Machete incident raises safety concerns for Portland health inspectors
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November 13, 2026
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Chief Public Health Inspector for Portland, Lorenzo Hume, has raised concerns about the safety of health inspectors following a recent incident in which a member was verbally attacked by a man armed with a machete while performing vector control duties in New Road, St Margaret’s Bay.
Hume raised the issue during the monthly meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation on Thursday.
He told the meeting that the incident took place after a second visit to the New Road community, in an area known as Wydah, by a team of public health inspectors, who were again threatened by a man from that community.
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