North Coast Times

29/11/2025

64 Y-O ST MARY FARMER CHARGED WITH S*X CRIMES
PORT MARIA, St Mary; Nov. 29, 2025
A 64-year-old St Mary farmer has been charged with s*x crimes, arising from incidents between 2023 and 2025 in which he is alleged to have s*xually assaulted a child multiple times. Details on the North Coast Times website:

ACCUSED OF S*XUAL TOUCHING, R**E OF CHILD PORT MARIA, St Mary; Nov. 29, 2025 A 64-year-old St Mary farmer has been charged with s*x crimes, arising from incidents between 2023 and this year in which he is alleged to have s*xually assaulted a child multiple times Duane Gilfus of Goshen district, Luck...

26/11/2025

FITZROY PRYCE HONOURED FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
St Ann’s Bay, St Ann; Nov. 65, 2025
For nearly 30 years Fitzroy Pryce has been a businessman and role model in Discovery Bay. He has been honoured by the St Ann Municipal Corporation. Details on the North Coast Times website:
https://northcoasttimesja.com/fitzroy-pryce-honoured-for-entrepreneurship/

25/11/2025

STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNICATION CENTRE OPENED IN MONEAGUE

Moneague, St. Ann, and surrounding communities now have a new learning centre equipped with high-level digital communication tools, available free of cost for their use.
Details on the North Coast Times website

MONEAGUE COLLEGE, SAGE ESTABLISH CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY USE ON CAMPUS MONEAGUE, St Ann, Nov. 25, 2025 Moneague, St Ann and surrounding communities have a new learning centre with high-level digital communication tools for their use, free of cost. The learning centre combines the spaces of two classroo...

24/11/2025

3 GUNS SEIZED IN OCHI, 4 ARRESTED
The St. Ann Police seized three fi****ms, more than 100 rounds of ammo, and arrested four people in Ocho Rios, in the parish, on Monday, November 24, 2025. Details on the North Coast Times website

4 PEOPLE ARRESTED The St. Ann Police seized three fi****ms and arrested four people in an early morning operation in Ocho Rios, in the parish, on Monday, November 24. They also seized about 120 rounds of ammunition. According to the police, they carried out an intelligence-led operation at two premi...

23/11/2025

ST ANN DIARY 2 – LIGHT WORRIES CONTINUE, TOURISM STRUGGLEs
OCHO RIOS, St Ann; Nov 23, 2025
Concern continues to grow in St Ann over the pace of electricity restoration and internet availability, after Melissa. Much of the parish remains without internet access and electricity.
Details on the North Coast Times website

SCHOOLS CONTINUING TO OPEN, FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET DIARY 2 OCHO RIOS, St Ann; Nov 23, 2025 Concern continues to grow in St Ann over the pace of electricity restoration and internet availability. Work crews, some in unmarked vehicles, have been seen in parts of the main roads in St Ann, including Runw...

21/11/2025

ST MARY POLICE SEIZE SUB-MACHINE GUN
St Mary police seized a submachine gun and ammunition in the Port-Auto Lane area of Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Details on the North Coast Times website:

MEN ON SCENE IN ANNOTTO BAY ESCAPE ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary; Nov. 21, 2025 St Mary police seized a submachine gun and ammunition in the Port-Auto Lane area of Annotto Bay, in the parish, on Thursday, November 20, 2025. According to the police, about 4:25 p.m., acting on intelligence, officers went to a....

19/11/2025

MONEAGUE COLLEGE MOVING TOWARD NORMALITY
Although the Moneague College’s main campus at Moneague, St Ann, remains without electricity and water, the college is seeking to return aspects of its operation to normality. Details of latest decisions on the North Coast Times website

MAIN CAMPUS STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, WATER MONEAGUE, St Ann; Nov. 19, 2025 Although the Moneague College’s main campus at Moneague, St Ann, remains without electricity and water and has limited internet access, the college is seeking to return aspects of its operation to normality. Its satellite...

19/11/2025

BAHIA’S PLANNED CLOSURE COULD HURT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS
A cloud still hangs over the future of nearly 2,000 workers at the Bahia Principe Hotels Runaway Bay, St Ann as the two properties are listed for indefinite closure…
Details on the North Coast Times website

UNION CALLS FOR URGENT MEETING TO STALL REDUNDANCIES RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann, Nov. 19, 2025) A cloud still hangs over the future of nearly 2,000 workers at the Bahia Principe Hotels Runaway Bay, St Ann, as the two properties are listed for indefinite closure for refurbishment, and workers are threatened...

18/11/2025

GUN BURIED IN CEMETERY IN ST MARY

In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, November 18, 2025, when most people would think twice about going to the cemetery, the St Mary police were digging up a shotgun from a grave in Robins Bay.
Details on the North Coast Times website
https://northcoasttimesja.com/gun-buried-in-cemetery-in-st-mary/

16/11/2025

WATER MADE AVAILABLE BY DISCOVERY BAUXITE FOR RECOVERY
DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann; Nov 16, 2025
Discovery Bauxite in St Ann is helping people in its mining areas and even outside the parish access large volumes of water during this recovery period after Hurricane Melissa.
More details on the North Coast Times website:

ST ANN PLANT SUPPLIES PEOPLE IN, AND BEYOND PARISH DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann; Nov 16, 2025 Discovery Bauxite’s water wells in Discovery Bay, St Ann, are playing a key role during the hurricane recovery period in supplying thousands of gallons of water to communities and individuals in the company’s ...

14/11/2025

UPDATE ON POST MELISSA ACTIVITIES ACROSS ST ANN
OCHO RIOS, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025

From electricity to long bank lines, a cry by the St Ann Chamber to the reopening of some schools. It’s all here in the DIARY and you can have your say. DETAILS ON THE NORTH COASTTIMES WEBSITE

UPDATE ON POST MELISSA ACTIVITIES ACROSS ST ANN OCHO RIOS, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 This is a notebook to be published regularly, to which you may contribute Just send any comment by WhatsApp to 876-503-9995 about what’s happening where you are in the aftermath of Melissa. You may also ask questions ...

14/11/2025

SOME ST ANN SCHOOLS OPENING
Ocho Rios, St Ann; Nov. 17, 2025
Some St Ann schools are opening for classes; others are working hard to welcome students despite damage to buildings, a lack of electricity, water, and internet connections.
Details on the North Coast Times website

ALL NOT PERFECT BUT CLASSES START, OTHER COMING SOON Ocho Rios, St Ann; Nov. 17, 2025 School principals and administrators in St Ann are determined to get classes going again despite damage, sometimes severe, to the majority of more than 80 institutions in the parish. The Ministry of Education, Yout...