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Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 12:46 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

For those who had prayed earnestly for a favourable outcome, the two-day search for missing acting deputy commissioner of rehabilitation and probation aftercare services at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Reverend Orville Moore,...

Published:Tuesday | May 30, 2023 | 12:39 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The Northeastern Manchester community of Robins Hall should begin to see greater police presence and a stronger public partnership with the lawmen, following the launch of the parish’s first primary school police youth club, in the area. The 40-...

Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2023 | 12:29 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: A waiting list at the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH), of more than 100 renal patients, with 12 dialysis stations operating on two and a half shifts and for emergency cases daily, has prompted Custos of Manchester...

Published:Sunday | May 21, 2023 | 1:55 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Mandeville, Manchester: Amid talks of low public engagement and consultation in the first phase of the constitutional reform process, Marlene Malahoo Forte, minister of legal and constitutional affairs, has sought to assure the public that...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 1:05 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: There are mixed feelings among some residents of Manchester who are questioning the practicality of several changes to the current traffic flow in Mandeville under a new traffic management development plan. The project,...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 1:01 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

CHRISTIANA, MANCHESTER: Traffic congestion caused by inadequate parking facilities for taxi drivers could become a thing of the past in Christiana, Manchester, following the announcement of an expansion of the existing transportation centre....

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 12:48 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: COUNCILLORS AT the Manchester Municipal Corporation have taken the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to task for what they consider the light and power company's inadequate service and a lack of representation. The...

Published:Wednesday | May 10, 2023 | 12:26 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: AN URGENT call for adults to take a proactive approach to prioritising the holistic care of each child continues to be made by advocates, who are championing this year’s Child Month theme that is focused on active...

Published:Wednesday | May 3, 2023 | 1:08 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Curfew restrictions are on for the community of Greenvale which has been flagged as a crime hotspot area in the parish. The curfew was scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and end on Wednesday, May 3 at 6 p.m. The affected areas include: the...

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:14 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Declaring his intention to represent the People’s National Party (PNP) in the next general election, Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell believes he can return the Manchester Central seat to the party’s winning column. On...

Published:Thursday | April 27, 2023 | 1:03 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Almost two months after her daughter was stabbed to death, Donna Walker-Ellis says a permanent void remains in her heart, and she believes only justice can begin to fill it. Twenty-eight-year-old Shadae Shari Brown, of Daleys Grove in Newport,...

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 1:10 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The dark realities of a battle with progressive rheumatic heart disease that has now developed into severe mitral valve stenosis have left David Martin in a quandary, with a waning hope that his life will return to some normalcy. A technology...

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 12:46 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

CHRISTIANA, Manchester: WITH A mandate of satisfying the needs of those it serves, not just spiritually, but against the backdrop of biblical principles, the Christiana District of Seventh-day Adventist Churches has undertaken projects geared at...

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 12:37 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Authentic dishes infused with all the right Jamaican flavours and served in a space that represents the core of brand Jamaica is an experience the Taste of the Caribbean and Red Lounge has been bringing to Seattle, Washington, USA, for the past ten...

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 1:27 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Regional director of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent, has welcomed a donation of six beds and 15 wheelchairs – retrofitted with bed pans for the immobile – which was made to the Mandeville...

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 12:11 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: What started out as a love for food and experimenting with different fruit and food blends has now become a successful business for Kris-San Bailey, owner of Builders’ Power Punch. Inspired by her grandmother’s prowess in...

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 12:51 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Annette Salmon, CEO of 20Twenty Strategies and founder of the Made in Manchester expo, is calling for greater support to maximise the exposure of small female-owned businesses and the products and services they offer in the...

Published:Saturday | April 1, 2023 | 12:28 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, MANCHESTER : Corruption and inefficiencies will continue to thwart the efforts of the court systems, if investments are not made to digitise their functions through an established integrated software management system, says Chief...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 12:10 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Mandeville, Manchester Two institutions of care are to benefit from the proceeds of the sixth staging of the Mandeville Police Youth Club (MPYC) 5K Run set for Sunday, March 26. President of the MPYC, Anna-Lisa Roach, told The Gleaner that the...

Published:Wednesday | March 22, 2023 | 1:30 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

ASIA, Manchester: From as early as age one, little Jullania Morris began exhibiting behaviours that caused her mom to pay keen attention to significant advancements in her development. As she grew older, Stacy-Ann Thomas started recognising how...

Published:Monday | March 20, 2023 | 12:08 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

With Jamaica supplying less than one per cent of the global castor oil market, industry experts are calling for greater recognition of the viability of the product and the implementation of strategies that will increase production and satisfy...

Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 1:29 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said while there continues to be calls for an increase in the recruitment efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the focus remains on improving level of service...

Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 12:11 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The taxi driver wanted for the fatal stabbing of his common -law-wife in the Newport district in the parish Friday night has been taken into police custody. The deceased, who has been identified as 28-year-old Shadae Shari Brown of a Daleys Grove...

Published:Wednesday | March 8, 2023 | 1:26 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

As educators across the island maintain their protests against the wage offers being made by the Government as part of the restructuring of the public sector compensation packages, the disgruntled teachers have indicated that the island will...

Published:Wednesday | February 15, 2023 | 12:55 AMTamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MILE GULLY, Manchester: Despite the recent opening of a 16,000-gallon water shop with an impending 30,000-gallon water facility expected to ease the water woes in northwest Manchester communities, the Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips has...

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