'Gastro' kills 8 - Virus mainly affecting children in the south eastern parishes
AN OUTBREAK of gastro-enteritis has left eight people dead within the last two weeks. The condition, otherwise called 'running belly', has especially sprung up in children living in South Eastern Jamaica.
Four die in road accidents
WESTERN BUREAU: FOUR PERSONS were killed and 20 admitted to hospital in two major accidents occurring within 24 hours of each other in rural Jamaica.
'Tolling deadline will be met'
FINISHING TOUCHES remain on the 14-kilometre Old Harbour bypass, but highway administrators said Tuesday that while a definite date remains to be set, the August deadline for the start to tolling will be met.
Chuck wants regular report from Corruption Commission
DELROY CHUCK, Opposition spokes-man on justice, wants the Corruption Prevention Commission to make regular reports to Parliament about its investigations.
Market clean-up abandoned - 'When rain fall it flood, it run over di toilet pon di food dem'
'When rain fall it flood, it run over di toilet pon di food dem' John Myers Jnr.
North Coast Highway cracking up
WESTERN BUREAU: LESS THAN a year after the US$72-million North Coast Highway Segment I was officially opened, sections of it have developed cracks and are being dug up for structural repairs.
Hay-Webster calls for sex abuse study
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER, MP for South Central St. Catherine, wants Parliament to undertake a comprehensive study of the impact of rape, incest and carnal abuse on the society.
Another truce attempt in Mountain View
COMMUNITY 'DONS' affiliated to the rival gun gangs from the hot spots of Mountain View Avenue in St. Andrew, shook hands, hugged and greet each other, as a gesture of peace during a special meeting held on Monday in the affected areas.
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