Published:Sunday | December 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The problem of crime, which continues to affect residents and other interests islandwide, is just one of the concerns highlighted by two sector leaders in Portland that needs to be fixed in 2016.According to mayor of Port...
Published:Wednesday | December 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:HIS LOVE for bamboo came about by chance, but for Wilburne King, his newly found livelihood is a part of his everyday life, which has allowed him to invest and grow in the local tourism sector.King, who spent the better part...
Published:Wednesday | December 2, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Four houses were destroyed and 14 people left homeless after more than six hours of intense rainfall in the eastern parish of Portland.The heavy rains, which started at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, pounded the eastern side of the parish. The situation was...
Published:Sunday | November 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Port Antonio, Portland:Confusion, chaotic, and instability are just some of the words being used to describe the troubling situation now facing the People's National Party (PNP) in East Portland ahead of the impending parliamentary election.The...
Published:Thursday | October 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO:The local canoe tournament, the highlight for local residents in the Port Antonio Blue Marlin tournament, lived up to its expectations on Wednesday with the landing of a Blue Marlin by Caiphas McLeggon, captain of the boat Conqueror....
Published:Tuesday | October 20, 2015 | 8:37 PMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO:The Port Antonio Blue Marlin tournament takes a break this morning to make way for the one-day canoe competition, which has attracted approximately 70 local fishermen.After two gruelling days of competition, nine marlins have been...
It appears the People's National Party (PNP) is considering to overrule the results of the September 7 internal elections, which saw Attorney Andrea Moore beating the incumbent Dr Lynvale Bloomfield by eight votes. Some members of the party...
Published:Sunday | October 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Three persons have been hospitalised following a crash along the Castle main road in east Portland early this morning. The police say the driver of a white Toyota Corolla station wagon travelling from Fair Prospect to Port Antonio lost control of...
Former mayor of Port Antonio, Floyd Patterson has signaled his intention to cross the floor to the People's National Party. Patterson, a two term councilor, who first won on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ticket in 2008, reportedly fell out of...
Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The Titchfield High School family has been plunged into mourning following the death of a female student, who was killed during a hit-and-run incident at Flat Grass, Portland, Sundaymorning.A fifth-form student, 18-year-old...
Published:Friday | September 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
STONY HILL, Portland:Newton Lewis, a construction worker, who has admitted that there is a need to serve Jesus Christ has said the behaviour of some members of the clergy is a deterrent for him.Affectionately known as 'Pressa', the 61-year-old...
Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2015 | 12:24 PMGareth Davis
budding coconut businessFAIR PROSPECT, Portland:Fulfilling a lifelong dream with the intention of offering better health choices to the populace is the motivating factor for Jennifer Jones, a Portland resident, who is on a quest to re-ignite the...
Published:Sunday | September 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Incumbent member of parliament for East Portland, Lynvale Bloomfield, suffered a massive blow yesterday, losing out to challenger Andrea Moore in a nail-biting, intra-party selection exercise in the constituency.Bloomfield polled 133 votes to Moore'...
Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2015 | 11:32 AMGareth Davis
FRUITFUL VALE, Portland:Oswald Rochester is spearheading a chicken-rearing project in Fruitful Vale, Portland, designed to assist residents in the various adjoining communities.Rochester, who oversees the rearing of day-old chicks to maturity, is...
Published:Tuesday | August 18, 2015 | 12:25 PMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:With the Ministry of Education providing a paltry grant of $30,000 annually, which serves as the total sum allocated for the maintenance of the Mount Pleasant Primary school's infrastructure, Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl...
Nervous residents of Buff Bay Valley in Portland are again on edge. This after scores of huge boulders came raining down on the community of Charles Town yesterday. Residents told The Gleaner/Power106 News Centre that the frightening experience...
Published:Thursday | August 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Despite being visually impaired, Leroy Gray, a devoted Christian, has not lost sight of God. And while many have fallen by the wayside, he remains committed and determined that he will gain his place in the heavenly Kingdom....
Published:Wednesday | August 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Stony Hill, Portland:A Portland woman is dead following an alleged dispute on Tuesday between two men at Ransa, Stony Hill, in Portland.The woman has been identified as Angella Jackson, unemployed, who is believed to be in her mid-50s.According to a...
Published:Wednesday | July 15, 2015 | 10:56 AMGareth Davis
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:The Portland Parish Library Reading competition climaxed last Tuesday with a special prize-giving ceremony at that branch, which saw the top finishers moving on to the national finals.The gruelling three months of competition...
Published:Monday | July 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland:AFTER DECADES of neglect, Rio Grande Valley residents in Portland can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as approximately $143 million will be spent to rehabilitate 7.83 kilometres of roadway through the varied...
Published:Tuesday | June 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
The inaugural Portland Celebrity Cook-off, from all indication, was a huge success. Business operators and other interests are already eagerly anticipating the next leg.Held on Sunday in the car park at TAJ Pharmacy in Port Antonio, the event...
Published:Wednesday | June 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis
Port Antonio, Portland:The entire school population at Boundbrook Primary in Port Antonio, Portland, is now eagerly awaiting word from the Ministry of Education as to whether or not their top-performing student, Roshantia Bramwell, will be awarded a...
