St Thomas teen Jaheim Brown, who won the hearts of the nation following the highlighting of his makeshift summer school in Yallahs, has revealed that this year will be its final staging. His humble initiative gained national attention last year,...
Since the unveiling of the latest waterfront attraction in Montego Bay, a statue of a mermaid, several Christians have expressed disgust at what they described as an ungodly act. They say the artwork is a demonic symbol and an invitation to evoke...
Putting all his eggs in the capable basket of Christ, St Thomas native Aldane Walters continues to break barriers, achieve goals and pave paths thought impossible for other ‘little country boys’ like himself. The former Wolmer’s head boy who, in...
As development discussions ripen in St Thomas with the buildout of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) and the construction of a state-of-the-art town centre, at least one investor believes the introduction of a special...
Subcontractors executing the buildout of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project are satisfied that their voices have been heard and issues addressed following a meeting with the Government and other stakeholders on Tuesday evening. The...
Verona Bolton-Hibbert beamed with resilience as she scoured through the rubble of what once stood as her clothing store at the recently incinerated Morant Bay Arcade in St Thomas. The woman is among some 30-odd micro-business owners who are now...
Students and staff at the Morant Bay High School (MBHS) in St Thomas will now enjoy cooler face-to-face sessions with the donation of some 100 wall-mount fans, made by the institution’s alumni association. The contribution was made as part of the...
The constant, desperate cries of residents in St Thomas about the poor road conditions and dust nuisance associated with works being carried out as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project have piqued the interest of Prime Minister...
Burdened by a multiplicity of woes, fisherfolk in eastern St Thomas have joined the choir of forlorn beach stakeholders with a familiar refrain: “We are suffering!” They say their boats have been forcefully docked by a double whammy: constantly...
Another box of what is believed to be human skeletal remains has been discovered at the Loyal James Lodge premises in Morant Bay, St Thomas. The additional discovery was made by staff of the St Thomas Municipal Corporation, who began demolition...
The St Thomas police have halted a demolition exercise and commenced a probe after the morbid discovery of skeletal remains, believed to be of humans, at a derelict building in Morant Bay. The discovery was made about 9 o’clock Sunday morning...
A BLUE Mountain Coffee farmer in Moy Hall, St Thomas, is desperately seeking the assistance of any agency that is able to help quell a long-standing issue he has been facing concerning farm lands. Prince Smith told The Gleaner that he recently...
The murder of 64-year-old Jamaican Dolet Hill and three other family members in London, England, has left a trail of tears and devastation in her home town of Lyssons, St Thomas. Dolet and her partner, 58-year-old Denton Burke, were stabbed to...
The Morant Bay Primary School in St Thomas is among the most recent beneficiaries of the collaborative generosity of The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Elsa Leo-Rhynie ‘Towers’ Hall and the institution’s OneLife Outreach Programme. As part...
Two young girls abducted last October are being saluted for their courage after they summoned the strength to face their alleged tormentor, pointing him out on an identification parade despite trepidation. The accused, Davian Bryan, was recently...
What began as a selfless gesture to assist fellow students has blossomed into a thriving online platform solving many issues affecting the educational sector currently. The brainchild of Patrico Tyrell, EdWrk Limited connects students who struggle...
AS TRAFFIC made its way through their community on Saturday afternoon, residents of Grants Pen in St Thomas signalled to the Government to reconsider bypassing the area via the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. The traffic was being...
Members of the St Thomas Municipal Corporation are accusing the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) of neglect, purporting that the service company has left the parish in total darkness. In addition to over 500 reportedly blown street lights that remain...
After stumbling upon a crocodile and having to flee from a raging pit bull just days after having now been forced to walk a mile to access public transportation with the partial opening of a section of the under-construction highway, residents of...
Head of the St Thomas Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Morant Bay, Michael Hue, is confident that now more than ever, the eastern parish is poised for growth. To support his claim, he announced that the building plans for the new town centre to...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness and stakeholders in St Thomas are hopeful that the establishment of a Teen Hub will greatly aid in the reduction of the parish’s high level of teenage pregnancy. The facility, which will be the second of its...
Social development practitioner Tishauna Mullings of Seaforth, St Thomas, is, simply put, a force to be reckoned with. A Chevening scholar, recipient of the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for being a stalwart in community and nation-building, named...
While schools in St Thomas report high student turnouts for the first day of the full resumption of in-person teaching since 2020, there is a common concern among administrations: the lack of sufficient seating. The administrators shared that much...
Some ex-sugar workers in St Thomas who lost their jobs at the shuttered Golden Grove Sugar Factory are counting that displacement as a blessing in disguise. Some cultivators have established their own farms on sugar lands that have been repurposed...
Denise Patrick, of East Albion in St Thomas, is trying her best to maintain a positive outlook on life, despite her obvious challenges. The forty-one year-old woman has been living with lupus for some 25 years. Lupus is an incurable auto-immune...
