Scores flee floods - St Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester the worst-hit parishes
FLOOD WATERS from pounding rains associated with a low-pressure weather system which has been affecting the island since Wednesday, forced scores of families from their homes yesterday, causing them to seek refuge in Government...
Raging waters thwart rescue
MORE THAN 30 persons were marooned at the Milk River Spa, Clarendon, during yesterday's flood rains. Following their appeals for help, veteran motor-racing driver Peter 'Bull' Thompson responded...
40 Labour Day projects put off
WESTERN BUREAU: SOME 40 Labour Day projects which were planned for St. James with the support of the St. James Parish Council, failed to get off the ground yesterday, as torrential rains continued to lash the island for a...
Clarendon ravaged by floods
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: YESTERDAY'S FLOOD rains forced several residents to seek shelter in some schools and did extensive damage to houses, roads and farms in several sections of...
Families evacuated in St Catherine
MANY PEOPLE who had no intention of doing work on Labour Day, were forced yesterday to be on their feet from the wee hours of the morning, toiling to save their belongings after heavy rains flooded several homes in...
DC narrowly escapes death in attack
A DISTRICT constable from the Constant police station, north St. Andrew, narrowly escaped death on Tuesday when two men attacked him at his home and stabbed him several times. DC Andrew Dennis was asleep...
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