Bracing for 'Emily' - FLOOD-PRONE AREAS PREPARE TO EVACUATE
JAMAICA WAS yesterday placed under a hurricane watch for the second time in a week, as Hurricane Emily, the second major system of the season, threatens the island.
Hurricane devastates T&T, Grenada
HURRICANE EMILY has already battered Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada, leaving a trail of disaster and destruction. Two houses were destroyed and 30 lost their roofs in Tobago, officials said yesterday.
Jamaican-born among UK suicide bombers
A JAMAICAN-BORN British citizen has been named among four young men who blew themselves up in Britain's first suicide attacks last week which claimed the lives of 53 people.
Get weather updates from Go-Jamaica
THE GLEANER'S Go-Jamaica website has achieved another milestone! Since last Wednesday, surfers to the website have been able to download weather updates on Hurricane Dennis...
Alleged human trafficker held in Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: A 22-YEAR-OLD Barbadian woman, suspected to be involved in human trafficking, was held by the Montego Bay Police yesterday during a pre-dawn operation at Dolls House - a nightclub which offers exotic dancing.
Notice's former driver remanded in murder case
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: EGBERT DRYDEN, 54-year-old former driver of Raymoth Notice, ex-mayor of Spanish Town appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's court yesterday to answer two counts of conspiracy to murder.
New facilities at Sangster
WESTERN BUREAU: ONE MONTH ahead of completion and still within its budget, MBJ Airports Limited yesterday unveiled sections of its US$42 million (J$2.6 billion) upgrading work at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James.
Portland PC barred from further appointments
PORTLAND: THE SUPREME Court has granted an extension to the ex parte injunction barring new appointments at the Portland Parish Council, setting the stage for a potentially explosive showdown on July 25, when the matter will be mentioned in court.
Robertson wants review of the Manley Accord
MINISTER OF Development Dr. Paul Robertson has dismissed claims by union representatives that the Government was reluctant to commence talks with them on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), also called the Manley Accord.
Thieves strike Food For the Poor trailer
THIEVES ON Wednesday night made off with $250,000 worth of building material belonging to charity organisation Food For the Poor, and which was intended for fire victims of James Street, central Kingston.
Fugitive nabbed in MoBay
WESTERN BUREAU: A FUGITIVE, who escaped the United States justice system nineteen years ago and has been operating as a businessman in Jamaica, was nabbed in Montego Bay on Tuesday by local and overseas law enforcement officers.
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