J'can author, educator launches book
JAMAICAN AUTHOR and educator, Lenford Ruddock, launched his latest book, With the Sound of the Steam Korchie, last Sunday, October 27, at the Ideal Lodge in Englewood, New Jersey.

Consular Corps honours G-G, Lady Cooke
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Sir Howard Cooke and Lady Cooke, were honoured by the Consular Corps of Jamaica at the Corps' annual banquet held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday night.

'St Bess' Parish Council gets high-tech computer device
BLACK RIVER: THE ST. Elizabeth Parish Development Committee (PDC) has donated a Global Positioning System (GPS) to the Planning Department of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council to assist with the department's data storing and survey monitoring.

Retired Assistant Commissioner honoured
DONALD WALCOTT Brown, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, was on Saturday night honoured for his 40 years of service to the Police Force. Police Commissioner Francis Forbes, in his tribute, described him as one of a "dying breed of detectives."

J'cans in Canada donate to flood relief fund
THE JAMAICAN High Commission in Canada has received over Cdn$4,000 from Jamaican communities in Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal, including contributions from Honorary Consuls to help in the island's flood relief effort.

Health concerns raised over fishing complex - again
LINSTEAD: THE ST. Catherine Health Authority has again expressed concerns over the physical and sanitary conditions of the Old Harbour Bay fishing complex.

Cops find abducted woman
THE 35-YEAR-OLD woman who was reported to have been kidnapped in Kingston on Wednesday morning was found alive and well by the police yesterday. Det. Senior Supt. Tony Hewitt, Metro crime officer, CIB Headquarters, East Queen Street, Kingston...