Ja under severe weather alert
THE NATIONAL Meteorological Service has expanded its severe weather alert for all parishes until 5 o'clock this morning as a result of showers expected to be generated by a tropical wave that has been moving across the central Caribbean.

Murders clear 600 mark
TEN PERSONS were killed within a 36-hour period over the weekend, bringing murders since the start of the year to 605, four more than the number recorded during the same period last year.

Protest causes garbage pile-up in Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: HUGE PILES of garbage were left uncollected in the streets in several communities in and around Montego Bay yesterday as workers employed by the regional department of the National Solid Waste Management Agency continued their protest...

Lawmen pressure higglers
SPALDINGS: STREET VENDORS in Christiana, Manchester, continue to play cat-and-mouse with the police who are engaged in a drive to stop the display and peddling of goods on public thoroughfares.

Ministry approves 42 school repair contracts
THE MINISTRY of Education has approved the award of 42 contracts to carry out maintenance work mostly in primary and all-age schools throughout the island before the start of the next academic year, Monday, September 1.

Crashes kill four
FOUR PERSONS were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents in four parishes on Friday and Saturday.

Corporate Area 'Police Week' kicks off
THREE KINGSTON and St. Andrew Police Divisions kicked off 'Police Courtesy Week' yesterday with church services at the East Queen Street Baptist Church, central Kingston, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Molynes Road...