Displaced persons still in shelters
APPROXIMATELY 200 PERSONS affected by Hurricane Emily last week are still in six shelters in three parishes, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) reported yesterday.

ONR to wrap up operations by November
THE OFFICE of National Reconstruction (ONR) is to wind up operations in November, by when it is expected that it should complete the Government's rehabilitation programme for those affected by Hurricane Ivan last September.

Portmore residents to hear Causeway verdict on Tuesday
PORTMORE RESIDENTS challenging the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 will know on Tuesday if they will be able to use the Portmore Causeway as an alternative route. Miss Justice Gloria Smith, after hearing legal arguments yesterday, reserved her decision...

Kingston Eastern Police Division puts on summer school
OVER 250 children from the various communities of the Kingston Eastern Police Division, turned out in droves Tuesday morning for the opening ceremony of the division's annual summer school programme.

LORD PLEASE don't let the sickness kill my mother - 7-y-o prays
ELLA IS seven years old, and right now she just wants everybody to love her mother and treat her with respect. The outspoken little girl walked into the nurses' station at the Jamaica AIDS Support office in Kingston with a smile...