Without breathing room to recover from a mystery disease that has been ravaging their watermelon crops over the last two years, several St Elizabeth fruit and vegetable farmers are yet again tallying huge losses as a prolonged drought deals them...
THE ST Catherine South Police will be deploying quick response teams to widen their coverage as part of their business watch plan aimed at arresting the dangerous, daring, and deadly robberies recently experienced in the Portmore municipality. That...
A suspected land scam in which hundreds of persons are believed to have lost millions of dollars has been uncovered in Naseberry Villa, an informal development near Kitson Town, St Catherine. The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) has been conducting...
As Sunday’s multimillion-dollar armed robbery continues to send shockwaves throughout the country, a number of security guards have indicated that they are considering ditching the profession, citing inadequate training and resources as they argued...
The president of the Jamaica Society for Industrial Security (JSIS) believes no amount of planning could have prevented a bloody case of déjà vu in which criminals outgunned a Beryllium courier team on Sunday, leaving four injured as they made off...
Despite the Supreme Court granting an injunction sparing them from eviction until the matter is heard, some 65 families in Pleasant Hill in Lluidas Vale, St Catherine remain on edge. The injunction was handed down in February, following a lawsuit...
Member of Parliament for St Catherine South East Robert Miller has accused the Portmore Municipal Council of frustrating efforts to rebrand the New Forum Fishing Village where last April, 14 shops were destroyed by fire leaving millions of dollars...
Avis Harvey can be considered an archivist in her own right. Even without subscribing to the conventional ways of storing cultural artifacts, she has been able to store and preserve important relics, some dating back to the 18th century. Born in...
The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) on Monday ramped up protest action and critique of the Holness-led administration as members of the party hierarchy and supporters took to the streets of Spanish Town, St Catherine. In addition to the...
“Bullyism and badmanism” was how People’s National Party (PNP) councillors attending last Thursday’s general meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation described the Government’s approach to the public-sector compensation review. Last week,...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie is warning truckers contracted by municipal corporations to distribute water in drought-hit communities to desist from charging residents for the commodity. “We do not sell water...
Forty-nine-year-old Judith McLean wept uncontrollably as she sat on a makeshift seat in her front yard in the Zambia area of Central Village, St Catherine, on Saturday, a day after her nine-year-old son was found hanging by his neck at their home....
In an effort to improve decision-making on farms and boost the engagement of best practices, 16 agricultural extension officers and other key stakeholders in the sector were enrolled in a five-day training course dubbed Participatory Integrated...
The long-expected opening of a new multimillion-dollar Green Acres Police Station in St Catherine will see further delay as the Government seeks to execute a medium-term plan to correct a drainage problem over the next six months. During a sitting...
Michael Hassock Jr was elated on Tuesday to know that his father, who still serves as an active police officer and has been his role model, was able to attend his graduation despite not being able to see him collect his certificate after losing his...
The St Catherine South police have advised the operators of money courier services to review their tactical operations and training regime in the wake of a deadly $10-million heist in Portmore Pines on Monday. Early Monday morning, a three-member...
A decision by the Holness administration to distribute an initial 50 land titles to residents of Clifton, St Catherine, has been met with resistance from residents, who are demanding that all the titles be issued at the same time. Clifton was a...
Thirty-eight families occupying houses built for former sugar workers at Innswood Estate in St Catherine are on tenterhooks after the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH) indicated last week that it would be discontinuing an arrangement under...
A St Catherine family is now living in fear after the brutal murder of three of its members in separate incidents occurring in the last two years. The latest victims are 58-year-old Michael Slue and his 26-year-old son, Michael Slue Jr, whose...
The government plans to have several consultations with residents of Hartlands, St Catherine, before constructing a multi-billion-dollar state-of-the-art prison in their community. This comes in the wake of complaints by residents of the farming...
Donovan ‘The Clockman’ Cunningham, renowned tipster and long-serving clocker at Caymanas Park, was remembered as one of the most astute horsemen in Jamaica at a thanksgiving service on Friday held at Perry’s Funeral Home Chapel in Spanish Town, St...
The Portmore Teachers’ Association, one of the 11 groups that make up the the Portmore Advisory Council (PAC), while not being averse to the St Catherine municipality becoming Jamaica’s 15th parish, is requesting that more consultation be done so...
Fifty-two-year-old shop-keeper Diana Griffiths became the latest victim slain in the wave of violence gripping the Gulf area of Gregory Park in St Catherine on Tuesday morning. Griffiths, a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) activist whose small grocery...
Former friends and colleagues of the late Frederick Grant said they will reflect on a lifetime of commitment rather than the shocking headlines associated with his passing. The 55-year-old book industry marketing veteran was found slumped over the...
After getting a call Tuesday afternoon that her six-bedroom board house in Ellerslie Pen was on fire, Pauline McKay rushed from the Spanish Town Market, her heart frozen with fear. Though discovering that the entire dwelling was razed, she was...
