Minister tours Operation PRIDE lots in'St Bess'
BLACK RIVER, ST. Elizabeth: Donald Buchanan, Minister of Water and Housing, toured the Operation PRIDE projects in his southwest St. Elizabeth constituency to determine the status of the projects at Luana, Font Hill,Vineyard and Lower Works.

Hanover fire service in need of new truck
WESTERN BUREAU: OFFICER IN charge of the Hanover Fire Department, Superintendent Maureen Thompson, has again expressed fears about "the gravely limited capabilities" of her fire department.

Toll road operators deny accident site
THE JAMAICA Infrastructure Operators (JIO), managers of the toll road, has expressed condolences to the family of the five-year-old who died in a three- vehicle crash Monday, but is insisting that the accident did not happen on the Highway 2000.

Several schools still to get furniture
TWO MONTHS into the new academic year, some schools in the poorer areas of Kingston are yet to receive furniture supplies promised to them by the Ministry of Education.

NHDC probe 'pleases' JLP
LEADER OF the Opposition Edward Seaga says he is "pleased that a number of Operation PRIDE projects are now to be unveiled in court."

Disrespect damaging Jamaica, says Blair
WESTERN BUREAU: POLITICAL OMBUDSMAN Bishop Herro Blair has described the lack of respect in the society as a "grave problem" that can only be addressed through good governance.

Disorder reigns at Sp Town PO
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: DISORDER REIGNED at the Spanish Town Post Office last Friday when hundreds of welfare beneficiaries descended there to collect money allocated to them under the PATH programme.