Road network wrecked
HURRICANE WILMA'S relentless rains have wrecked the island's road network rendering many roads inundated and impassable while reducing many others to single lane traffic.

Expect more rains today
THE ISLAND will continue to be affected by heavy rains today as the outer bands of the system associated with Hurricane Wilma remain over Jamaica. Yesterday the National Meteorological Centre extended its flash flood warning...

Unemployed youths filling criminal ranks, says Phillips
UNEMPLOYED YOUTH are stepping into the criminal ranks replacing dons displaced by Kingfish said Minister of National Security Dr. Phillips yesterday. Dr. Phillips was speaking together with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw...

Customs chief warns companies against undervaluing imports
COMMISSIONER OF Customs, Hector Jones, says a large number of companies have been breaching the Customs Regulations by under-invoicing the value of their imports by as much as 50 per cent in an effort to avoid paying the correct duties...

Shake-up at Air Ja - New board members announced, Gov't support capped
BUSINESSMAN AND past chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board, O.K Melhado, has been appointed chairman of the newly restructured Air Jamaica board of directors while outgoing board chairman Dr. Vincent Lawrence has agreed to remain...

Mental stimulation could prevent retarded growth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health): MENTAL AND social stimulation through play early in life appears to have lasting benefits in poorly nourished children with growth retardation.

Kennedy Grove homeowners advised to sue Gov't, developer
FORMER ENVIRONMENT and Housing Minister, Easton Douglas, says homeowners in Kennedy Grove, Clarendon should consider suing the Government and the developer of houses in that community as the buildings were constructed in a known flood-prone zone.

Ghana wants air link services with Jamaica
THE GHANAIAN Government said it wanted to establish air link services between Jamaica and that country to enhance future bilateral agreements. The announcement came yesterday...

Jamaican allegedly held hostage and raped in UK
LONDON, England: THE GANG rape of a 14-year-old Jamaican girl in Birmingham, England by some 12 men recently, led to the closure of shops and other business places in the Perry Barr community.