Dyermark Preservation Farms, born out of interest by its owner Lansford Dyer in emerging agricultural practices such as regenerative agriculture and sustainable intensification, is trying to revolutionise agricultural practices with a focus on...
The St Catherine North Police say they are still gathering information on the fatal shooting of popular Ewarton businessman Nicholas Lyn. Lyn, who owned and operated Mikey Jerk Centre along the Ewarton main road, was reportedly shot and killed by a...
An increase in mini-dump sites – partly due to irregular garbage collection – in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has prompted Mayor Norman Scott to call on the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to establish an emergency response team to...
Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott and Deputy Mayor Ralston Wilson were yesterday recognised by their colleagues for serving the Old Capital – and St Catherine at large – for a combined 20 years in their respective capacities. It was clear from the...
A leading voice in coronavirus care management in Jamaica has suggested that the Holness administration has been overhasty in scrapping pretesting requirements for entry into the island and lifting the mask mandate in enclosed public spaces amid...
With the emphasis on increasing Jamaica’s Irish potato output to satisfy domestic demands, which could be crucial with the world’s number three and four Irish potato producers now at war, some Irish potato farmers in Springfield and Guy’s Hill have...
Students have been finding more creative ways to sneak contraband into schools to satisfy their urges for drugs and foster other illegal activities. Among the latest trends is a practice of opening bags of snacks, loading them with contraband and...
Despite efforts by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to beef up garbage collection in the Independence City and Edgewater communities in Portmore, residents say they are sceptical about whether the process will continue on a...
After suffering more than $1.5 million in losses from two burglaries at her business place in less than two months, Blossom Paige is heartbroken after a predawn fire at the New Forum Fishing Beach in Portmore wiped out her restaurant Sunday. Paige’...
Once a beautiful recreational area for citizens and event planners, the run-down Rose Duncan Public Park in Linstead, St Catherine, is now a dumping ground where some of the town’s homeless and vagrants find refuge. Named after an educator and...
More than 100 teachers and members of the ancillary staff at the Innswood High School in St Catherine took to the streets Thursday to peacefully protest the non-payment of National Housing Trust (NHT) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) that they...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie says he aims to replicate artificial groundwater recharge systems in other parishes, similar to that at Innswood in St Catherine. The Innswood artificial groundwater Rechargeable...
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has put to rest one of the concerns often highlighted by residents of Portmore as it relates to lack of basic infrastructure, and has signalled the Government’s intention to construct...
Commander of the St Catherine South Police Division Senior Superintendent Christopher Phillips has called for a more inclusive, community-based approach to fighting crime. “The aim is to meet with the different groups and develop an understanding...
Scores of enraged residents from six communities in St Catherine West Central joined taxi and minibus operators in blocking the Point Hill main road to protest the deplorable condition of the corridor, which they claim has gone unrepaired for more...
Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott has put forward what he described as a common-sense proposal for the opening up of the island’s entertainment sector. Scott, who has been a staunch advocate for the reopening of the sector, which has been in...
Embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Troja division, William Cytall, generated ripples among his political colleagues when he switched political allegiance during a meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation on Thursday....
Three men and a teenage boy who were killed in a reported firefight with the St Catherine South police in the Central Village community of ‘Zambia’ have been alleged to be gangsters who were wanted for various violent crimes. Acting on intelligence...
The police have partnered with operators at the Forum Fishing Beach in Portmore to crack down on crime, including the smuggling of guns and drugs. The beach-watch programme, which was launched two Fridays ago, is part of a wider neighbourhood watch...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Everald Warmington has announced that more road rehabilitation projects will come to St Catherine North East this financial year. “I have been in the constituency four...
It is not very often that senior citizens are pampered by their juniors. However, this situation changed on Wednesday when over 100 senior citizens were treated to what was described as ‘Pampering volume four for Waterford seniors’. The event, held...
Breaking away from a mindset of hopelessness that oftentimes characterised stigmatised inner-city communities was not a difficult process for a number of young people in Spanish Town and surrounding communities in St Catherine Central, once they...
At least three sitting Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in St Catherine have been dropped from the party’s slate of candidates to contest the next local government polls in the divisions they currently represent. One of these councillors,...
Identity thieves have cloned the social-media account of Courtney Edwards, Independence City councillor and minority leader in the Portmore Municipal Corporation, and sought to fleece contacts by soliciting $50,000 in investment capital with the...
THOUGH EARNING millions of dollars in foreign exchange annually, residents of rural Jamaica continue to question bauxite’s benefits to the communities where the refineries are located. Residents in Hayes, New Bowens, and a number of other rural...
