Flooded-out Zion residents demand promised relocation
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Zion in Trelawny, who were flooded out of their homes during the recent passage of Hurricane Emily, are demanding immediate relocation instead of new drains as the solution to the problem they now face.

Eighteen still in shelters
EIGHTEEN PERSONS are still in shelters, weeks after heavy rains from hurricanes Dennis and Emily lashed the island. Among those in shelters is a family of nine in Yallahs, St. Thomas and three families from Taylor Land in Bull Bay.

Warrant issued for alleged child molester
THE POLICE have prepared an arrest warrant and are now searching for a third person in connection with allegations of sexual abuse of children in some children's homes and places of safety.

Jamaican convicted for cocaine in Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC: A HIGH Court in Bermuda has convicted a Jamaican national of supplying US$70,000 worth of cocaine to a nursery schoolteacher.

Thieves devastate Rio Bueno All-Age
WESTERN BUREAU: FOLLOWING A major robbery at the Rio Bueno All-Age School in Trelawny earlier this week, principal for the institution Melton Blackwood, is requesting that the Ministry of Education provide better security facilities for the institution.

NEPA chided for regulatory failure
WESTERN BUREAU: DIANA MCCAULAY, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), yesterday chided the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for allowing construction to begin without environmental approval...