In February 1993, Faith Fellowship, Emmanuel Apostolic Church – Portmore began with weekly Wednesday night prayer meetings at the Passage Fort Community Centre. A company was formed call the Portmore Land Development Company Limited. In fact, Portmore was being developed. There were scattered settlements of fishers and plantation workers in New Land, Naggo Head and Old Braeton, the area was now called Portmore.Housing construction began in Portmore as a result of the cry for housing in Kingston during the 1950s and 60s. The Matalons built the first Housing scheme in Portmore called Independence City. February 11,2016- Town Hall Meeting (Portmore Heart Academy at 5:30pm) February 16,2016 - Lecturer presentation on Black History feat. The thirty-six (36) member strong group was headed by the then Elder Everton Thomas, who has since been consecrated to the office of 'Bishop'. By 1915, the area was covered in banana production. (Jamaica Gleaner) The St Catherine South police have launched an investigation into the death of a Portmore woman. A member of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group. - file The Editor, Sir: The letter from Wendel C. Guthrie 'Drain the highway, dam the gorge', October 15, said that in 1973 "there was no Portmore". Photo; Video; An aerial view of a section of the Portmore community in St Catherine. Published: Tuesday | November 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM. The deceased has been identified as Karen Nugent, a … (Jamaica Gleaner) A St Catherine barber has been rushed to hospital after receiving several shots then falling from the third floor of a plaza in Port Henderson, Portmore in the parish. On the 27th of September 1978, Portmore gave birth to Bridgeport Secondary School. Community centres, schools, police stations, post offices, a library, and medical facilities have been built. The letter from Wendel C. Guthrie 'Drain the highway, dam the gorge', October 15, said that in 1973 "there was no Portmore". They constructed 11 miles of Dyke (Dyke Road) and 3 miles of causeway to connect Portmore to Kingston. Portmore history. Since then the name was changed from Bridgeport Secondary to Bridgeport Comprehensive High in 1991, when the school got its first batch of Common Entrance students. All Rights Reserved. Once basic infrastructure was in place, developers were asked to build houses. A company was formed call the Portmore Land Development Company Limited. In Portmore, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.. School Type. Question: What is the population of Portmore? There was Independence City, Edgewater, and Bridgeport. Copyright © 2020 The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited. Mrs. Amina Blackwood Meeks ( Lions Civic Centre at 4pm) February 26,2016- Jamaica Day Theme:"Celebrating Jamaica, Promoting the Arts" Council Outreach via Cllrs This was 6.618% of total Jamaica population.If population growth rate would be same as in period 2001-2011 (+1.53%/year), Portmore population in 2020 would be: 208 854*. Portmore now has a population of over 170,000 people and was granted municipality status in 2003. Housing construction began in Portmore as a result of the cry for housing in Kingston during the 1950s and 60s.
Farming began after the construction of the Rio Cobre irrigation system in 1870. Located on the south east coast of the island of Jamaica, the area now known as Portmore was once called the Salt Pond District. Edge Water Villas was the next scheme built, since then several schemes have been built.As the population of Portmore grew the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) in 1977 started to plan and provide for infrastructure for the growing community. The Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), ... (NHMJ) along with members from the Frost Science Museum in Florida transformed the dustbowl at the Greater Portmore Civic Centre into an urban oasis for new plant and animal life on Saturday, March 28.