Golding to unleash planning watchdog - Will monitor policy implementation
WESTERN BUREAU:THE JAMAICAN Government will create an over-sight body by the end of November to ensure that the policies and programmes agreed on at the National Planning Summit are implemented on a timely basis. Prime Minister Bruce Golding made this announcement...
'Declare them disaster zones!' - McKenzie wants no-go order in flood-prone areas
As JAMAICA continues to be pelted by heavy rains, Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie yesterday called for some communities in Kingston and St. Andrew to be declared disaster zones. The mayor made the call while addressing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Area Council One meeting...
Floods force families to flee homes
Several families at Nine Miles in Bull Bay and Tavern in Gordon Town had to flee their homes as heavy rains continue to scour the island on the weekend.Ronald Jackson, director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, told The Gleaner that only one shelter...
Gunmen kill four
The murder of four men on Saturday evening at the intersection of St.James Avenue and Little Kew Road, St. Andrew, has again sent the country's homicide toll climbing. Dead are Noel Burke, 52; Bernard Wright, 47; Andrew Wellington, 49; and a man known only as 'Crime'.
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) : We'll dominate Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) polls
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is set on creating political history as it claims it will regain its dominance in the Kingston and St.Andrew Corporation (KSAC) in a few weeks when it contests the local government elections. The party is hoping to claim at least 28 of the 40 divisions...
NWA begins Bogue roadwork
WESTERN BUREAU: Temporary work to ease the traffic snarls along the Bogue main road in Montego Bay began on Saturday. The roadway, a major entry point to the Second City, has been the source of traffic delays during peak hours. According to stakeholders, the delays...
'One of the worst husbands in the world'
Two days after the murder-suicide of 41-year-old critical-care nurse Carol Waldron and her two daughters, attempts to ascertain the whereabouts of the husband and father, Michael Waldron, continue to prove futile. Rumours were rife yesterday that the ex-soldier and businessman...
Golding slipped bedside booster
WESTERN BUREAU: She was not invited to the National Planning Summit, but turndown attendant Jackie Brown sought to get her say into the two-day discourse by leaving a note, while preparing the bed for Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
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