Jamaica is divided into 14 parishes, each of which is home to respective towns, neighborhoods and often beaches. Within these provinces, some popular areas of the island for tourists are Negril ...

making Portmore the 15th parish of Jamaica. The passing of the Bill, if approved by the Senate, will also end the direct election of the mayor of Portmore Thomas believes that the move is a ...

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica–Some Portmore residents are calling for the government to re-examine its move to pass a bill to make the municipality of Portmore Jamaica’s 15th parish, arguing that they ...

The parishes affected by the warnings, as shown in the map above, include: Acadia Parish The NWS, in its update on Louisiana's winter storm warnings: "If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight ...

"The government will not be moved by any mischief that you make and we are going to be pushing back at the PNP because they must tell the country why they do not want Portmore to become the 15th ...

The winter storm warnings are in place across central, southwest and west Louisiana until 9 p.m. local time, the NWS said, while parishes in the southeast of the state are forecasted to experience ...

PROVIDENCE — Kwame Dawes, a Brown University literary arts professor, has been named poet laureate of Jamaica. As part of his role, Dawes will be charged with “stimulating a greater ...

The parliamentary opposition has threatened to petition the courts to challenge the bill to make Portmore a parish. The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) used its majority in the House of ...

Some of the outlying New Orleans metro-area parishes announced curfews Wednesday for residents as temperatures drop below freezing again, making wet and snow-covered roads unsafe to drive on.

OFFICIALS ARE SAYING IN TANGIPAHOA. SO FAR, CREWS CURFEWS ARE IN EFFECT IN SAINT BERNARD PARISH, LAFOURCHE PARISH AND PICAYUNE. THAT’S BECAUSE OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OF ICE AND REFREEZE.

Several parishes and cities in the Baton Rouge surrounding areas are extending their curfews to Thursday starting tonight due to hazardous conditions on the road created by the snowstorm.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Boil water advisories have been issued for Lafourche Parish Water District No. 1, all of St. Bernard Parish and parts of New Orleans East and Venetian Isles According to ...