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Published:Saturday | December 14, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

On Wednesday, students from the Horace Clarke High School in Islington, St Mary, brought Christmas cheer to dozens of senior citizens in the community as part of their efforts to improve the lives of the elderly...

Published:Saturday | May 25, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

St Mary: Despite widespread rains, Labour Day activities went ahead in several St Mary communities on Thursday. The parish project, spearheaded by the St Mary Municipal Corporation, was the undertaking of renovation work at Edgehill School of...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Carl Gilchrist Gleaner Writer Regional Director of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), Fabia Lamm, is inviting the author of a damning letter on service at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital (SABRH), published in The Gleaner last...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

St Ann’s Bay, St Ann: A shocking allegation made in a letter to The Gleaner last week of patients having to pay staff at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital in order to be treated, has been flatly rejected by workers at the institution. “...

Published:Thursday | January 31, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

A parenting conference on Monday saw several parents and guardians turning out at the Iona High School in Tower Isle, St Mary amid a year of celebrations to mark the institution’s 70 years in existence...

Published:Wednesday | January 9, 2019 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

The construction of a community centre in Wild Cane district in South West St Ann, which started several years ago, might finally be completed in the first quarter of this year.Councillor for the Borobridge division in the St Ann Municipal...

Published:Friday | December 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

There is a lot of history associated with Port Maria, the second town built by the Spanish settlers in Jamaica back in the 17th century. Over a century after its establishment in 1760, the most serious rebellion in Jamaica’s history, led by a...

Published:Saturday | December 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Several community groups in Discovery Bay, St Ann, have voiced concern over two men who have taken up residence in an open lot next to the library along Main Street in that town.The residents told The Sunday Gleaner that for both humane and security...

Published:Saturday | December 15, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has urged councillors not to be swayed by political affiliation when distributing Christmas benefits.Speaking at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in St Ann's Bay last Friday...

Published:Friday | September 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

The Jamaica Constabulary Force has said that there is an almost 18 per cent decline in reported cases of rape since the start of this year, but the attacks on females remain a big concern for the police in St Mary.Last Thursday, head of the St Mary...

Published:Wednesday | August 29, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Senior Superintendent of Police for St Ann, Michael Smith, said the police are expecting to capture the man suspected of chopping his former girlfriend and her son to death in Linton Park, St Ann, on Tuesday night. The suspect, 41-year-old Orville...

Published:Saturday | August 4, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Members of the Discovery Bay Community Development Committee (CDC) yesterday took to the streets of the town to show their disgust at what they claimed is an attempt by the operators of the Puerto Seco Beach to take over the adjoining beaches....

Published:Thursday | June 7, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) recently handed over two newly retrofitted ambulances, valuing more than $24 million, to the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital and the Port Maria Hospital to supplement the existing fleet in the region....

Published:Saturday | May 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Corporal Arlene McBean is the new head of the Jamaica Police Federation.McBean was elected immediately following the federation's 75th annual conference at Moon Palace Jamaica Grande Resort in St Ann last Thursday.She is the first woman to head the...

Published:Thursday | March 1, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Two students of the Ferncourt High School in St Ann have been admitted to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital after being stabbed in an incident at the school this morning. Attempts to reach principal Lenworth Sterling were not successful. However, the...

Published:Thursday | January 4, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Come Monday, motorists in St Ann’s Bay and Ocho Rios, St Ann, will face strict measures geared at achieving free flow of vehicular traffic in the two towns. The St Ann Municipal Corporation says these measures include the reintroduction...

Published:Wednesday | January 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Ocho Rios-based artist Dwayne Hamilton has made a strategic shift from producing pointillism pieces to creating beautiful, Jamaican-themed, handmade greeting cards that have impressed many persons."I've been doing greeting cards for a while on my...

Published:Thursday | December 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

For 26 years, the Restoration of Life Mission in Christ Apostolic Church at No. 1 Jail Lane in St Ann's Bay has been helping that community and the wider St Ann.Last weekend, Pastor Alberta Boswell-James held the annual Christmas treat for children...

Published:Thursday | December 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Residents of the St Ann Infirmary in Priory, St Ann, have one more reason to be grateful this Christmas, thanks to the kindness of several Jamaicans living in Canada.In August, Thora Daley of Thora's Elegant Design and celebrity chef Selwyn Richards...

Published:Tuesday | December 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Hits from the '80s and '90s permeated the atmosphere late Saturday night into Sunday morning as stalwarts King Yellowman and Admiral Tibet brought back memories at Mongoose Jamaica Restaurant and Lounge in Ocho Rios, St Ann.The artistes performed at...

Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Jamaican teacher at George Mason Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia, USA, Karen Barber Olajuwon, is one of several teachers in the Richmond Public Schools (RPS) area honoured last month for excellence in teaching.From a group of 116 nominations...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

When United States pastor John Steigerwald started Teen Challenge Jamaica (TCJ) in 1997, it was with the expectation that the Jamaican chapter would do what the organisation does right across the world: change lives.Twenty years on, Steigerwald is...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Called from her house early on Tuesday morning to turn up at an essay-writing competition presentation that afternoon, Julie-Ann Henry thought she was just going to collect a prize for her daughter, Othia Fyffe, who attends Brown's Town High School....

Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Over the years, Jamaicans have become accustomed to overseas missions visiting the island from United States and, to a lesser extent, England. Local organisations and communities have benefited from the generosity of such missions, usually through...

Published:Friday | November 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist

Tributes continue to pour in for Professor Claude Packer, the first president of the Mico University College, who passed away on Thursday evening at his daughter's home in Florida, United States. He had been ailing for some time.Packer served the...

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