Prospect, East Portland First-time candidate 53-year-old Rosemarie Lindo, who is contesting the February 26 local government elections on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ticket, albeit with a broken leg, is seeking to topple the People’s National.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: After two days of heavy rainfall, at least three communities in the Rio Grande Valley were marooned in Portland on Saturday as a result of flooded roadways. The deluge also inundated many homes. The rains, which started.
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Communications giant Digicel is encouraging the more than 200 vendors, farmers, and their families affected by the May 28 fire that razed Musgrave Market in Portland to remain hopeful and look.
PORT ANTONIO, Portland The 200 registered victims of Sunday’s fire at Musgrave Market will each receive $100,000 to recover from the blaze, thanks to a fund launched Thursday morning. Forty-three mil.
FAIRY HILL, Portland Residents of Fairy Hill are puzzled by a fire that gutted four shops and left one standing on the same property after 3:00 am Tuesday.
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: British High Commissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad said he is impressed with Jamaica’s coronavirus preparation, response, and state of readiness, noting that it is exemplary. Ahmad was speaking at the launch/groundbreaking of US$1.3-million construction of a Smart Health Care facility at the Portland Health Centre in Port Antonio on Thursday, which will also see major renovation of the existing facility. “We want to celebrate the partnership we have with the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Jamaica as well as PAHO (the Pan American Health Organization),” said Ahmad. “And let me also say that the COVID mitigation that I have seen in the places that I am staying is absolutely exemplary. They tell you wash your hands, they say wear your mask, the TV remote control is covered in plastic so it can be washed every time. The attention to detail here is the best that I have seen anywhere in Jamaica and the world.