Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Organisers of the 13th staging of the Linstead Ackee Fest have said it has been a tremendous success.The festival, which seeks to promote the culinary and economic benefits of ackee, Jamaica's national fruit and one of Linstead's main agricultural...
Published:Sunday | October 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Chairman of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Norman Scott, has defended the handling of the corporation's finances under his leadership.Speaking at Thursday's monthly meeting of the municipal corporation, Scott attributed a build-up in...
Published:Saturday | September 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The long-awaited legislation to regulate the operation of gated communities across the island could soon become a reality.Prime Minister Andrew Holness last Friday announced that a Gated Community Legislation is now being prepared to be placed...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine:Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott has said major companies are returning to Spanish Town, in a move that will provide jobs for residents of the parish.Pointing to Wisynco's rapid rebuilding of its facility in Twickenham...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The Portmore Municipal Corporation has made it clear that it will not ratify the revised Joint Portmore Citizens Association as an arm of the corporation unless it establishes mechanisms to ensure that persons who sit on it are members of citizens'...
Published:Thursday | September 14, 2017 | 7:21 PMRuddy Mathison
Commissioner of Corrections Ina Hunter has been subpoenaed to appear before the St Catherine Parish Court to answer a charge of violating the Public Health Act. The matter is scheduled to be heard on September 19. The court hearing was sought by...
Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
PORTMORE, St Catherine:The subject of tithing where Christians who are members of certain denominations are required to give 10 per cent of their earnings to the Church has always been a controversial issue.Some Christian churches are steadfast in...
Published:Friday | September 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
National Security Minister Robert Montague said police officers are leaving the force faster than the Government is able to train them, citing an attrition rate of 500 cops per year.Speaking at the passing out parade for 199 police officers at the...
Published:Wednesday | August 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The heroic actions of Jermaine Riley, his brother, Jamawno Riley, and friend, Ramone Peart, which saved the lives of seven people during the May 16 flood rains in Sunny Side, Linstead, St Catherine, will long be remembered by community members who...
Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2017 | 11:00 AMRuddy Mathison
PORTMORE, St Catherine:Thousands of people turned out to witness the inaugural staging of Portmore Golden Jamboree at the site designated for the climate change park opposite the Portmore Mall Tuesday night.The event, according to chairman of the...
Published:Thursday | June 22, 2017 | 4:27 PMRuddy Mathison
After three years in the principal's seat at Marlie Mount Primary School in Old Harbour, St Catherine, Calvin Harris has created a vision for the grade-six programme designed to ensure the best results for the students.But he is convinced that if...
Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 4:42 PMRuddy Mathison
Councillor for the Linstead Division in the St Catherine Municipal Cooperation Herbert Garriques is appealing to the authorities to urgently repair the Victoria Road Bridge in Linstead. Garriques says the rails of the narrow bridge were washed...
Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
MANDEVILLE, Manchester:Born in Kitson Town, St Catherine, and surrounded by 10 small adjoining communities, Garfield Angus, despite childhood challenges, always sees himself as possessing the...
Published:Sunday | July 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The Portmore Municipal Council has highlighted bad roads and traffic congestion as areas of great concern and is seeking a meeting with state minister responsible for works, Everald Warmington, to address the issue.Mayor Leon Thomas received...
Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
LINSTEAD, St Catherine:The Linstead Community Development Committee (CDC) with its agenda set on fulfilling its mission of community outreach has embarked on its 12th staging of its annual summer school.Chairman of the CDC Devon Smith told Rural...
Published:Monday | July 10, 2017 | 12:33 PMRuddy Mathison
The St Catherine North Police are probing the killing of a 67-year-old man in Green Acres, on the outskirts of Spanish Town, St Catherine this morning. He has been identified as Evan Haughton, of Johnson Pen, also in Spanish Town. Haughton is said...
Published:Thursday | June 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The St Catherine Health Department is warning persons along the Rio Cobre to avoid coming into contact with the water due to the continued presence of raw sewage from a National Water Commission (NWC) plant. Acting Chief Public Health...
Published:Friday | June 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The contribution of market vendors to economic growth is often overlooked by some, especially those vendors who buy in bulk from other farmers and then sell to the final consumer.For Jody Ann Pottinger a 30-year-old farmer, market vendor and mother...
Published:Sunday | June 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
The St Catherine Municipal Corporation wants the Health Department to bring closure to an ongoing problem of waste flowing from the El Prado Verde treatment plant.The revelation that waste was flowing from the treatment plant into a drain was first...
Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
GLENGOFFE, St Catherine:Hundreds of volunteers converged on the Lucky Hill Basic School in Glengoffe, St Catherine, and rebuilt the institution that has been in a state of disrepair for quite some time.The project designated as the parish project...
Published:Sunday | May 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that the Government will put to tender, in a few months, the technical scoping work to upgrade the Spanish Town Hospital from a Type B to a Type A facility.Tufton, who was addressing concerns expressed by...
Published:Thursday | May 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Kevin Brown is now a high councillor in the state presidency of the Church of God of the Latter-Day Saints, after serving as mission president for two years.Brown told Family...
Published:Wednesday | April 26, 2017 | 11:42 AMRuddy Mathison
LINSTEAD, St Catherine:Phase four of the upgrading of the historic Linstead market has been at a standstill for quite sometime now, and the vendors are not happy.A number of vendors at the market complained to Rural Xpress that the failure of the...
Published:Monday | March 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Gary Nicholson, 46, won the Greater Portmore North division in a municipal by-election marred by low voter turnout - trend that has characterised elections in Jamaica over the last two decades.After all 38 boxes were counted, Nicholson polled 2,125...
