Fri | Jan 30, 2026

Classes at Port Antonio High School suspended over security issue

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 1:03 PM
Police diverting traffic as personnel response to a security issue at Port Antonio High School in Portland on January 30.
Gareth Davis Snr
Police diverting traffic as personnel response to a security issue at Port Antonio High School in Portland on January 30.

Classes at Port Antonio High School in Portland were suspended on Friday following a security issue that forced the evacuation of the institution.

Police and fire personnel responded to the incident and conducted a search of the school.

Traffic had to be diverted.

It is understood that the school activated its emergency alarm and that students were ushered off the school grounds.

- Gareth Davis Snr

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