ODPEM, Jamaica Defence Force standoff
IN AN awkward situation Dr. Barbara Carby (right), director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), tries to convince a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) of her credentials, at the ODPEM warehouse yesterday during.
Reprieve for Haitians
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson said yesterday that the Government has no current plans to force nearly 300 Haitians to return to their poverty-stricken and flood-ravaged homeland, despite last week's announcement that they had failed in their bids to...
Mosquito fogging in St Thomas
THE ST. THOMAS Health Department has embarked on a campaign to prevent an outbreak in mosquitoes, which might occur due to the recent flood rains associated with Hurricane Ivan. Chief Public Health Inspector, Charles Lewis, told JIS News that the...
Gleaner reporter leaves for overseas programme
LEONARDO BLAIR, a staff reporter at The Gleaner, leaves the island today to participate in a three-week foreign policy programme for international professionals. The programme, titled 'U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making Process'...
Jamming At Island Village
I MAGINE HAVING your palm read, dipping your toes into the warm blue of the Caribbean sea, taking a walk down memory lane with Jamaica's greatest reggae artistes, sipping an aromatic cup of true Jamaican coffee, and ogling a watch worth.
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