Six trainees in the Universal Service Fund's (USF) Technology Advancement Programme (TAP) 1000 initiative turned out last Thursday to volunteer in fixing up the St Mary Infirmary in Port Maria.The six are part of the USF's programme to train 1,000...
The administration at Oracabessa High School in St Mary is appealing for assistance to erect more classrooms at the institution and to acquire a school bus.With 1,220 students enrolled and a staff complement of 63, the school is currently operating...
MILE END, St Ann:Work began on Monday to build a studio apartment for 90-year-old Albert Osbourne of Mile End in St Ann after his plight of having to live in a dilapidated shack was featured on Prime Time News on November 5.Affectionately called '...
PORT MARIA, St Mary:The St Mary Infirmary in Port Maria got some much-needed attention on Thursday as the St Mary Municipal Corporation led several other organisations and individuals into fixing up the institution, as part of Local Government and...
Several craft traders in Runaway Bay, St Ann, whose stalls were allegedly destroyed by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) last Friday morning, are angry that they have been left out in the cold with nowhere to sell their goods.The craft traders...
Dozens of parents, mostly mothers, turned out for the annual Oracabessa Primary School Parents Awards Day on Thursday as the school recognised them for their outstanding role.David White was selected as Parent of the Year and was presented with a...
FELLOWSHIP HALL, St Mary:Farmers in several communities in St Mary are appealing to the municipal corporation to fix the roads they have to use to get their produce to market.Road conditions in areas such as New Ramble, Comma, Fellowship Hall,...
York Castle 11th grade student Bobby Francis was last Thursday elected youth mayor of St Ann's Bay for 2018-2019 after a lengthy election process at the Ocho Rios High School.Nine-year-old Davi-Ann James, a grade-five student of Priory Primary and...
A new text and workbook by senior youth empowerment officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Anisa Wilson-Smith, aimed at addressing safety, especially of children, is now available.Safety and Security Text and Workbook is a...
Mayor of St Ann's Bay Michael Belnavis says the docking of the United States Coast Guard cutter Resolute in Ocho Rios for three days last week will impact positively on the resort area's economy. The shipped arrived on Thursday."The economic impact...
From a mud-fest last year to a dust bowl this year, the grounds at Minard have never been an ideal location for patrons, but at the 19th staging of the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival last Thursday, thousands of persons turned out at the...
A team from the California, USA-based charitable organisation Great Shape Inc is back in Jamaica, with the help of Sandals Foundation, this time assisting the Oracabessa Primary School in St Mary through a language arts literacy project.Co-director...
For Prince Hall and his We Believe Foundation, the thought is that trees don't bear fruits for themselves, but for us to eat. So as people, we are obliged to help others.When Hall launched his gospel album, We Believe, on Father's Day, June 17, in...
Chairman of the St Ann Parish Library Committee, Radcliffe Walters, is pleading for support to help build a library in Ocho Rios as space at the current facility is woefully inadequate to support the dispensing of proper service to the public....
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has underlined the importance of partnership between local government and the health ministry in helping to promote and maintain good public health.In giving the main address at the launch of Local Government...
Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton launched his ministry's Compassionate Care programme at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital last Thursday, aimed at improving the quality of service and care offered in public hospitals and health centres in...
Twenty-one justices (JPs) of the peace, each of whom has served the parish of St Ann for decades, were honoured by the St Ann Justices of the Peace Association at its annual award ceremony at the Cardiff Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Saturday.The...
ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann:Education Minister Ruel Reid made a quiet visit to Top Road in St Ann's Bay on Wednesday evening to offer support to the parents of slain teenager Ocho Rios High School student Raven Wilson, who was killed last weekend and her...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:The callous murder of 14-year-old Ocho Rios High School student Raven Wilson in St Ann's Bay last weekend has elicited several condemnations. Hurt by the death of the teen, who she knew and whose mother is her hairdresser, St Ann...
Youth Mayors selected across Jamaica as part of Local Government and Community Development month in November, are once again to be given $500,000 each to do a sustainable project which is to be completed during their tenure.Additionally, infirmaries...
With participants from the length and breadth of Jamaica turning out for the third Conu'co Market at the Cove, at Grizzly's Plantation in Priory, St Ann, patrons were delighted to see the wide variety of made-in-Jamaica items available.With the...
ORACABESSA, St Mary:In what has been described by Vice-Principal Donovan Thomas as a "paradigm shift," a programme aimed at increasing the pass rate in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics examination has yielded results...
Two hundred and twenty recruits graduated in a passing out ceremony at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) training facility in Moneague, St Ann, on Saturday, after completing the army's 16-week training module.The recruits represent the fourth cohort...
PORT MARIA, St Mary:The Port Maria Drop In Centre, now getting finishing touches, will be completed and open to coincide with the start of Local Government Month on November 1.The centre, located at Claude Stewart Park, next to the St Mary Parish...
GALINA, St Mary:A St Mary man who was hit by a car in 2009 is still suffering after sustaining multiple injuries in the incident. Today, because of his debilitating condition, he is unable to walk properly without the aid of two crutches but is...
