jamaicans is once again significantly impacting the international scene, with individuals and organisations from across the globe using a doctoral research paper done by local banker, Dr Ransford Davidson, as reference point....
The illegal dumping case against House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert and her two co-accused is set for trial on February 21 next year in the St Ann Parish Court. The date was set on Wednesday when 66-year-old Dalrymple-Philibert, who is also...
Noranda Bauxite has modified its Special Mining Licence (SML) 173 proposal to the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for bauxite mining in sections of St Ann and Trelawny which will see agriculture and several communities in both...
Residents and the business sector served by the Alexandria Police Station in St Ann have been benefiting from an increased police presence in the form of community outreach programmes. The programmes, such as police youth clubs and church and...
Following a complaint from an unvaccinated Jamaican that she was not allowed to visit Island Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios while a cruise ship was in port, The Gleaner now understands that the issue not just affects Jamaicans, but also...
Mining Minister Robert Montague has maintained his silence on the controversial Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP) contract issue that has seen board chairman Norman Reid resign in protest. Approached by The Gleaner on Friday at a function in Ocho...
Far removed from the tragedy that shook a nation over 12 years ago in which seven young ladies perished in a fire, the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in Alexandria, St Ann, now boasts a real new beginning. Transformed into the Alexandria...
THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard has stepped up its presence in the maritime space, with the formation of the Second District Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard as it seeks to repel the trafficking of drugs and weapons, and illicit...
NORANDA’S VICE-PRESIDENT and General Manager Delroy Dell is cautioning Jamaicans against getting complacent in the fight against the COVID-19 disease, as the company staged it second vaccination drive on Monday. The event, which was for staff,...
A SMALL get-together with a large family and a few friends was how Brown’s Town centenarian Veronica Franklyn celebrated her 100th birthday on November 15, 2021. Blessed with 11 children and a husband who was a provider, Franklyn, looking back,...
SUGGESTING THAT Jamaica’s legislative agenda has been crawling while other countries have been modernising, Lisa Hanna, the People’s National Party (PNP) member of parliament (MP) for South East St Ann, is advocating a raft of changes to get the...
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St Ann Lisa Hanna is urging several changes to how public funds are spent, in the face of rising cost of living. In her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate on Tuesday, Hanna proposed,...
At 18 years old and in upper-sixth form at Hillel Academy, Kashish Thakurani is on her way to carving out a career in the medical profession. However, achieving that goal will not give her true satisfaction, which can only come if she is able to...
Some residents in Gibraltar in South West St Ann say they are being inconvenienced to some extent by mining operations by Noranda Bauxite but are not averse to mining in the community as it comes with real benefits. Residents say persons are...
Nearly 50 per cent of schools in St Mary that are on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) list to resume face-to-face classes on Monday, November 8, will not open their doors as scheduled. Only 22 of the 43 schools certified by the Ministry of...
