Portmore News

It seems many Jamaicans do not care much about honouring the memory of a little girl, whose death pierced the heart of a nation...Since then, two other teens have been reported missing through the Ananda Alert...As at Friday, November 20,...

According to operations officer for the St Catherine South Police, Deputy Superintendent Clive Blair, the results of a ballistics test conducted on the firearm retrieved from the body of a man identified only as 'Mario' confirmed the weapon was used...

Keith Hinds, mayor of Portmore, wants to transform the underdeveloped but well-loved location into the Sunshine City's first tourist destination. However, there is a roadblock. The beach is owned by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), which in 2001 transferred 10...

One last good deed for 2008 Fate sought to tempt legal secretary Dhaima Brookes when she stumbled upon $1 million in an ATM in the Portmore Mall, St Catherine, yesterday. Undeterred by any possible temptation to walk away with the...

Reginald Allen, director of communications in the Ministry of Transport and Works. "We have a challenge in putting the desired rollout of buses," Allen told The Gleaner yesterday while noting he had received reports that commuters in Portmore, St Catherine,...

A programme designed to improve discipline at Ascot High School in St Catherine has won a $100,000 boost from the FirstCaribbean International Bank (Jamaica) Limited under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme. Bank executives Christopher Denny, director, retail banking, and...

Blacc Widdo from Frome in Westmoreland and the St Elizabeth-based Bredda Hype were early qualifiers for the semi-final round of the Guinness Sounds of Greatness competition. In what the organisers say is the largest crowd they have seen since the...

Jamaica's senior national football team, the Reggae Boyz, was upbeat as he faced the media last Tuesday following a 0-0 draw against South Africa at the Free State Stadium in that country. "I'm very happy with the 0-0 draw...But even...