For Whitewood Hole resident Nevardo Hudson, the Rio Minho is a source of food and, recreation, and ideal for domestic purposes. But like the streams of the river, bad memories run for the now 28-year-old, whose father drowned in the river near...
Sixty-five-year-old Earlston Seaton has called the rural, farming community of Suttons in northern Clarendon home for 63 years. The sexagenarian, like many other residents, uses the Oaks and Rio Minho rivers for daily chores. Seaton, who plighs...
There was a double murder in the community of Race Track on the outskirts of May Pen in Clarendon early this morning. Dead are 55-year-old Careen Walters, otherwise called ‘Paula’, a security guard; and a man known only as...
Mayor of May Pen and councillor for the Rocky Point Division in Clarendon, Winston Maragh, has renewed a call for the establishment of police posts in the area. Speaking against the background of Saturday evening's crash-landing of a...
The police say they are looking for two men who, residents informed them, were assisted from the plane that crash-landed on White Sand Beach in Rocky Point, Clarendon yesterday evening. The men, who appeared Caucasian,...
Twenty-five student athletes at the Foga Road High School in Clarendon were yesterday presented with tablets by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO). Foga Road High emerged the winner in the region, having had the most participants in JADCO’s...
Thirteen-year-old Denbigh High School student, Jade Bloomfield, was named one of 15 winners in the RJRGLEANER Christmas essay competition. Nicarno Williams, marketing and special projects supervisor at the RJRGLEANER Group, said the competition was...
Grief and pain gripped the air as mourners gathered at the Sedge Pond Basic School in Race Course, Clarendon, yesterday to celebrate the life of six-year-old Oshane ‘OJ’ Banton, whose body was found in a sewage plant near his home in Lionel Town...
A sombre mood has engulfed the Sedge Pond Basic School in Race Course, Clarendon, where a few mourners have gathered for the funeral of six year-old Oshane 'OJ' Banton. Oshane's body was found at a pump house...
Myrtle Roye, justice of the peace and resident of Effortville, Clarendon, said a recent upsurge in violence in the community had dampened the Christmas spirit. Roye, who has called the community home for over five decades, told The Gleaner that...
Twelve-year-old Nayeeka Hutchinson of Sandy River in Clarendon is big on charity. Through her year-old foundation, the Nayeeka Hutchinson Foundation, 50 homeless people on the streets of Chapelton and May Pen were gifted with Christmas dinner, a...
“You can’t kill purpose.” That’s the mantra of 38-year-old Jennifer Blake, a former bartender and janitor who recently graduated from the University of Technology (UTech) with honours, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in midwifery. Blake, who...
The family of a Jamaican man who died on the job from COVID-19 could sue the United States operators of Gebbers Farm in the wake of a US$2-million fine for “egregious” breaches of coronavirus safety regulations. Earl Edwards, a 63-year-old who...
A man and a woman were killed in the Long Gully section of Effortville, Clarendon, late Thursday as a murderous rampage which began on Wednesday night continued, claiming five lives and leaving three persons nursing gunshot wounds. When The Gleaner...
Chapelton became the second town in Clarendon to benefit from free public Wi-Fi, courtesy of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The launch was done in Chapelton square last Thursday. Free public Wi-Fi was launched in May Pen, the parish capital, on...
Romaro Harrison is seeking the public’s assistance in raising funds to save his daughter’s life. Harrison’s one-year-old daughter, Kyrah, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer at 10 months old. Neuroblastoma or NB is a type of cancer that...
Jamaican Professor Kevin Fenton has been named on the Powerlist 2021 as the second most influential black person in Britain for his role in the fight against the novel coronavirus. The annual Powerlist honours the most powerful people of African,...
A year after a section of the May Pen Market was gutted by a huge blaze, dislocated vendors are chiding the Clarendon Municipal Corporation for not doing more to rebuild the shops so they can operate in a better environment. “A one year now and...
Break Barriers Caring Hands Jamaica Ltd, an organisation that offers support to disabled persons, has adopted Kevin Robinson, the man crippled by bullets who was first featured in The Gleaner on September 26. Robinson, 38, of Sevens Heights,...
The Clarendon Municipal Corporation on Friday received a vehicle and equipment valued at $11.7 million under the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The project, under component...
Fifty-year-old Wayne Kelly was a picture of disappointment as he waded through knee-high water on his 15-acre farm on Wednesday. Dozens of sweet potatoes, his main crop, lay ruined in waterlogged areas and covered in mud and debris. Kelly, who...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect normalcy globally, some students’ meagre access to resources for virtual schooling has also been highlighted. To help alleviate the woes associated with distance learning, the staff at the Beulah All-...
Four Clarendon principals were among educators awarded in a virtual ceremony on World Teachers’ Day. The initiative, a collaborative effort of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and LASCO, was held under the theme ‘Our teachers – our heroes,...
First-form Glenmuir High student Khayla Harrisingh is among those being celebrated in this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The 13-year-old...
Karlene Weir of Palmers Cross in Clarendon says her life has been changed by the generosity of a 14-year-old. In an interview with The Gleaner, the mother of three detailed the years of struggle to fend for her children. With her husband disabled,...
