ACCOMPONG TOWN, St Elizabeth — Maroons have vowed to protect the Cockpit Country as their ancestral home and they heard promises of improved access roads to their remote village at the 278th ...

ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has hailed the Accompong Town Maroons in St Elizabeth, noting that their togetherness is a shining example of peace for the rest of Jamaica.

The Maroon nation of Accompong in the mountains of Cockpit country in St. Elizabeth Jamaica is an agriculturally based state with a population of approximately 1000 residents, some 600 of whom are ...

In the heart of the Maroon community in Accompong Town, St Elizabeth, a significant transformation is taking place. Abeng Radio 88.7 FM, a community radio station, is leveraging the power of radio to ...

Shot in Hudson NY and Accompong, Jamaica. Accompong, Jamaica was founded in 1739 after rebel slaves and their descendants fought a protracted war with the British leading to the establishment of a ...