Residents trapped as rains pelt 'St Bess'
ST. ELIZABETH: TWO SHOPS were destroyed, several persons trapped and an entire community cut off to vehicular traffic as rains associated with Hurricane Wilma continued to affect St. Elizabeth yesterday.

Unfazed - Bombs don't scare Trinis
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: A BOMBING every month for the last four months, injuring scores of Trinidadians in the heart of the nation's capital, Port-of-Spain, is not enough to force this stoic crowd into running scared.

Illegally towing vehicles
AN ASPECT of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) No-Parking Drive has been found to be in contravention of Road Traffic Laws. Under the drive which began a week ago...

US$100 laptops - 'One for every child, especially in the developing world'
LAPTOPS COSTING US$100 each are soon be made available to every child, particularly those in developing countries in a bid to slow the widening gap in technological advancement between the developed and developing worlds.

New programme launched to reduce violence in schools
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education (JAGCE) has launched a bid to reduce violence in the nation's schools.The JAGCE, under its mandate of 'Professional Counsellor...

Spanish Town returning to normal
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A SENSE of normality is returning to the old capital of Spanish Town, St. Catherine after the flood rains which have swamped the parish over the past week. A Gleaner news team which went onto the streets yesterday...

Justice Paul Harrison new Appeal Court president
MR. JUSTICE Paul Theodore Harrison will be sworn in as the next president of the Court of Appeal early next month. Mr. Justice Harrison, who was, on National Heroes Day, presented with the Order of Distinction for his service to the field of law...