SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine

Two of St. Catherine's most wanted men were captured last Monday, according to police investigators in Spanish Town.

On Christmas morning Linval Murray, otherwise called 'Clayton Black', of Kennedy Lane in Gordon Pen, who has allegedly been wanted on several murder charges, was held by police after he went to seek medical attention for gunshot wounds earlier inflicted by an unknown assailant.

About 6:00 a.m. Christmas Day, the lawmen also took into custody a man who was wanted for the killing of Sergeant Donald Burke, who was shot and killed at a shopping plaza in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, in July last year.

- Rasbert Turner

MONTEGO BAY, St James

More than 100 physicians from Region One of the United States National Medical Association (NMA) are expected to converge in Montego Bay next year for the association's annual conference.

The five-day meeting, which will be held at the Half Moon Resort from May 24 to May 28, will cover various health topics while allowing for the conduct of the regular business of the organisation.

Members of the association recently called on Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil Bryan, at his office in midtown Manhattan, to provide him with details of the meeting.

- JIS

LLUIDAS VALE, St Catherine

As has been the custom for decades, hundreds of vendors and consumers converged on the town of Linstead in St. Catherine for Grand Market shopping last Saturday.

Traditionally the lure has been the Linstead Market with its bargain prices on ground provisions, meat, clothing and footwear. But in recent times there has been a diversity of commodities for sale, including jerked chicken, jerked pork, festival and root wines.

When The Gleaner visited the town on Saturday an unmistakable air of festivity prevailed. There was a huge crowd, but, according to patrons, it was not as big as last year's.

- Elgin Taylor

LUCEA, Hanover

Department heads and civic leaders in the parish of Hanover have renewed calls for a central sewerage system for the coastal town of Lucea, the parish capital.

According to them, the seepage of sewage into the Lucea Harbour is a serious human, health and economic hazard. They say in light of the impending expansion of the town's tourism and housing sectors, the respective Government ministries need to move with a sense of urgency to put such a system in place.

"With the development of the new Fiesta hotel, proposed new gated communities in Lucea and its environs, we can not continue not to have a central sewerage system. We need it urgently," Chairman of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, Theo Chambers, told The Gleaner.

- Claudia Gardner