Portland Officers request motor vehicles
The police in Portland claim they are severely hampered by a shortage of Motor vehicles to effectively carry out patrolling and other crime fighting measures, at all nine stations in the parish.   A Sub-officer at Port Antonio police...

Blocked drains in Portland could lead to major flooding
The Mayor of Port Antonio, Floyd Patterson, is raising concerns that blocked drains in Portland could lead to major flooding if the current rain...

New Bridge opened in Long Bay, Portland
Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, officially declared open the Black River Bridge, Long Bay, Portland during a function there on Thursday, October...

JDF benefitting from Port Security training
A team of ranking officers of the Jamaica Defence Force {JDF}are presently under-going a week-long training on Port Security aboard a United States {U.S} Navy Military Sealift Command High Speed Vessel {HSV2}, in Portland. Commander of the HSV2,...

12 kilometre road block cleared
It took the police in Portland more than six hours to clear a 12 kilometre road block mounted by irate taxi operators in East Portland. Heavy duty equipment had to be brought in to clear and remove huge blouders, old ridges, old motor...

Health warning - 'Fart Bomb'
Two students remained hospitalised following Wednesday's incident in which nauseous chemicals was released from a packaged item - labelled "Fart Bomb" at the Bradford Prep. School in Buff Bay, Portland. Yesterday four of six students who were...