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Published:Monday | February 6, 2023 | 12:26 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

Technical support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has been critical in the improvement of yields for Jamaican fish farmers, a regional extension officer has said. Kerrone Fairclough said that those partnerships have helped to...

Published:Sunday | May 16, 2021 | 12:49 PMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

The 32 year-old driver of the ill-fated Toyota Hiace minibus, which crashed along the PJ Patterson Highway, killing five people and injuring 18 others, is return to court on July 28. Dwayne Fowler was granted bail...

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2021 | 3:02 PMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

Authorities in St Catherine are reporting that today's mass vaccination exercise has been progressing smoothly. The St Catherine aspect of the country-wide roll out is taking place at the Portmore HEART Academy, where several...

Published:Saturday | March 13, 2021 | 12:57 PMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

Twenty year-old Shamar Edwards of Greater Portmore in St Catherine, has been formally charged with the murder of his father, 52 year-old Dalbert Edwards, by the St Catherine South Police. He is to appear in court on Tuesday.  Edwards...

Published:Saturday | July 25, 2020 | 12:00 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

The police have identified two men who were killed during a confrontation with lawmen in Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday evening.  They are 43-year-old Marcus Walters, also known as 'Cookie', and 24-year-old Martin Gayle....

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2019 | 12:00 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

The St Catherine man who allegedly stabbed an eight-year-old boy to death and injured his mother has been remanded for psychiatric evaluation. When the case was mentioned in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday, the lawyer for the...

Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

The St Catherine North Police Division has erected a monument to honour five of its members who died last year. Head of the division, Senior Superintendent Beau Rigabie, says the monument is part of a gesture to show respect to fallen members....

Published:Sunday | October 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

A St Catherine domestic helper, who allegedly stole $15 million from a Jacuzzi tub at the home of her employer, has been bound over to reappear in the St Catherine Parish Court on February 21, 2019. Answering to a charge of larceny ...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMRasbert Turner/ Gleaner Writer

St Catherine residents Patricia Williams and Staceyann Williams (no relation) were raised in rural Jamaica and saw the need to develop the community in which they live by providing day-care service.The women have opened a day-care centre in Magazine...

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