PORT ANTONIO, Portland: SIMILAR TO the rest of the island, the northeastern parish of Portland has been experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases since late December, a situation health authorities believe was driven by an increase in social events...
Having been out of school for almost two years, last week’s late notification that face-to-face lessons would have resumed on Monday resulted in several students in Portland missing the first day of the Easter term as dressmakers were not able to...
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: The body of a man found floating in the murky waters of the Rio Grande in Portland on Thursday is believed to be that of 20-year-old Tyreke Grossette, who went missing on December 24. The partially nude body, which was...
BUFF BAY, Portland: A $125-million, state-of-the-art police station was declared officially opened in Buff Bay, Portland, on Thursday by Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang. The newly constructed building was completed in late November...
Two rural communities, Hope Bay and Fellowship in Portland, are set to benefit from the free Wi-Fi hotspots which were commissioned into service on December 16. A joint initiative between the Universal Service Fund (USF), which falls under the...
BUFF BAY, Portland: The manhunt for Davian Bryan, a Portland man suspected to have abducted of two young girls in St Thomas in October, is still on, the police have said. The abduction of the girls – aged nine and 13 – days apart had triggered...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Vice-President of Cruise Shipping and Marina Operations at the Port Authority of Jamaica, William Tatham, is refuting claims that passengers aboard The World, which docked in Port Antonio in November, did not visit...
PROSPECT, Portland: The Portland Municipal Corporation is to spend $200,000 to provide the Prospect Cemetery with a much-needed facelift in the form of bushing and spraying to rid that burial sight of shrubbery and other forms of vegetation. The...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Portland police have stepped up surveillance in the northeastern Jamaica parish after 27-year-old Orville Purnell, a fugitive who fled St Lucian authorities, escaped custody from the Kingston Central police lock-up on...
PORT MARIA, St Mary: MAYOR OF Port Maria Richard Creary said that the mandatory vaccine initiative implemented for monthly meetings is bearing fruit, noting that there are signs that persons are taking their jabs. Creary, who spoke to The Gleaner...
ISLINGTON, St Mary: More than a week after residents of Islington in St Mary protested outside the Municipal Corporation building, demanding payment for work done during the Ministry of Health and Wellness' vaccination blitz in September,...
Unvaccinated players in the tourism industry could lose out on the opportunity to earn from their livelihood following the return of cruise ships to Port Antonio after a two-year absence. It was the advent of COVID-19 that severely disrupted...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: In what has been described as a low-key and symbolic tournament, the Mayberry Investments-sponsored Superstars of Port Antonio Blue Marlin climaxed on Friday with seven billed fish tagged and released. The tournament, which...
NORWICH, Portland: The family of Davian Bryan, the Portland man who allegedly abducted nine-year-old Phylisa Prussia and who has been implicated in the disappearance of another girl, said that they are now living in fear after receiving death...
Port Antonio, Portland A mini park which was built to accommodate persons seeking relaxation and comfort while engaging in social gathering in Port Antonio, has been transformed into a dumping site. The once-picturesque park, with its beautiful...
TEMPLE HALL, St Andrew: At least four people are now homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed a nine-bedroom concrete house at the foot of Clark’s Hill in Temple Hall, St Andrew, shortly after 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. The victims, whose age...
PORTLAND: Tributes are pouring in for the late Orlene Wellington, president-elect of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education (JAGCE), who passed away on Thursday at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital after a long illness. President of...
NAYLORS HILL, Portland: Users of the main thoroughfare leading to the Port Antonio Hospital are clamouring for urgent repairs to be done to the roadway, which is in a state of disrepair. The roadway is heavily utilised by taxi operators, residents...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Following a spate of robberies targeting business establishments in Port Antonio, the Portland police are now stepping up their nightly patrols in an attempt to disrupt the activities of migrant criminals now plaguing the...
MOORE TOWN, Portland: Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons in Portland, Wallace Sterling, is calling for dialogue and consultation between the Maroon community in Jamaica and the Government to resolve ongoing and long-standing issues affecting...
With more than 40 acres of fully grown banana and plantain crops ravaged by Tropical Storm Grace, two farmers in the neighbouring parishes of Portland and St Mary are now reeling from their losses. The damage caused by the tropical storm was quite...
PORT ANTONIO: Portlanders turned out in large numbers on day four of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ vaccination blitz aimed at inoculating as many persons as possible, including students, as a safeguard against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic....
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Mayor of Port Antonio Paul Thompson is expressing deep concern over the steady increase in COVID-19 cases in Portland, which is threatening the dormant period that the parish once experienced. Thompson, who is also...
BUFF BAY: Four Haitian fishermen who landed in Buff Bay on Tuesday were severely dehydrated and appeared to be malnourished, the Portland police have reported. The men are being treated and held at an undisclosed facility in the parish. Portland...
St Margaret’s Bay, Portland: With her heart beating rapidly and tears flowing down her cheeks, Annmarie Bryan, daughter of 60-year-old farmer Cynthia Hinds described her painful ordeal in removing her mother’s burnt body from a hut yesterday in St...
