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BIG BRIDGE, Westmoreland - Approximately 100 residents in Westmoreland are to receive employment at a new canned food processing plant, Negril Pride, which will open its doors in December. "...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Public h ealth Department will next month move to recertify street food vendors who received training and permits last year. New applicants will als...

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover - A persistent problem of flooding in Crawl, Hanover, which residents are convinced is linked to a faulty drainage system, will need a multi-agency solution, according to...

It has become a yearly event. A prolonged and heavy shower of rain overwhelms the drains along Creek Street in Montego Bay and One Stop Auto Complex is buried under mounds of muck. "Just right no...

MONTEGO BAY, St James – Stressing that pockets of Hanover and St James, and not the entire parishes, were strategically locked down under the latest state of public emergency (SOE), Area One Comma...

LUCEA, Hanover - The unmistakable aura of decay at decrepit post offices in Dias and Sandy Bay in Hanover has left some residents who use them concerned about their safety and sympathetic to hard...

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - All eyes are on a one-month-old committee set up to stop the flow of sewage that sometimes runs along the streets of Falmouth, creating what one government minister ha...

ADELPHI, St James – Residents who have tried out the $60-million Adelphi Health Centre are giving it the thumbs up. "I'm a very hard person to please; I'm telling you the truth. But coming here t...

LUCEA, Hanover — The Poor Relief Department in Hanover is currently contemplating leasing a property to house a 57-year-old man from this Hanover community who has been living in less-than-ideal c...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The past week has been filled with sorrow and despair for Sophia Scott and her children. They are one of seven families who have lost everything they owned in a fire...