Buff Bay, Portland:One person was killed and up to press time last night another three were battling for life at the Annotto Bay Hospital, following a two-vehicle collision along the Buff Bay main road, near Woodstock in Portland, shortly after 3 p....
Portland’s premiere tourist attraction, Rio Grande Rafting, has been plunged into further turmoil following last week's heavy rains, which destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the rafting vessels owned by Raft Captains. The bamboo...
Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 11:44 AMGareth Davis Snr
Election day 2016 was off to a slow start at some polling stations visited by The Gleaner in East Portland. At Ken Wright Primary, voting was delayed despite the polling station opening on time. Election day workers along with the police were on...
A construction worker died this afternoon after falling through the roof of the Royal Mall building in Port Antonio. Michael Jones, a resident of Stony Hill in Portland, was carrying out repairs on the roof around 3 p.m when a section of it...
Published:Thursday | December 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis Snr
Port Antonio, Portland:The tense situation, which prevailed among People's National Party (PNP) councillors in Portland during and after the internal election to choose the party's standard-bearer for East Portland in the upcoming general election...
Dozens of People's National Party (PNP) workers in East Portland stormed out of two separate meetings Saturday afternoon insisting that they do no want incumbent MP Dr Lynvale Bloomfield as the standard bearer for the upcoming election. At...
As the race to select a candidate to represent the People's National Party (PNP) in East Portland intensifies, a large number of delegates last night turned out at a special function in support of challenger, Andrea Moore. Moore, an attorney,...
Published:Wednesday | August 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis Snr
Charles Town, Buff Bay- Portland: Eleven students from poor socio-economic backgrounds in Portland were awarded cheques and back-to-school packages during a specially arranged function put on by the newly formed Buff Bay River Valley Educational...
Port Antonio, Portland:A daring daylight robbery of a supermarket in Port Antonio, Portland, by armed thugs, has further compounded frustration among business operators and other residents who are calling for swift action from the police to restore...
