ODPEM, MOH ready for the worst
WE ARE prepared. That was the assurance given by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) on Monday. Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse, Senior Medical Officer (SMO) in the Ministry of Health (MOH)...

Group to ask for PM's help after mall fire
PORTMORE, St. Catherine: THE PORTMORE Deve-lopment Committee (PDC) said it would be writing to the Prime Minister to secure his intervention in getting assistance for the over 30 business persons displaced in the Portmore Mall fire.

11-y-o slain by cousin
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy was chopped to death in Spring Field, St. Elizabeth Sunday by a relative, who killed himself a day later.

Imports, weather hurt farmers
WALDERSTON, Manchester: POTATO AND vegetable farmers in North East Manchester are faced with financial difficulties due to the importation of cheaper products as well as the reduction in demand for the crops usually exported.