Portmore, Saint Catherine

The police are now on the scene of a bus crash along the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 in St Catherine. It appears the bus ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Ex-soldier Dane Johnson, who was charged for engaging the police in a shoot-out in Cumberland, Portmore, St Catherine, was on Tuesday found not legally ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240424/ex-soldier-portmore-police-shoot-out-not-criminally-responsible-due-mental   #GLNRToday

The police are reporting that a 15-year-old girl and her one-year-old son from Portmore, St Catherine have been missing since Friday morning ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Police have confirmed that there was a serious motor vehicle accident involving a coaster bus Thursday morning on the Portmore toll road ... Show more   #ONews   #JamaicaObserver   #AlwaysAhead

The police are advising members of the public to expect delays as drivers of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, who ply the route Portmore to downtown Kingston ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240411/jutc-workers-withdraw-service-portmore-over-stabbing-driver   #GLNRToday

A Jamaica Public Service utility pole located at the intersection of Barton Road and Hellshire Drive in Westchester, Portmore, St Catherine is on fire ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Several persons were injured in a collision involving a minibus and a motor car along the heavy-used Passagefort Drive in Portmore, St Catherine ... Show more   #GLNRToday

A 52-year-old St Catherine businessman, who left Jamaica after failing to provide motor vehicles to two persons, has been charged with fraud after being ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240417/portmore-businessman-deported-charged-fraud-failed-car-buying-deal   #GLNRToday

Portmore, St Catherine security guard 32-year-old Kareem Cunningham, otherwise called 'Bredda', has been charged with embezzlement ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240414/security-guard-charged-embezzlement   #GLNRToday

One of four former workers at a gas station in Independence City, Portmore, St Catherine accused of stealing money from the sale of phone cards was freed on ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240419/portmore-gas-station-worker-charged-over-fraud-freed-after-paying-back-money   #GLNRToday

The Jamaica Public Service is advising that the disruption in service being experienced in sections of Portmore, St Catherine is due to a motor vehicle ... Show more   #GLNRToday

The St Catherine South police have charged a man who worked as a cashier for allegedly stealing from his job. Thirty-two-year-old Corey Carter ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240414/portmore-cashier-charged-allegedly-stealing-phone-card-machine   #GLNRToday

The bail application for former parliamentarian Jolyan Silvera, who is accused of murdering his wife, was this afternoon pushed back to May 2… Jamaica Urban ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

The Portmore, St Catherine man charged in relation to the seizure of 28 rounds of ammunition was today denied bail in the parish court ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240412/man-held-28-rounds-ammunition-portmore-denied-bail   #GLNRToday

The St Catherine South police have charged a third person in the alleged theft of phone credit valued at over $1 million at a gas station in Independence City ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240410/third-employee-charged-alleged-phone-credit-fraud-portmore-gas-station   #GLNRToday

The National Works Agency (NWA) has assuaged concerns by local business operators, who are fearful that the elevation of the roadway in ongoing works on Grange ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240413/nwa-assures-business-community-adequate-flood-mitigation-plans-grange   #GLNRToday

A bail application is set to continue on April 12 for businessman Michael McDonald who was charged in relation to the seizure of 28 rounds of ammunition during ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240405/man-held-28-rounds-ammunition-portmore-seeking-bail   #GLNRToday

Doughnut company and coffee house chain Krispy Kreme has added its fourth location in Portmore, St Catherine. Krispy Kreme opened the doors to its new store ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/27/krispy-kreme-opens-new-portmore-store/

Information Minister Robert Morgan says Cabinet has approved a map for the proposed parish of Portmore. The disclosure came during Wednesday's post-Cabinet ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240313/cabinet-approves-map-proposed-parish-portmore   #GLNRToday

A 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman were this morning arrested in Naggo Head, Portmore, St Catherine, following the seizure of two firearms ... Show more   #GLNRToday

#TrackingThePolls : With a whopping 29,367 votes, Leon Thomas is currently in the lead for the Mayoral race in Portmore. Challenger Markland Edwards trails behind with 21 ... Show more   #JAElection2024   #LocalGovernmentElection   #AlwaysAhead   #Portmore

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica has issued an update on the results of the local government elections. It now says the Jamaica Labour Party has won control ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Expansion of Grange Lane in Portmore into a dual carriageway will also seek to address water woes and sewer issues, says MP of St Catherine East Central Alando ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/11/expansion-grange-lane-also-address-water-issues/

Police are now combing premises in Caymanas Gardens, Portmore, St Catherine, where a man was fatally shot by police this morning and three firearms reportedly ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240307/man-killed-police-operation-portmore   #GLNRToday

The trial of a man accused of attempting to smuggle eight cellular phones, ganja and other contraband in a Portmore lockup is set to continue in the St ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240318/man-trial-attempting-smuggle-8-cell-phones-ganja-portmore-lockup   #GLNRToday

#LGE2024 : The People's National Party's Leon Thomas has been re-elected mayor of the Portmore municipality. He won 14,921 votes to beat Markland Edwards of the ... Show more   #JaVotes2024

Abigail Thomas couldn’t contain her excitement as she prepared to cast a ballot for her father Leon Thomas at the Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/26/family-travels-overseas-vote-thomas-portmore-mayor-race/

A former supervisor at a gas station in Portmore, St Catherine accused of stealing $1.4 million was today further remanded in the parish court ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240321/former-portmore-gas-station-worker-accused-theft-further-remanded   #GLNRToday

One man was killed and 10 individuals were taken into custody as the St Catherine South Police, assisted by members of the Jamaica Defence Force ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240308/terror-gregory-park   #GLNRToday

The police have charged a man in relation to the seizure of a gun in Gregory Park, Portmore, St Catherine on Thursday. He is 22-year-old Demareo Bryan ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240308/recording-artiste-charged-over-gregory-park-gun-seizure   #GLNRToday

Thick black smoke billows at a property on Passagefort Drive in Portmore, St Catherine. The premises, a tyre shop, is located near the Waterford Fire Station ... Show more   #GLNRToday

The Government will be spending an estimated $550 million in the upcoming fiscal year on the Portmore Resilience Park’s construction ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240301/550m-spend-portmore-resilience-park   #GLNRToday

Locals weren’t swayed by the heavy criticisms of the Bob Marley: One Love biopic as they flocked to the theatres on opening day ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/16/marley-movie-smashes-box-office-record/

It’s a new dawn for Portmore residents! @sagicorja on Wednesday broke ground to welcome its latest development, The Portmore Promenade! The site is located ... Show more

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed sadness at the death of the 15-year-boy who died while on a political motorcade in Portmore, St Catherine on Sunday ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240220/pm-saddened-death-15-year-old-boy-during-political-motorcade-portmore   #GLNRToday

The Reggae Boyz squad of local-based players insist they are excited to represent the country in today’s international friendly against Trinidad and Tobago ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240301/local-players-ready-perform-national-colours   #GLNRSports

The general secretaries of the country’s two major political parties are oozing with confidence ahead of the political showdown on Monday when Jamaicans will ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240224/final-stretch   #GLNRToday

Bail was today further extended in the St Catherine Parish Court for a former cashier at a gas station in Portmore accused of fraud in relation to phone credit ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240305/bail-extended-former-cashier-portmore-gas-station-accused-fraud   #GLNRToday

Runkus and Royal Blu represent Portmore and Spanish Town on the New Wave stage at #LostInTime Festival at Hope Gardens in St Andrew. #GLNREnt

We hope that it is accepted in the spirit in which it is offered, including our wish that the public’s admiration for its ability to avoid being dragged into ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20240308/editorial-care-ecj   #GLNROped

Political newcomer Markland “Action” Edwards, who aspires to dethrone the incumbent mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas in the upcoming local government election ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/09/portmore-mayoral-candidates-trade-verbal-blows/

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) says all 6,726 polling stations islandwide are now open. Just over two million electors are eligible to vote at their ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240226/javotes2024-majority-polling-stations-opened-time-ecj   #GLNRToday   #JaVotes2024

Bail was today denied in the St Catherine Parish Court for D'Angelo Crichton, who is charged for the shooting death of a man in Naggo Head, Portmore ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240301/bail-denied-man-charged-naggo-head-portmore-murder   #GLNRToday

Normal operations have returned to Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine following National Water Commission’s commitment to fix the problems at a ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/14/nwc-commits-fixing-stench-affecting-greater-portmore-high/

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke Thursday revealed the Government’s intention to spend $1.3 trillion during 2024/2025, a budget increase of approximately $230 ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/16/1-3-trillion-budget/

Attorneys representing Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his three co-convicts at their appeal before the Privy Council have argued against sending the matter ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

The police are calling for candidates in the February 26 local government elections and their supporters to exercise safety and order on the country's roads ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240214/political-candidates-supporters-urged-exercise-safety-roads   #GLNRToday

A total of 499 candidates were nominated today to contest the local government elections scheduled for February 26, the Electoral Commission of Jamaica said ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240208/499-candidates-nominated-local-government-elections   #GLNRToday   #JamaicaVotes

Asserting that the residents of Portmore will not change course, People’s National Party mayoral candidate Leon Thomas says there will be a clean sweep of the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240208/portmore-promises   #GLNRToday

Four men who were held with a stolen car were freed of robbery charges on Monday in the St Catherine Parish Court because the vehicle's owner failed to ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240213/four-men-freed-portmore-vehicle-robbery   #GLNRToday

Staff members of the Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine have returned for a second day of protest. They are calling for the National Water Commission ... Show more   #GLNRToday

Staff at Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine this morning staged a protest to press the National Water Commission to address stench from a sewage ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240206/workers-greater-portmore-high-school-protest-over-foul-odour-plant   #GLNRToday

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is deeply troubled by recent alleged threats directed at Councillor Venesha Phillips while in the presence of PNP ... Show more   #GleanerMinute

A former worker at a gas station in Portmore, St Catherine accused of stealing more than $250,000 was remanded in the parish court today because the case file ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240216/former-portmore-gas-station-worker-accused-stealing-over-250000-remand   #GLNRToday

Since the 2016 municipal polls, a total of four by-elections have been held between 2017 and 2018. #JamaicaVotes

Jamaica took another major step in becoming a greener and more sustainable island with the recent opening of a new plastic recycling facility in Naggo Head ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/01/30/cutting-edge-recycling-facility-opens-portmore/

Jamaica’s tennis standout Blaise Bicknell has labelled Sunday’s victory over Zachary Svajda in the final of the ATP Challenger Southern California Open at ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/01/29/biggest-win-says-bicknell-first-atp-challenger-triumph/

The launch of the Portmore public Wi-Fi facility in St Catherine is deemed a pivotal undertaking by the Universal Service Fund in its mandate to provide ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240204/portmore-gets-free-public-wi-fi   #GLNRToday

St Catherine South Eastern Member of Parliament Robert Miller is voicing fresh confidence that Portmore will be designated Jamaica’s 15th parish after the ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20240203/miller-confident-portmore-will-be-named-parish   #GLNRToday

Two men who were reportedly involved in an armed confrontation with the police on Thursday were shot and killed in Greater Portmore, St Catherine. |~0~|

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, intimating that he is a leader who gets things done, said Wednesday’s groundbreaking for a climate smart park in Portmore ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/01/17/pm-i-get-things-done/