Bodies to be exhumed from Tangle River burial ground
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. James Health Department estimates that it will cost about $240,000 to exhume and relocate bodies in graves that shifted and broke open in Tangle River in the parish.

Declare Borobridge a disaster area, says MP
CAVE VALLEY, St. Ann: ERNEST SMITH, Member of Parliament for St. Ann South West, has expressed disappointment that Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has not declared the Borobridge division of the constituency a disaster area.

Mayors still barred until Dec 2
THE INJUNCTION granted in July this year barring the newly-appointed Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Mayor of Port Antonio, Benny White, and his deputy, the People's National Party's Dexter Roland, from taking up their posts...

Registration centres open for Portland's needy residents
PORT ANTONIO: IN AN attempt to speed up the recovery process for persons ravaged by Hurricane Ivan, a number of registration centres have been opened to residents in Portland.

Row over JLP conference date
THE TWO contenders for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are at odds over whether the party's annual conference should still be held on November 6 and 7.

Charity group awards eight scholarships
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: THE ST. Elizabeth-based charity organisation, the Barbary Hall Church School Foundation, has awarded four scholarships and four grants totalling $60,000 to eight students in the parish...

Volunteer assists 'Ivan' victims
BEFORE HER brother got sick and eventually died from HIV/AIDS, Ionie Clarke had no thoughts of becoming a volunteer.