Fire leaves 40 homeless - 14 houses destroyed on North Street
FORTY PERSONS are now homeless after fire destroyed 14 houses at 78 3/4 North Street, west Kingston yesterday. The fire, which reportedly started in one of the houses in the tenement yard around 5:00 p.m., quickly spread to several others close by.

Nineteen teachers honoured for 616 years of service
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: WITH A combined 616 years in the classroom, 19 basic school teachers from North West Clarendon were on Wednesday honoured for long and dedicated service to early childhood education in that section of the parish.

Senator urges British sticker system for Ja
OPPOSITION SENATOR Arthur Williams is calling on the Government to take decisive action to bring the high rate of uninsured motor vehicles travelling along the nation's roadways under control. "The Jamaica Association of General Insurance Companies...

Michelle elated at winning a top scholarship
WESTERN BUREAU: MICHELLE JOHNSON, an eleven-year-old student of the Black River Primary School, St. Elizabeth, is ecstatic at being one of a mere handful of students to have copped one of Jamaica's top scholarships for excellence in the Grade Six...

Disappointment for some St George's girls
A NUMBER of students from the St. George's Girls and Infant School on Duke Street, downtown Kingston, are upset because they were placed in high schools that were not among their choices in this year's GSAT examinations.