Published:Thursday | August 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Having proven the miraculous healing power of Jesus Christ, Tasha-Gaye Smith surrendered her life to her saviour, a decision that she considers to be the only logical one.Smith, who first got baptised at the age of 12 in 2004...
Published:Thursday | August 18, 2016 | 10:25 AMGareth Davis
Rowena Beckford, a senior elder at Boundbrook Seventh-Day Adventist Church, prepares healthy food for persons making a lifestyle change, as she seeks to heal their bodies as they work on healing their souls.Beckford, who is also a vegetarian, is...
Published:Thursday | August 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
BOUNDBROOK, PORTLAND:Life has not always been easy for Aaron Skyers, an elder at Boundbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church, who is a living testimony to the truth and belief that God takes care of his own.Skyers, who joined the Seventh-day Adventist...
Published:Wednesday | August 10, 2016 | 12:43 PMGareth Davis
LONG BAY, Portland:Four schools are to benefit from proceeds of this year's staging of a grand gala held on Independence Day in Long Bay, Portland, which, from all indication, was a huge success.Held on the white sand beach at Long Bay, the event...
Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2016 | 11:20 AMGareth Davis
Donneka Clarke, a student of Nonsuch Primary School in Portland, who despite being absent from school more often than she is present, managed to secure good grades in the recent Grade Six Achievement Tests (GSAT). For her efforts, she will be...
Published:Wednesday | June 29, 2016 | 11:11 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Poverty is hardly an excuse for failure, and as such, Shanique Noyan and Cardiff McKenzie have proven just that. The two emerged as top girl and boy, respectively, at Buff Bay Primary in Portland, where they both secured...
Published:Sunday | June 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
A 55-year-old vendor is dead and a woman hospitalised in serious condition after they were attacked by gunmen in Buff Bay, Portland yesterday evening. Reports are that the incident took place about 9:40 p.m. as the deceased, Patrick Brown, who is from...
Published:Sunday | June 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
A man was hospitalised with life-threatening injuries after a motor vehicle crash along the Hope Bay main road in Portland last night. Reports that the hospitalised man was speeding in a white Honda Civic motor car towards Port Antonio when he lost...
Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The business community and other interests turned out in large numbers to celebrate with the 2016 School's Challenge Quiz winner, Titchfield High School, at a special dinner put on by Mayor of Port Antonio Wayne McKenzie and...
Published:Friday | June 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The recent clean-up exercise to rid several communities in Portland of garbage, discarded wares, and water-holding containers by varied state agencies in the fight against the Zika virus has been met by residents with mixed...
Published:Wednesday | June 8, 2016 | 10:56 AMGareth Davis
Determined to one provide assistance to his alma mater, Rural Hill Primary School, Paul Thompson is ensuring that each step the students climb that leads to the upper classrooms is safe.Only recently, the former student assisted with the...
Published:Thursday | May 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Realising that his spiritual gift is to praise God through singing, Kevin Shelton, a Seventh-day Adventist Christian is doing just that through his ministry and Portlanders are in for a special treat at a Gospel concert slated...
Published:Sunday | April 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The relief efforts for those ravaged during the recent flood rains in the Rio Grande Valley of Portland is far advanced, with the distribution of medication and other supplies by West Portland Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl...
At least a dozen students narrowly escaped serious injuries when the bus they were travelling in overturned in the vicinity of Little Spring Gardens near Hope Bay in Portland, this morning. The Toyota Hiace public passenger vehicle, which plies the...
Published:Friday | April 1, 2016 | 5:46 PMGareth Davis
Following three second-place finishes and a semi-final loss, Titchfield High is celebrating its first hold on the Television Jamaica-sponsored Schools' Challenge quiz trophy - after defeating Campion College in a nail-biting contest on Thursday...
Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 11:04 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The importance of learning and adopting Christian values and attitude is one way of grooming Pathfinders within the Seventh-day Adventist Church.The life of a Pathfinder begins at age six and ends at 15 years where they are...
Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2016 | 10:48 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Uneducated but determined to make a difference, 52-year-old Derron Speed can be seen digging away at the mother earth daily to grow crops as a means of survival.Speed, who is popularly known as 'Black Dust', hails from one of...
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 10:13 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:It was high celebration for members of the Boundbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church recently after two preteens surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ.The two - Rojaun Wilks and Rajaun Minott, who are both 12 years old -...
Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 11:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Twenty-four-year-old Tameka Hall said her Christian lifestyle has allowed her to blossom spiritually and educationally, despite being born in one of the most depressed communities, Manchioneal in Portland.Hall, a graduate of...
Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 10:51 AMGareth Davis
The Portland Infirmary has benefited from a state-of-the-art washing machine, which was donated by a foundation, to assist with reducing the workload of handwashing.The washing machine, which costs approximately $200,000, was acquired by the...
Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORTLAND WESTERN Seventy-nine-year-old Zetty Ferguson, who was given three months to live by doctors, but has survived at length, allowing her to exercise her democratic right on election day. Ferguson, who hails from the community of Black...
Published:Wednesday | February 10, 2016 | 12:52 PMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:One of the oldest high schools islandwide, Titchfield on Sunday launched its 230th anniversary year-long celebrations with a church service in Port Antonio, Portland.The church service was held at Christ Church in Port Antonio...
Published:Sunday | January 31, 2016 | 12:46 PMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Education Minister Ronald Thwaites last Thursday handed over six newly constructed classrooms to Titchfield High School, Portland.The project to build the six classrooms was undertaken at a cost of $19.3 million and took 12...
Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 10:11 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Growing up in a Christian home, where both parents were deeply rooted in their faith allowed Marion Patterson to easily accept Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour.Patterson, now 25 years old, is a graduate of Northern...
Published:Thursday | January 14, 2016 | 12:14 PMGareth Davis
BOUNDBROOK, Portland:Surviving the many challenges of 2015 was no easy task for many, but Pastor of the Boundbrook Seventh-day Adventist district of churches, Damion Clarke, told members of his flock that it was only the saving grace of Jesus Christ...
