SINCE 1991, Pastor Albertha Boswell James has been keeping back-to-school treats for children in St Ann’s Bay and nearby communities, through her Restoration of Life Mission in Christ Apostolic Church in St Ann’s Bay. Over the past decade, just a...
PASTOR OF the Philadelphia Life Centre in Ocho Rios, Wesley Boynes, is emphasising the need for religious organisations to focus more on addressing the practical needs of people, especially as it relates to health. Speaking to The Sunday Gleaner...
The contribution of Jamaicans to the development of hip-hop music has been well documented, with Jamaica-born DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) acknowledged as the Father of Hip Hop. What hasn’t been so well documented is the strong link between...
APPARENTLY SPURRED on by a visit from Chelsea star Raheem Sterling before heading out on Friday, Kingston and St Andrew champions Pembroke Hall Primary School beat a spirited Corinaldi Avenue Primary of St James 1-0 to capture the Insport All-...
This month marks 20 years since Barbara Richards has been helping drug addicts kick their habit through her work with Adult and Teen Challenge Jamaica in Ocho Rios, St Ann, where she is director of the women and children division. Over those...
MEMBER OF Parliament for North West St Ann, Krystal Lee, with the assistance of Sport Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, officially opened a multipurpose court in Discovery Bay on Friday, constructed at a cost of over $3 million. Located at the...
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts says social intervention, using sports, is better than ZOSO and SOE at curbing crime, and is calling for a crime audit during the World Cup to see how crime figures would have dropped...
Twenty-seven-year-old Mervin Kelly is being hailed as a hero in the community of Cave Valley in St Ann after he rescued a male driver and a little girl from a car that was completely submerged on a flooded road in the town on Friday. Heavy rains...
Despite a slow start to today's vaccination blitz in St Ann, there was a huge turnout at the Gran Bahia Principe Hotel in Runaway Bay, in Runaway Bay and at other locations on the North Coast. The turnout prompted Health...
Jamaica’s tourism sector has lost one of its outstanding servants with the recent passing of Herbert ‘Teddy’ Tucker, who served the industry for over 60 years. Tucker, whose last position was bartender at the renowned Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, died...
With favourable poll ratings for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the latest RJRGleaner Group-Don Anderson Poll, the party says it is ready to contest a general election. “The party’s quite ready,” JLP chairman Robert...
Former CVM Television videographer Paul Sharpe was hailed as a family man and man of God at his thanksgiving service on Sunday, February 23, at the Port Maria Seventh-Day Baptist Church in St Mary. Sharpe, a former deacon in his church, died on...
In 2017 when Cheridah Wilson of Tower Isle, St Mary, started a scholarship in honour of her grandson, Amiri Raja Takemoto Hamilton, it was with the chief aim of assisting children from single-parent homes in her parish. Designed to be in place over...
In 2017 when Cheridah Wilson of Tower Isle, St Mary, started a scholarship in honour of her grandson, Amiri Raja Takemoto Hamilton, it was with the chief aim of assisting children from single-parent homes in her parish. Designed to be in place over...
Construction of a building to house the Area Two Police Headquarters, the St Mary Divisional Headquarters and the Port Maria Police Station, is officially underway. The building is being constructed at a cost of $250 million from the...
Oshin Levy has had a busy life. As a young child, 15 years ago, she joined her brothers Ovando and Oneil in the gospel group, Levy’s Heritage, which is still going strong today. With a musical career as a backdrop, she would finish high school and...
The 134-year-old Porus Wesley Methodist Church in Porus, Manchester, is now a heritage site, having been declared so by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust some six months ago. The decision was taken due to the church’s connection to the late...
The St Ann’s Bay Methodist Church has a rich history. Significantly, the church was established on Emancipation Day, Wednesday, August 1, 1838, the day all slaves were finally made free in Jamaica. Emancipation was a victory the Methodists in...
Grace Baptist Church in Oracabessa, St Mary, has extended its service to residents beyond spiritual, having been involved in education for three decades, with the operation of the Grace Care Education Centre from its premises on Wharf Road in that...
Over 7,000 pounds of compressed ganja was seized by the St Mary police in Boscobel Friday night. The lawmen say they recovered 289 plastic bags loaded with packages of compressed ganja which they say appeared ready for export. The police have...
The St Mary police made a massive ganja seizure on Friday evening after raiding premises in the Boscobel area in the parish. The lawmen recovered 289 plastic bags loaded with packages of compressed ganja, weighing over 7,000 pounds, which they say...
The police are reporting that there was a six per cent reduction in serious crimes for the parishes of St Mary, St Ann and Portland up to August 17, when compared to the same period in 2018. Serious crimes are classified as...
Using bamboo to create some beautiful and creatively designed handcrafted items, students at the St Ann’s Bay Primary School are playing their part to save the environment. With assistance from parents and teachers, the youngsters showed that there...
In an age when entrepreneurship is being touted as a way to beat unemployment, a young St Ann woman has taken the initiative to start a business venture that caters to the needs of householders and business owners. Using her initials, Kimayia...
A St Ann family has shown that they can stay at the crease longer than cricket star Chris Gayle, whose famous triple century knock has covered less ground than the trio of centenarians from Jamaica’s Garden Parish. They are Melvin Scott, 100; wife...
