Picking up the pieces after 'Ivan'
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE PASSING of Hur-ricane Ivan has left several persons in and around Spanish Town doing remedial work on their buildings and perimeter fencing.

Hurricane Ivan delivers eight babies
AT LEAST eight babies were born during Hurricane Ivan, which pummelled the island between Friday and Saturday. In one case, a Ministry of Health representative, who is a nurse, "talked a male neighbour into delivering his neighbour's baby and was able...

Residents still marooned in Tangle River St James
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE THE best efforts of the National Works Agency (NWA) to clear roadways in western Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan ...

Wards flooded at Spanish Town Hospital
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A CHRONIC shortage of water and a leaking roof at the maternity ward of the Spanish Town Hospital are problems facing the institution following the passing of Hurricane Ivan.

Mobay returns to normal
WESTERN BUREAU: MONTEGO BAY showed signs of returning to normal on Sunday, hours after Hurricane Ivan lashed the island.

Temple Hall residents clear road - 'I didn't expect all the place to come down like this'
UP TO late yesterday afternoon, sections of Temple Hall main road were impassable because of land slippages and fallen light posts, which were displaced by Hurricane Ivan.

Eastern Ja battered
THOUSANDS OF residents of the neighbourhoods and the curious, visiting or passing through the various communities, viewed the battered shoreline of eastern Jamaica yesterday, as the nation began its recovery from the onslaught of...

A new home during 'Ivan' Barbara Ellington
Senior Gleaner Writer Among the island's most vulnerable citizens are its women and children. In times of natural disasters such as hurricanes, their vulnerability increases, especiallly when they have no male protector in the home. The Gleaner spoke...

Act quickly to save your water-damaged possessions
IF YOUR carpets, rugs, drapes, cushions, clothing and shoes sustained water damage during the passage of Hurricane Ivan, act quickly to prevent long-lasting effects. The Gleaner spoke with Audrey Hinchcliffe, managing director of Manpower and...

'Emergency cases only'
HOSPITALS ARE still accepting urgent and emergency cases only, even as several of them grapple with the damage to their structures caused by Hurricane Ivan.