North Coast Times

26/10/2025

COMMAND CENTRE OPENED IN ST ANN

A COMMAND CENTRE to coordinate responses of the various agencies and responders to Hurricane Melissa is up and running at the St Ann Municipal Corporation Offices in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann. Details on the North Coast Times website.

5 SHELTERS HAVE PEOPLE ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann; October 26, 2025 A command centre to gather information about Hurricane Melissa and to direct responses from various agencies has been established at the St Ann Municipal Corporation Office, St Ann's Bay. “We are here taking information and complaints a...

23/10/2025

MONEAGUE COLLEGE SUSPENDS ONLINE TOO
UPDATE
Moneague, St Ann; Pct. 23, 2025
Moneague College has suspended all online classes. The institution in St Ann, updated information to its stakeholders in a release on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. See details on the North Coast Times website:

MONEAGUE, St Ann; Oct. 23, 2025 Students in boarding at Moneague College, St Ann, are expected to leave the campus by 1:30 this afternoon, Thursday, October 23. The college, in a release issued Wednesday, October 22, 2025, gave notice of instructions of decisions taken, based on the “threat posed ...

23/10/2025

MONEAGUE COLLEGE’S TROPICAL STORM CLOSURE

Moneague College began closing down and transitioning to online classes on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, due to the threat posed by Tropical Storm Melissa. Details on the North Coast Times website

MONEAGUE, St Ann; Oct. 23, 2025 Students in boarding at Moneague College, St Ann, are expected to leave the campus by 1:30 this afternoon, Thursday, October 23. The college, in a release issued Wednesday, October 22, 2025, gave notice of instructions of decisions taken, based on the “threat posed ...

23/10/2025

SCHOOLS TO CLOSE THURSDAY

All schools have been directed to suspend face-to-face classes and "transition to remote learning." This decision was announced by way of a news release issued after 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 22. Details on the North Coast Times website
https://northcoasttimesja.com/schools-to-close-thursday/"

MOVE TO REMOTE LEARNING AHEAD OF MELISSA All schools have been directed to suspend face-to-face classes and transition to remote learning. This decision was announced by way of a news release issued after 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The release did not state when the suspension would take ef...

22/10/2025

PORTLAND HONOURS 6 UNSUNG HEROES
PT ANTONIO, Portland; Oct. 22, 2025
On a wet Heroes Day morning, Portlanders braved the weather to pay tribute to six unsung heroes from the parish who were honoured in Port Antonio Square. Details on the North Coast Times website

SCHOOLBOY HONOURED POSTHUMOUSLY FOR BRAVERY PT ANTONIO, Portland; Oct. 22, 2025 Portlanders braved the showers for the Heroes Day Parade and tributes at the Port Antonio Square as they honoured six of their own. The Port Antonio Marching Band led the uniformed groups. Mayor of Port Antonio, Councill...

22/10/2025

7 UNSUNG HEROES HONOURED IN ST ANN
Seven people from St Ann were honoured as unsung heroes, by the St Ann Municipal Corporation, on Heroes Day, Monday, October 20, 2025. Details on the North Coast Times Website:

20/10/2025

MAJESTIC OCHI HIGH DANCE INTO GROUP OF 16
Ocho Rios High are carrying the flag for the daCosta Cup teams from the north eastern parishes into the Round of 16 in the rural area schoolboy football championship. Details on the North Coast Times website

ONLY TEAM FROM ST ANN, PORTLAND & ST MARY TO ADVANCE IN D’CUP OCHO RÍOS, St Ann; Oct. 20, 2025 Ocho Rios High are carrying the flag for the daCosta Cup teams from the north eastern parishes of St Ann, St Mary, and Portland – covered by the North Coast Times -- into the Round of 16 in the rural ...

20/10/2025

THE GIFT SCHOOL -- KRISTEL HOUSE

That was the subject of the Frankly Speaking Podcast on Sunday @ 4 p.m. Ja time. Here is a link to a portion of the Podcast on the Frankly Speaking Jamaica YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/live/D3X98K8JOkE?si=ZWo0veBTydxUeXip&t=1848

19/10/2025

A SCHOOL FOR JAMAICA
Very few people noticed that Jamaica was recently given a gift of a school. More than that, the children attending that state-of-the-art STEM school are given breakfast and lunch and taken to and from school at no cost. Watch the discussion live on the Frankly Speaking YouTube channel at 4 p.m. Ja time Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. Just click the link.
There will be a follow-up discussion here on the North Coast Times page on Tuesday, October 21, @6.m. Ja time. Please join the discussion
https://www.youtube.com/live/D3X98K8JOkE?si=euKKBo4XDOEJZ9tC..CHRISTEL HOUSE. Did you miss it? A gift of a new school in Jamaica! And, celebrating with Journalist Lloyd B Smith. Join the LIVE discussion on the Frankly Speaking Jamaica Podcast at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct 19, 2025. Just click the link.....

You are invited to join us for the Frankly Speaking Jamaica Podcast Live on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 4:00 PM (Jamaica time).For our 187th episode, we bri...

18/10/2025

ST ANN MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER FIGHT
A 37-year-old man accused of stabbing another to death in a fight has been charged with murder in St Ann. The police in the parish have also charged a man with fraud over transactions in Discovery Bay, related to buses. Details on the North Coast Times website

ANOTHER CHARGED WITH FRAUD OVER VEHICLES ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann; Oct. 18, 2025 Thirty-seven-year-old Junior Campbell, otherwise called ‘Alka’, or ‘Blacka’, a higgler of Clampstead in Lime Hall, St. Ann, has been charged with murder, following the stabbing death of a man at Tracey Ville, Lime H...

18/10/2025

CAVE VALLEY ROAD, ST ANN, IMPASSABLE
October 17, 2025 – The police are advising the members of the public that the Cave Valley main road in St. Ann, which leads to Spalding, Clarendon, is impassable. In a release issued Friday evening, the police said, "This is due to the
heavy downpour of rain and the rising water levels in the area."
They are urging the commuting public to use alternative routes where possible.

17/10/2025

PARK OPENED ON HISTORICAL SITE IN ST ANN
Prime Minister Andrew Holness opened a park on an historic site in rural St Ann, about four miles out of Discovery Bay. Details on the North Coast Times website. Also, see a video of the crowd reaction on the Frankly Speaking Jamaica YouTube channel

PM OPENS QUEENHYTHE PARK; SAYS SPACE TO RECREATE, RELAX IS IMPORTANT DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann; Oct. 17, 2025 A new recreational park has been opened in the rural community of Queenhythe, in the St Ann hills, about four miles out of Discovery Bay. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, assisted by Member of Par...