- Calabar guidance counsellor condemns past student's killing 5:51 pm
- Education ministry to unveil summer school plans 5:18 pm
- Guyana considering COVID-19 vaccine passport 4:45 pm
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- Trelawny Municipal Corporation to undertake major drain cleaning exercise 4:30 pm
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JPS blues in St Elizabeth 9:10 pm
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth – Throughout the years, those attending monthly meetings of the St Elizabeth Parish Council have grown accustomed to complaints about services offered by electricity provider, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS).
The dream of a Mandeville free of congestion
7:20 pm
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — In November 2019, the newly arrived police chief Superintendent Gary Francis identified traffic congestion in this south-central town as being among his immediate priorities.
Bellefield High moving closer to end shift system
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MANDEVILLE, Manchester – The construction of eight classrooms is to begin within a week at Bellefield High School, a few miles north-east of here, as part of a process towards removing the school from the shift system.
Funeral directors rap prime minister
Thursday, June 3, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester – Government's continued ban on funerals while allowing memorial services in churches has drawn protests from funeral directors who have questioned the logic of the measure.
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Nain High School gets piped water...finally!
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
NAIN, St Elizabeth — Stevon Sheriffe is walking on air.
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No comfort in Manchester community
Monday, May 31, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Prior to last Thursday's walk-through by the security forces, political representatives and others in the community of Comfort, the area was not living up to its name following two shooting incidents, one of which was a murder.
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Police awaiting colleague's autopsy report as probe into death continues
Monday, May 31, 2021
GOSHEN, St Elizabeth — The police say they are awaiting an autopsy report to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of 50-year-old police sergeant Lincent Smith.
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Family members demand answers as woman, baby die after hospital transfer
Sunday, May 30, 2021
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth – Relatives are seeking answers after 37-year-old Sherita “Janice” Dennis, who was expecting her third child, died at the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) Tuesday night after initially entering the Black River Hospital here earlier in the...
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Retailers offer solutions amid rising food prices
Sunday, May 30, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester – The Jamaica Government is being urged by leading retailers to act in defence of the poorest consumers struggling to cope with soaring food prices.
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Police probing death of colleague
Sunday, May 30, 2021
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The St Elizabeth police are probing the death of a colleague whose body was found in a remote section of Goshen, east of here yesterday morning.
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VIDEO: Manchester police name wanted man, 23 persons of interest
Friday, May 28, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Police here have listed one man as wanted and 23 others as persons of interest in relation to criminal activity in the community of Comfort near Royal Flat.
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Jamaicans facing sharp rise in cost of construction material
Friday, May 28, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Following months of suffering from what they claimed was a shortage of cement, hardware operators in Jamaica's south-central parishes are now dealing with an increase in the prices of lumber and steel.
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Jamalco hands out 100 tablets in Manchester, Clarendon
Friday, May 21, 2021
JAMALCO has spent $2 million to procure 100 Samsung computer tablets for students attending schools in its operating areas in Clarendon and Manchester. This initiative is an extension of Jamalco's Tablets in Schools Programme which is aimed at bolstering students' access to online...
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Manchester councillor appeals for information on missing 75-year-old man
Friday, May 21, 2021
PORUS, Manchester – Councillor for the Bellefield Division in Manchester Central Mario Mitchell is appealing for anyone with information on the whereabouts of 75-year-old Norman Carter to contact the police.
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Bail extended for trio in Manchester businesswoman's murder
Thursday, May 20, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The three people who were charged with murder in relation to the November 26, 2020 stabbing death of 63-year-old businesswoman Marcia Chin-you had their bail further extended when they appeared in the Manchester Parish Court...
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VIDEO: 'We can't do it alone,' says NSWMA head
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — An ugly, smelly, illegal dump just a few metres away from a properly installed garbage skip in Royal Flat, just east of here, yesterday triggered disgust, frustration and calls from the island's solid waste management agency for people to take...
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NWC says criminals behind Kennedy Grove water woes
Monday, May 17, 2021
THE National Water Commission (NWC) says illegal connections to its transmission main by criminals are responsible for the inconsistent supply affecting residents of Kennedy Grove housing scheme in Clarendon.
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Stuck in God's house
Monday, May 17, 2021
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth — It seems the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation will be holding its regular meetings in a church rather than its home base for much longer than was previously anticipated.
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