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Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 12:10 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Boston Beach, Portland: Claiming they were fleeing hunger, civil unrest, and economic hardships, 37 Haitians, including eight children, who landed at the Boston beach in Portland, yesterday, told a harrowing tale of their desperate journey in...

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 12:16 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Two Portland-based early childhood institutions last Friday benefitted from construction and donations through a collaborative effort between Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation (HHJF) and Food For the Poor (FFP). The joint-up initiative, which was...

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 12:10 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

MINISTER OF Tourism Edmund Bartlett is anticipating a favourable response from stakeholders and other interests in Portland to the Destination Assurance Framework Strategy (DAFS), which he says will greatly enhance the island’s tourism product.The...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 12:51 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Dr David Henry, a member of the Constitutional Reform Committee, has suggested that there should be a limit to the number of parliamentarians who are allowed to become ministers of government to allow for direct focus on...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:33 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

BLACK HILL, West Portland: When family members, friends, and well-wishers gathered at the residence of Pastor Hector Mitchell at Black Hill in West Portland on June 12, to celebrate the 100th birthday of Minna Delores Evans, they were not prepared...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 1:01 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Rio Grande Valley, Portland Fifty-nine year-old Gilbert ‘Honest John’ Hall just missed out on what would have been a surprise Father’s Day celebration after a car he was driving plunged over a precipice and landed in a ravine in the Rio Grande...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2023 | 12:14 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

BUFF BAY, WEST PORTLAND A family of 12 who had been left homeless after fire ravaged their home is to receive assistance to reconstruct their dwelling, amid appeals for even more help for basic supplies to get them sufficiently restored.The family...

Published:Monday | June 5, 2023 | 12:10 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Port Antonio, Portland Port Antonio Mayor Paul Thompson has declared that the clean-up of the razed Musgrave market must be completed in record time and within budget in order to ensure that more than 200 vendors affected by last week’s fire in...

Published:Tuesday | May 30, 2023 | 1:02 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

The recreational centre for the elderly in Buff Bay, Portland, which fell into a state of disrepair, is now undergoing major rehabilitation work to restore the facility for use. The structure was built around 2001 through an initiative by former...

Published:Monday | May 29, 2023 | 1:06 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Port Antonio, Portland It took three fire units and five water trucks to contain an enormous fire that left three commercial buildings in ruin while rendering hundreds of people jobless in Port Antonio, Portland, yesterday. The fire, which started...

Published:Friday | May 19, 2023 | 12:47 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Following a timeline given by the National Works Agency (NWA) for the completion of the Chovy main road in Junction, St Mary, in July, Member of Parliament Dr Norman Dunn is optimistic that the corridor will provide significant ease to motorists....

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:56 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PORT ANTONIO, PORTLAND: Commanding officer for the Portland police division, Superintendent Lloyd Darby, says that there has been an increase in serious and violent crimes in the parish since the start of this year when compared to the same period...

Published:Monday | May 8, 2023 | 12:59 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Portland Western Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz officially kicked off his campaign for a fifth term on Sunday, scoffing at recent poll findings indicating that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was losing ground in...

Published:Saturday | May 6, 2023 | 12:19 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Eastern Portland: Local contractors assigned to the Portland leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) have come in for criticism for what Government Minister Everald Warmington has labelled the unsatisfactory work being done...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 1:11 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Fellowship Division, Portland: A war of words developed between Government Minister Everald Warmington and People’s National Party (PNP) councillor-caretaker Colin Bell during a tour of the Fellowship division in Portland on Wednesday. Warmington,...

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 12:44 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PORT ANTONIO, PORTLAND The Blue Lagoon which has been closed since August last year is slated for reopening on June 1, on a phased basis, according to the Portland Municipal Corporation. The first phase will be for pedestrian traffic, photographers...

Published:Monday | April 17, 2023 | 12:14 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Aldane Watson, of Annotto Bay, St Mary, started to realise that he had a passion for agriculture while attending the Brimmervale High School in the parish and he took the decision then to pursue a career in the sector. The now-38-year-old told The...

Published:Friday | April 14, 2023 | 12:22 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PASSLEY GARDENS, Portland: Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr says 4-H Clubs in schools islandwide are responsible for decades of growth in that sector, which he said has also paved the way for career...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 1:13 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

PORT MARIA, St Mary: Education Minister Fayval Williams has said that the 12 standards set by the Early Childhood Commission will guarantee a strong foundation for the children’s future academic success. Speaking at an Early Childhood Commission...

Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2023 | 1:10 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

A $55-million male dormitory with a capacity to house 40 wards was officially opened at the Portland Infirmary last Friday. Construction work, which was started on the facility in 2019, was completed in February and follows on the heels of a...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 1:10 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Boston, Eastern Portland: The National Works Agency (NWA) has said that work on the Portland leg of the Southern Coastal highway project is to resume in a matter of days following the appointment of a new subcontractor by the China Harbour...

Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2023 | 1:07 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

FAIRY HILL, Portland: Irate residents protesting what they described as a prolonged dust nuisance and bad road conditions, which are further compounded by the absence of piped water throughout Fairy Hill and other adjoining areas, mounted multiple...

Published:Saturday | February 18, 2023 | 12:59 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Buff Bay, Portland: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lifespan Jamaica limited, Nayana Williams, is urging other private entities to partner with the Government in order to create levels of educational opportunities for students. The CEO of the...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 1:26 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

ST MARGARET’S BAY, Portland: Rio Grande Rafting, Portland’s premier tourist’s attraction, is once again under threat from pollution caused by sand mining. President of the Raft Captains Association at Rio Grande Rafting, Lawrence Chisholm, has...

Published:Wednesday | February 8, 2023 | 1:01 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

Although admitting that remedial work being done to improve the drainage system in the flood-prone area of French Avenue and its environs in Port Antonio, Portland, is well needed, some residents have raised concerns about the digging up of that...

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