'Katrina' clobbers Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP): ANNOUNCING ITSELF with shrieking, 145-mph winds (233-kph), Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast just outside New Orleans, submerging entire neighbourhoods up to their roofs...

US$26b hurricane damage
NEW YORK (AP): THE PROPERTY and casualty insurance industry, hit hard last year when four separate hurricanes slammed into Florida, now faces as much as US$26 billion in claims from Hurricane Katrina's foray into Louisiana and neighbouring Gulf Coast...

JTA wants school security policy
HEAD OF the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Ruel Reid, says the JTA will be lobbying the Government for a broadbased policy on minimum security requirements for all schools.

CSEC WHIZ-KIDS - Perfect model of dedication, study
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Camelia Kelly is a shining example of what hard work and dedication can forge - she gained six subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) .

CSEC WHIZ-KIDS - High achiever racks up seven distinctions
BASED ON his outstanding performance in the 2005 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Derrick Moncrieffe, a student of Kingston College, has gained seven distinctions and two credits.

Work stoppage hits Alpart
WORK AT the Alpart bauxite plant in Nain, St. Elizabeth, came to a halt yesterday when 1,000 production workers staged a four-hour work stoppage to protest the slow pace of salary negotiations.

Light bill hike to top MoU talks
THE RECENT electricity hikes will top the list of issues to be discussed at Thursday's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Monitoring Committee meeting. According to Senator Dwight Nelson, president of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions...

New JPS meter-testing regime by Oct
J. PAUL Morgan, director general of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), says he is confident that the Bureau of Standards of Jamaica (BSJ) and the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) will set aside their differences and sign...