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Vaccine hesitant persons urged to be responsible - Dr Princeton Brown

He made the appeal while addressing the JN Circle Thrive Together Life Class recently.  These life classes are a three-part online…

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Amputee Carla Francis shares touching story of her struggles

As difficult as her life’s journey has been the amputee continues to battle her way through.

These days she gets around with the…

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Mayor Scott outlines the way forward to vendors’ concerns at Old Harbour market

The municipality found itself in the crosshairs of the business operators after the mayor informed them at a meeting recently about plans to…

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Elderly sisters throat slash in Spring Village murder

They have been identified as 69-year-old Justice of the Peace Christine Lewis, a retired teacher and guidance counsellor of Spring Gardens…

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Butcher’s licence coming soon for backyard poultry farmers

Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego Bay, St. James, recently, Ms…

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Samuda slams Knight for ‘playing politics’

Knight is the incumbent councillor of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), serving a second straight term as the people’s elected…

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Elderly Old Harbour Bay man found hanging

Adalf Dixon, better known as ‘Paw Son’, was found by a family member about 1:30 pm today along Main Street, Old Harbour Bay in…

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Firefighter who rescued man left to die in pit to receive medal of honour for gallantry

This aptly describes Lance Corporal Dennis Taylor who, on the morning of May 2, 2021, braved the depths of a dark pit to rescue an elderly…

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$250,000 top cash prize In “Vax And Win” promotion

Themed: “Be the Hero on the Scene; take the COVID-19 Vaccine,” the vaccination drive is being held in collaboration with Supreme…

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Plans afoot to tackle lifestyle diseases

He pointed out that the coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased the vulnerability of persons to poor health outcomes, while presenting a…

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OUR slaps cease and desist order on JPS

The directive follows recent protest by residents of St John’s Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine after the light and power company…

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65 Jamaican farm workers placed in Covid-19 isolation in Canada

Last week 14 positive cases have been confirmed by the company based in Tecumseh, after some workers started to display symptoms of the…

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Mom, 32, with 8 children cries for help

Both herself and her common-law husband Rodville Wallace were raking in enough money to take care of their eight children.

But by the…

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Concerns raised around new Old Harbour Health Centre

The $489 million project, when complete, will possess the capacity to serve in excess of 200 people in a single day and meet the growing…

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Your new voter identification card is ready

Announcement of the distribution of the new voter ID cards was made by the Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, at a recent JIS ‘…

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Golding tipped to excel in new role

Golding, a Justice of the Peace, for more than two decades, was recently sworn in by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen as Custos Rotulorum…

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