The grounds of Guy’s Hill Primary and Infant School in St Catherine were abuzz last Thursday as several students were awarded for academic achievements. During the red carpet celebration, the students received plaques and trophies for doing well in...
Centenarian Sydney Francis’ long life has been and remains a Christmas blessing to the Springfield community of Guy’s Hill in St Catherine. Born December 25, 1923 to farmers James Francis and Agatha Francis, the affable Sydney still keeps up the...
Detectives from the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse in St Catherine North last Wednesday brought an early Christmas to the Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home. The crimefighters put down their guns, batons, handcuffs and...
The Poor Relief Department of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation on Saturday honoured a number of students who are beneficiaries of its educational programme. During a ceremony held at Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, the recipients were...
Twenty persons were awarded for their contributions to the development of Portmore in St Catherine as the municipality held its National Heroes Day Civic and Awards ceremony on Monday. Among the awardees was Councillor Alric Campbell, of the...
With two students still hospitalised after being struck by lightning on Tuesday, a sense of gloom and anxiety swept across Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine yesterday. When The Gleaner visited the institution in the morning,...
An intelligence-driven operation by police operatives has resulted in a breakthrough in Tuesday morning’s triple murder of a family in Waterloo District, St Catherine. The man killed has been identified by his aliases, ‘Gaza’ or ‘Gaza Man’, of...
Ninety-nine-year-old Sydney Francis is thankful, but not surprised at his near-centenarian status. He says that he comes from a family of long-lived persons, with his mother, Agatha Francis having lived to 107 years old. The nonagenarian,...
Residents of the community of Guy’s Hill and surrounding areas in St Catherine North Eastern now have access to free public Internet and Wi-Fi service, courtesy of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The hotspot system was launched on Friday, May 5...
The Redwood Primary School in St Catherine is set to benefit from the donation of a computer laboratory courtesy of the Sky’s the Limit Foundation. President of the foundation RoujoK Wilson, a former resident of Redwood, said the aim is to fully...
South Eastern St Catherine political aspirant for the People’s National party (PNP) Alrick Campbell said the pronouncement of the death of his campaign by rival Dr Alfred Dawes is a false diagnosis as his campaign’s heart is still beating. Dawes...
There were smiling faces at the St Catherine Infirmary in Spanish Town on Wednesday, following a visit by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton. Tufton treated residents and staff to gifts of bun and cheese in the spirit of the Easter...
Scores of persons turned out to participate in the 10,000 Men and Family tour, an initiative of the St Catherine Ministers’ Fraternal, which culminated in a service in Old Harbour on Sunday, March 5, under the theme ‘Historic Night of Hope’....
Ministers of religion from several churches across St Catherine gathered to show their solidarity against the surge and prevalence of criminal activities at a function at the Lighthouse Worship Centre in Spanish Town, on Thursday, February 16. The...
Dissatisfied with her salary even after completing master’s degree classes in agricultural entrepreneurship in 2018, Grenadian La-Toya Roberts quit her job a month ago and decided to get her hands dirty in her own vegetable farm. Roberts, who also...
A donation of well needed cricket gear to St Catherine High School has boosted its participation in Grace Under-19 schoolboy competitions. The donation was made, Friday, February 17, at the St John’s Road institution by former student, Aaron...
The member of parliament for St Catherine South Western, Everald Warmington, said Barton Post Office should be converted to a police post. “I have recommended that the Barton Post Office compound be retrofitted into a police post, I think that it...
Teachers and students at Old Harbour Primary School in St Catherine can now operate in more modern convenience with the addition of a fully functioning information communications technology (ICT) room valued at $7 million, courtesy of Digicel...
Residents of Guy’s Hill have praised the organisers of the 10,000 Men and Family Movement for expanding its footprint to the northern St Catherine community. Businessman Lorne Hay said he hosted the gathering on his premises Sunday because he was...
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a blow to Althea Neil, putting a halt to her poultry-rearing business and limiting her ability to properly care for her family. However, she received much-needed help through the outreach of the Kiwanis Club of Young...
A senior member of the police force is rallying Jamaicans to help curb corruption by refusing bribery requests from security personnel. The appeal was made recently by acting head of the St Catherine South Police Division, Superintendent Hopton...
Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott says vendors have been given permission to sell on some streets in the Old Capital for the holiday season. “We have given the streets to those who depend on vending for a living. I know that we are just getting out...
St Catherine West Central Member of Parliament Dr Christopher Tufton has committed $250,000 to the evening-class programme at the Jubilee Worship Centre in Frazer’s Content. The announcement was made at the launch of the Universal Service Fund (USF...
When 61-year-old Mavette Johnson got word that the St Catherine North police had nabbed a man transporting five goats in a motorcar on Monday, she felt a sense of justice. Johnson, who lives in Angels, St Catherine, where the quick-response team...
Sharon Heslop-Royal struggled to hold back tears on Monday as she looked at her wedding photos taken two decades ago, hours after learning that her husband was one of two security guards killed at a China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) site in...
