HECTORS RIVER, Portland — Happy Grove High will resume face-to-face classes this morning after meeting COVID-19 safety standards required by the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Read More
POLICEMAN OF THE YEAR
Constable Conroy Miller of the Annotto bay Police Station, receives the Icons Trophy from medical practitioner Dr Alekya Daram, after he was chosen as the station's Policeman of the Year earlier in January. ... Read More
St Ann's Bay Hospital staff angry over alleged COVID-19 incentives denial
STAFF at St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital (SABRH) are furious over alleged denial of COVID-19 incentives by hospital CEO Dennis Morgan.... Read More
Indian mission, Icons join forces to distribute COVID-19 items in schools
THE High Commission of India, Kingston, Jamaica on Friday provided medical equipment including masks, sanitisers, swabs, among other items, for local schools in St Mary through social service group, Icons of Annotto Bay.... Read More
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary – Charity organisation, Icons of Annotto Bay, with the help of sponsors, successfully treated needy pupils and students from institutions in St Mary and Portland with school-based items on New Year's Day. Read More
They have been living under a bridge longer than even they can remember. Read More
Motorists utilise the only option they have of negotiating fierce potholes by going extremely slowly along the Junction road, near Castleton Gardens in St Mary, on New Year's Day. For several weeks the road surface has been proving challenging to drivers utilising the busy thoroughfare, with... Read More
The St Mary Infirmary was the latest stop on the road of benevolence for charity group Icons of Annotto Bay, with the donation of lunches to residents and staff to mark the new year. Read More
“Battered and bruised” by the fallout from the novel coronavirus, which has basically crippled every sector locally, businessman Telef “Peter” Hall is optimistic about a revival in tourism for his beloved Port Antonio. Read More
The main driveway at Titchfield High School in Port Antonio, Portland, has been officially named the Lloyd O Chin Drive, in honour of one of the key personalities behind the success of the 234-year-old institution, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) reported... Read More
DISTRAUGHT residents of Nine Miles, Bull Bay, in St Andrew, are blaming yesterday's widespread flooding of several houses in the community on substandard desilting work being done by men in the channels of the Chalky River. Read More
Farmers in Hordley Crossing, St Thomas, say they are losing big as flood rains dumped on the island by the outer bands of tropical storms Zeta and Eta have devastated their crops and killed livestock. Read More
Residents of Logwood and Swamp Road districts in St Thomas were on edge yesterday morning after floodwaters surged through their communities, downing trees and triggering landslides along roads. Read More
Rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Eta continued to impact Jamaica yesterday, resulting in flooded roads and land slippage on the Craig Mill main road, which has been reduced to single-lane traffic.(Photos: Everard Owen) Read More
Ganja with a street value of more than $5 million was seized by police in Buff Bay, Portland, yesterday morning from a motor car that was involved in a two-vehicle crash. Read More