An 81 year-old grandmother and her two grandchildren were murdered in Tryall Heights, Spanish Town, St Catherine this afternoon. The Gleaner understands that gunmen barged into the home of the senior citizen, Iciline McFarlane, ...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has stressed that the Government remains convinced that mask-wearing is an essential strategy to help curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus despite differing opinions on the matter. Speaking...
Former local government representative in the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Barrington Bailey, is to be sentenced on Friday for breaches of the Firearms Act. Bailey, the Jamaica Labour Party councillor in the Ensom City division from 2012 to...
Seventeen-year-old Glenmuir High School student Rayonna Knight was all smiles as she knocked elbows with businessman Wayne Henry while receiving a cheque valued over $22,000 in Old Harbour, St Catherine. “I am very thankful for this assistance that...
Ten years on, Avril Leachman laments that government authorities, across multiple political administrations, have failed to fix a breakaway that has left residents of Bellfield, St Catherine, feeling like forgotten people. Leachman remembers the...
A St Catherine woman has pleaded guilty to the charge of child endangerment after her three-year-old son was observed in a viral video smoking a cigarette and drinking what appeared to be alcohol. The mother, whose name is being withheld by The...
Michelle Henry looked with bewilderment at her house a day after her eight-year-old daughter was found inside hanging from a clothes line in Commodore, St Catherine, on Sunday. Her face was a canvas of devastation and dumbfoundedness as she...
From a projection of $47,000 daily to $3,000 on a good day is the reality that faces operations at the Linstead Transportation Centre in St Catherine. The manager, Henry Marshall, told The Gleaner that the park, which opened in February 2016, was...
A senior citizen who murdered one of his lovers and wounded another wept bitterly after being sentenced to life imprisonment in the St Catherine Circuit Court last Friday. Ernest Whyte, 67, of McCook’s Pen, St Catherine, was convicted of murdering...
The recent rains that broke the prolonged drought may offer welcome blessings for farmers but have heightened the threat of dengue fever and other mosquito-related illnesses. Chief public health inspector for St Catherine Grayson Hutchinson...
Old Harbour Bay was rocked on Thursday by a fiery protest following the shooting of a 22-year-old man by the police a day earlier. Angered by the shooting injury, residents of the St Catherine seaside town used abandoned appliances and debris to...
To say that St Catherine businessman Wayne Henry tried his hand at everything before finally finding success would not be such a stretch. His hard work and determination have taken him from pushing a handcart to being the owner of a viable business...
Despite his vision being impaired, 39-year-old cricketer Neville Williamson was determined to cast his ballot yesterday. When The Gleaner caught up with the first-time voter at Eltham Park Primary School in St Catherine Central, he was bubbling...
That’s the view of 94-year-old Eva Thomas, who has struck a philosophical note amid swirling coronavirus infections that have topped 1,700 cases in Jamaica. As scientists race against time to develop a vaccine while grappling with the highly...
The opening of a footbridge on the border of St Catherine and St Mary was an Independence Day gift that brought cheer to residents of Mud Lane and surrounding communities. Residents of the farming communities of Springfield and Guy’s Hill in St...
The St Catherine South police have launched an investigation into the death of a Portmore woman. The deceased has been identified as Karen Nugent, a 36-year-old employee of Sagicor Insurance Company. Nugent, who resided on Charles Drive in...
A 15-year-old boy reportedly perished trying to save his 17-year-old brother on Sunday, ruining what was planned to be a joyous family reunion for a matriarch celebrating her 80th birthday. The double-drowning tragedy happened in the murky waters...
National rugby representative Reinhardo Richards is literally “living on the edge” and is gravely concerned about his home perched on the margins of the Rio Cobre. Richards’ Barrett Street home in Spanish Town is on the verge of being swallowed by...
Late sculptor Austin Campbell was praised last week for his professional artistry, but the most glowing tribute described him as a dedicated family man. Campbell died at his home on June 23 after a short illness. He was 85. Donna Bryan, one of his...
Donovan Carter has cut and carved out a niche for himself in the settee-making industry for 27 years. And even amid the slowdown of commerce sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, he still has a steely will to press ahead with his business, Unique...
The Supreme Court has awarded damages of more than $9 million to a woman for negligence in the removal of her womb at the Spanish Town Hospital almost nine years ago. The verdict was handed down by Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick on May 27, 2020, in...
Eight-six-year-old Lucius Nathaniel Binns was a picture of happiness after receiving a mattress, courtesy of the St Catherine North police. Binns, who lives in a dilapidated, board-and-zinc structure, was thankful, but still needs more help. “I am...
A 60-year-old St Catherine resident is in desperate need of help to save the structure she has called home for almost 30 years. Ronica Graham, a grandmother, said that the deterioration in the building’s structural strength has worsened over the...
The operator of the St John’s Wholesale Liquor and More Limited suffered a multimillion-dollar break-in late last month. According to proprietor Marlon Morris, on Friday, May 29, he securely locked up the business. Upon returning to work the...
NINETY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD INA Rankling was a picture of joy on Labour Day yesterday as the Guanaboa Vale police and community members erected a spanking new kitchen for her in Old Road, Kitson Town, St Catherine. District Constable Antoinette Keddo...
