With Jamaica supplying less than one per cent of the global castor oil market, industry experts are calling for greater recognition of the viability of the product and the implementation of strategies that will increase production and satisfy...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said while there continues to be calls for an increase in the recruitment efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the focus remains on improving level of service...
The taxi driver wanted for the fatal stabbing of his common -law-wife in the Newport district in the parish Friday night has been taken into police custody. The deceased, who has been identified as 28-year-old Shadae Shari Brown of a Daleys Grove...
As educators across the island maintain their protests against the wage offers being made by the Government as part of the restructuring of the public sector compensation packages, the disgruntled teachers have indicated that the island will...
MILE GULLY, Manchester: Despite the recent opening of a 16,000-gallon water shop with an impending 30,000-gallon water facility expected to ease the water woes in northwest Manchester communities, the Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips has...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, had a road named in his honour in the northwest Manchester community of Somerset on Friday, for what many describe as his committed service to providing for the needs of the...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Ten students at Manchester High School were on Monday awarded scholarships amounting to $550,000 from the class of 1992, as part of their efforts to drive education and give back to the institution that moulded them. The...
WILLIAMSFIELD, Manchester: For close to a year, residents of Hope Village in Williamsfield, Manchester, have had to be storing water in bottles, buckets, and tanks because of a shift in the supply arrangement between the UC Rusal-owned Windalco...
Mandeville, Manchester As the nation continues to grapple with the rise in crime and violence and a greater need to implement more preventative measures to cauterise the upsurge, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is encouraging citizens to play...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: A 24 per cent increase in serious crimes in 2023 has helped spur the call from Manchester’s police commander for divine intervention and stronger police-citizen relations. Eighteen break-ins and seven robberies up to January...
MANCHESTER: He started out filling in for a friend who would take long trips away on the farmwork programme and needed someone to fill in for him as a postal worker. Today, 40 years later, Patmore Meikle continues to shine as a standout mailman,...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: All hospitals in the southern region now have at least two ambulances in their fleet, including a new customised unit, following last Friday’s handover of four ambulances and two service vehicles, valued at just over $77...
After 50 years in operation, the Alphansus Davis High School, formerly Spalding High, is now more poised for growth, says principal of the institution, George Henry. At a church service held on Sunday, January 8, to commemorate the milestone,...
CHRISTIANA, Manchester: After several failed attempts to reach their sister and calls to the police on Tuesday morning, relatives of the victims of a double murder in Providence district, Christiana, Manchester, were left with many unanswered...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: January 3 – the date once recognised as the Ellises wedding anniversary – has now become tainted for their relatives and friends, whose most vivid memory will now be that of a wife lying in a pool of blood and a husband...
From greater development of rural areas and townships to stronger accessibility to education and training, proper management of solid waste and increased camaraderie that fosters positivity and growth, Manchester leaders are hoping to realise these...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Stakeholders in Manchester are making greater efforts at collaborating with residents as they seek a better understanding of the triggers of domestic violence, with the aim of implementing early intervention to help to...
After 37 years of building a platform on which to showcase its products and services for the agricultural, water and energy sectors, Isratech Jamaica Limited has opened a second location which will also serve as a logistics centre for the...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Smarting from criticism of his handling of the country’s affairs, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has accused the parliamentary Opposition of seeking to exploit Jamaica’s swirling crises for “political one-upmanship”. The...
With tear-stained faces, regret and anger, hundreds bade their final farewell to 61-year-old community stalwart Chieftin Campbell on Saturday. Campbell, who returned from Kingston in 2013 to live in his childhood district of Victoria Town in south...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, 18-year-old Justeena Rhone grasped the opportunity to make money selling newspapers, shooting for her dream of saving towards becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. Every...
A war of words has developed between the Manchester Central member of parliament (MP) and the councillor for the Bellefield division over commendations extended to the National Works Agency (NWA) for executing road repairs in the municipal division...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The stigma attached to mental illness and a lack of support from the families of those who battle the issue and homelessness continue to drive the increasing demand for free, adequate intervention programmes geared towards...
With a fear of being targeted by criminals or being overcharged by contractors, most returning residents are now opting for smaller homes on their return to the island after retirement, but realtors note that such options are hard to come by. The...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Despite Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell, who is councillor of the Royal Flat Division in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC), indicating that he will not be seeking re-election in the next local government polls,...
