Rent Board to oversee evictions under new Act
This is among several recommendations which are being considered under the new legislation, which is expected to be finalised later this year…
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Red Ground’s centenarian Alvin Burke never thought he would live so long
As a young man growing up life for the now centenarian, who was April 7, 1919, was all about working hard and taking care of his family.…
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NWC Spring Village facility to undergo four-day maintenance work
The scheduled maintenance is from April 30, 2019 to May 4, 2019 and therefore mean customers who received water supply from this facility…
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Free cataract surgery demand overwhelming, says health official in response to ‘false’ rumour
In an update provided to Old Harbour News the health ministry’s data debunked claims circulating on social media that the Bright…
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Video: Dolphins spotted in Old Harbour Bay waters
But yesterday it was surely a moment to savour when a crew from the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) spotted dolphins in waters…
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Grange wants Jamaicans to intervene to end violence against women
Grange said the killing of 42-year-old Roulene Clarke-Cowan on Wednesday morning highlighted that “intimate partner violence is more…
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Kippy Mears to be laid to rest April 27
The funeral service for Mears, 50, is slated to commence at 9:00 am at the St Dorothy’s Anglican Church. Internment is at the church…
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Government on a mission of socializing wealth – PM Holness
The Prime Minister says this is to give back to the people of Jamaica.
“Our economic strategy is economic independence. For that…
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More students being exposed to agriculture
Addressing the 2019 Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen on April 5, Mr. Finnikin informed that…
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Jamaican Nationals Association donates scholarships to students
The winners are Justine Braham and Ashley Medley, of Howard University; Temera Duncan and Shannel Hibbert, University of the District of…
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Candlelight vigil held in honour of PNP member Mears
Persons from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum converged at Mears’ business establishment at Gutters, three miles east of the…
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New Fisheries Act to come into force soon
He explains that this new law will not only facilitate modern fisheries management and development strategies, and significantly increase the…
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PNP’s ‘Kippy’ Mears is dead
Mears, 50, died in hospital between last night and early this morning after suffering a massive heart attack a week ago.
He underwent…
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Old Harbour taxi group recognised
The initiative was borne out of the school’s cultural department spearheaded by Latanya Chambers along with principal Michelle Hines-…
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Man brutally slain inside Bodles home
The deceased has been identified as Darius Robinson, a machine operator more popularly known as ‘Crooks’.
From information…
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New JPS power plant in Old Harbour Bay 90% complete, to be commissioned this year
The plant will be commissioned into service by the third quarter of this year. Once the new power plant is commissioned, the older Old…
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