Linford Jackson, whose right leg was pinned down for hours by a market truck in the Rio Grande Valley in Portland after a crash in 2008, now walks with a limp and is unable to do as much farming as he once did.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland:
Linford Jackson, a farmer who was pinned underneath a market truck for the better part of six hours during a horrific truck accident on December 19, 2008, now walks with a limp and is unable to actively assume his livelihood.
It was 12 years ago that Jackson also pleaded with a nurse to cut off his leg because of the excruciating pain he felt lying beneath the weight of the market truck, which had plunged over a precipice at Dam Bridge in the Rio Grande Valley of Portland.
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Jermy Owen, Sales and Distributions General Manager (left), Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, Treka Lewis, Corporate Secretary Board of Supervisors and Elon Parkinson, Head of Public Relations
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has reiterated that no party has been permitted by any municipality across the country, and cautions anyone using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit and obtain funding. This after the authorities unearthed plans by an unnamed group who was soliciting funds to host a treat for the Portland Infirmary and homeless people. McKenzie was speaking at today s handover ceremony of 28 Digicel smartphones for its ‘Virtually Connected While Socially Distant’ initiative at the ministry’s offices at 61 Hagley Park Road, Kingston.
Port Antonio, Portland:
The Portland Municipal Corporation has shelved plans for a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in the parish capital this year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Port Antonio Mayor Paul Thompson made the disclosure during Thursday’s monthly sitting of the municipal corporation.
“COVID-19 has changed our lifestyle in such a way that, if we are not mindful, we will think that we are living in a different world,” he said, adding that, instead of a treat, packages will be issued to the elderly and children.
“The municipal tree will be lit on December 17th. There will be no ceremony, and I think that we are going to ask for prayers and just turn on the lights. Just prayers and turn on the lights in keeping with the COVID restrictions,” the mayor said.