Disaster clean-up under way
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday formally signed the Emergency Management (Disaster Areas) Order, 2002, declaring five parishes disaster areas for the next four months. This followed his announcement of the declaration in Parliament on Tuesday...
A history floods
JUNE 5 - 10, 1886 A slow-moving quasi-stationary tropical storm or hurricane affected most of the island with tremendous rains, especially in central parishes. During the period 38 inches of rain were recorded...
Record 1.3 million registered to vote
THE VOTERS list to be used in the upcoming general election now stands at a record 1.3 million electors, according to the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ). This follows an intense period of voter registration between...
Yummy ex-employees freed of fraud charge
THREE FORMER employees of Yummy Bakery, Hagley Park Road, Kingston who were accused of defrauding the bakery of $500,000 have been freed in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. They are Carl Livingston, 41, accounts manager...
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