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Custos of Manchester launches social intervention
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Custos of Manchester Garfield Green has initiated intervention and outreach programmes to help students remain in school, establish a counselling helpline, and to offer help in crime prevention. Read More
Road worries!
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The National Works Agency (NWA) is preparing to repair ugly potholes which have appeared on the main road from Clarendon, through Manchester and St Elizabeth, following heavy rains late last year.... Read More
Tops for 2019!
Clarendon College's successful defence of the ISSA / Wata daCosta Cup for rural schools and the all-island Olivier Shield was among the top sporting achievements for south-central Jamaica in 2019. Clarendon College, without the star-studded squad of...... Read More
Accompong Maroons celebrate
ACCOMPONG, St Elizabeth — The streets of this Maroon village were abuzz with activity for the annual celebration of a peace treaty with British colonisers in 1738. ... Read More
Street light theft a big problem in Mandeville
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Councillor for the Mandeville Division in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC), Jones Oliphant (PNP) is concerned about the theft of street lights in the parish capital and surrounding areas. Read More
PHOTO: MANCHESTER'S FIRST BORN IN 2020
Baby Natonia Gabriella Harris seen in the arms of her mother Latoya Thomas (centre) was the first born at the Mandeville Regional Hospital on New Year's Day, 2020. Leon Smith (right) sales representative of Kirk FP Ltd which distributes baby products for Lovable and Johnson and Johnson brought a... Read More
Building peace and safety
ALLIGATOR POND, Manchester — There was some disappointment at the modest turnout for a function focused on how best to build peace and safety, at home and beyond. Read More
Getting stronger after 125 years
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Albion Primary School is this year celebrating its 125 Quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary under the theme, 'Come Home: Ignite, Enrich, Inspire.' Read More
PHOTO: Christmas Gift!
The St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Under-16 football team delivered their school a prized Christmas present when they defeated urban champions Calabar High 5-4 on penalties to take the Inter-secondary School's Sports Association (ISSA) all-island title at... Read More
NWC ASSISTS HANBURY HOME FOR CHILDREN
Staff members of National Water Commission (NWC) and Hanbury Home for Children in Manchester gather around items donated by employees from the western division of the water company to the children's home. The gifts, collected as part of the division's annual outreach and tin food drive, included... Read More
Jamalco says thanks to community leaders
HAYES, Clarendon — The annual community leaders' get-together hosted by bauxite/alumina company Jamalco was not the usual fun day this time around. Read More
More than 1200 enjoy S&G treat
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Organisers say the annual Christmas treat for children hosted recently by S & G Road Surfacing Materials Ltd was, “as usual”, a massive success. Read More
BMR Wind gives back
MALVERN, St Elizabeth — A desire to “give back” motivated a “massively” attended pre-Christmas children's treat hosted by BMR Wind Jamaica here recently, according to that company's Regional Director Ava Tomlin. Read More
Education fraternity mourns passing of Branford Gayle
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Munro College, Manchester High School, and the broader education fraternity are mourning the passing of Branford Gayle, a former principal of those two schools, who died in hospital early Monday (December 9). Read More
New business co-working space for Mandeville
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Cobblestone Business Centre, an affiliate of the OMG Restaurant and Cafe Ltd, which opened to the public in October, is being described as “Mandeville's newest co-working space which also doubles as a conference room, meeting room and boardroom... Read More
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