$100m fire in Hanover
HANOVER: A MASSIVE fire gutted more than half of the Hanover Agencies Complex in Lucea yesterday resulting in over $100 million in losses by owners of four shops there.

Dry times hit East Portland
IN MOORE Town, Seaman's Valley and Windsor in East Portland - this land of Maroons, mountain springs, Nanny Falls and babbling brooks - things are far from normal these days.

EXED nurses promised stipends
THE MINISTRY of Health yesterday promised to pay nursing students at Excelsior Education Centre (EXED) their overdue stipends by the end of the week, provided that the centre submits the costings by today.

Robbers fleece Red Stripe of millions
FOUR ARMED men in a daring daylight robbery of the Red Stripe distribution outlet, Paisley Avenue, Palmers Cross, Clarendon yesterday made off with $2.5 million in cash and cheques.

Coalition troops kill 7 women, children
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): UNITED STATES forces pounded Republican Guard units around Baghdad from the ground and the air yesterday...