A Clarendon family is on tenterhooks following the disappearance of 15-year-old Tavaughn Patterson, a student of Foga Road High School in the parish, and a mysterious call from an unidentified male, placed to his mother the same day he went missing...
There are sighs of relief in St Elizabeth after the Goshen Early Childhood Institution (ECI) was relocated from beside the community cemetery. Two Thursdays ago, Goshen Primary School Principal Natalee Roper-Allen and Goshen ECI Chairman Desmond...
Stakeholders have hailed last Thursday’s official opening of the Texaco gas station in Mineral Heights, Clarendon, as a major fillip for the parish’s development. Clarendon South Eastern Member of Parliament Pearnel Charles Jr said: “It is a...
Despite termites damaging the benches at the McIntosh Memorial Primary School in Williamsfield, Manchester, Principal Vyonnie Whynes is hesitant to dispose of them, just in case students have to resort to reusing them when the new academic year...
“Love lives in the hearts of those who are brave.” Eighty-year-old Deyon Madge Thompson has lived most of her life by those profound words. At the age of 20, Deyon eloped with her then 23-year-old partner, Willard Thompson Sr, despite the...
Stakeholders in eastern St Elizabeth are pressing for the relocation of the Goshen Early Childhood Institution (ECI), arguing that its proximity to the community cemetery has spooked parents and driven away students who could be placed at the...
Fifty-seven-year-old Clarendon bus driver James Davis is the parish’s first public passenger vehicle (PPV) driver fatality since the start of the year. Davis, also known as ‘Prento’, and the lone passenger aboard his bus were killed in a three-...
A typical Sunday at the Palmers Cross New Testament Church of God in Clarendon would see brothers Tavaris and Tavaughn flanked by their sisters, or other youth, belting out sweet melodious tunes. On Sunday, however, it was rather doleful tunes and...
Manchester North Western Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips has blasted the Government for “playing politics with infrastructure”, asserting that little to no attention is being directed to Opposition-led constituencies. Speaking at his...
When Waid-Ann Wedderburn burst into tears before being awarded her degree on Sunday, many assumed the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) graduate was simply overjoyed at having mastered a tough academic challenge. Overcome with emotion,...
Once a below-average student, Trench Town native Terrain Wright graduated from the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) with the highest honours – magna cum laude – on Sunday, proving that where one is from does not define their...
State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklyn Witter, says the only way to realise the full potential of the agricultural sector is by getting young farmers involved. Witter was speaking on Tuesday during the ceremony for...
Some 600 youth farmers, last Thursday, were named beneficiaries of the Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Young Farmers and Fisherfolk project, an initiative geared towards offering support to youth in agriculture to combat climate change and...
Two Clarendon fishermen who were seen heading to sea south of Rocky Point last Friday have gone missing and have been feared dead. The men, 42-year-old Robert Weir, and 29-year-old Lucky Ellis, both of Portland Cottage addresses, reportedly set out...
Organisers of civic events and other stakeholders in Manchester say plans are already underway to reignite the public’s interest in cultural activities, ahead of Jamaica’s 61st Independence celebrations next year. A decline in attendance and the...
Twenty-two-year-old Sutanya Ellington, who was on Monday crowned National Farm Queen at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, is aiming to get more women and youth involved in agriculture. Acknowledging that she was heartened to see...
Ashley Findley-Forbes, the victim of a freak Vernamfield drag-racing crash on July 17, died hours before her son’s fifth birthday. Her son’s father, Patrick Pinnock, is still cursing fate that the celebratory plans for their son Lyricue’s birthday...
Culture Minister Olivia Grange has vowed to revive the flagging fortunes of Jamaica’s traditions amid mounting concerns that cultural practices are at risk of drifting into oblivion. Grange said she would be courting support from global agency...
Major towns in Manchester were painted in black, green and gold as scores of residents donned the national colours to join the Manchester float parade on Thursday as celebrations kick into gear to mark Emancipation Day and the island’s 60th...
SPIRITS ARE high in Maidstone, Manchester, as community members gear up for the annual Emancipation festival dubbed ‘Fus A August’. The event is spearheaded by Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips, and the Maidstone...
THE MAIDSTONE Museum represents the storied journey to emancipation for the ancestors of the proud residents of the northwestern Manchester community. Officially opened in 2015 by then Minister of Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill and Mikael Phillips,...
Audrea Shaw-Green still has cups and other paraphernalia she was given as a child during the 1962 Independence celebrations. Though she was 10 years old at the time, she recalls the happenings vividly, the excitement etched in the mind of the now...
As investigations into Sunday’s deadly accident at the Vernamfield Aerodrome in Clarendon continue, residents of Gimme-Mi-Bit and surrounding communities have expressed concern over what they believe to be lax safety measures when racing events are...
A total of 17 street lights have been stolen across Manchester since June. The disclosure was made by Devon Willis, operations manager at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), who was speaking last Thursday during the monthly sitting of the...
Tearful councillors took time to pay tribute to their late colleague, Cleon Francis, who they described as a true leader, friend, and mentor during Thursday’s meeting of the Manchester Municipal Corporation. Francis, who represented the...
