'Majority of customers to have power by weekend'
The Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd. (JPS) said yesterday that it expects to restore service to most of its customers by the weekend. The light and power company said it has employed massive evaluation and restoration efforts across the island following the passage of Hurricane...
SOUTHERN ST ANDREW - In need of a social intervention
An eyesore would be an appropriate word to describe some of the conditions that exist in the community of South St. Andrew. The Gleaner toured the constituency recently and the sights in the area spoke to some neglect. Derelict buildings, zinc fences and overgrown shrubbery stick....
EASTERN ST ANDREW - Different people, similar problems
Crime, unemployment, bad roads and poor drainage are the pressing issues residents of St. Andrew Eastern would like their new Member of Parliament to address after the general election. According to the people of the constituency, which comprises a mixture of upper- and lower-class...
National Works Agency (NWA): Great number of roads cleared
TWO DAYS after the passage of Hurricane Dean and the National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that 50 per cent of the 248 roadways which were affected islandwide by the onslaught are fully cleared. According to a statement re-leased by the agency...
Jamaica reopens for business after 'Dean'
OCHO RIOS, ST. ANN: When the world's largest passenger carrier, Royal Caribbean Inter-national's MS Freedom of theSeas cruises into the Ocho Rios Cruise Shipping Pier today, bearing 4,500 visitors, it will signal Jamaica's official return to a market...
Lobby group urges extra care for children - Encourages sensitivity to employees' needs
The committee of Hear the Children's Cry has called for all adults to be especially caring for children - their own and others - in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. Betty Ann Blaine, the human rights lobby group's convener, said: "We are particularly concerned about power lines...
Many moods of the tempest
The passage of Hurricane Dean has affected us all in different ways. While it was a rampaging beast to dwellers in Caribbean Terrace, Kingston, it was only an annoying inconvenience in other areas. Let's take the journey Across The Nation...
US, T&T give funds for recovery effort
The country is to receive financial assistance from the United States (U.S.) Government and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partner, Trinidad and Tobago, to help in recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. Meanwhile, relief supplies are also expected ...
Jamaican mission hoping to increase trade with South Africa
A cross section of 20 Jamaican businessmen, academics and the media is to be sent on a trade mission to South Africa, in October, in search of areas to advance cooperation between the two countries. Acting High Commissioner, Joan Thomas, said this would "plant the seeds of trading....
Jamaica gets help from Florida
MIAMI (CMC): Relief organisations in South Florida have been teaming up in efforts to aid Jamaica in the wake of the onslaught by Hurricane Dean. Food For The Poor, the largest aid provider to the Caribbean, said it has begun preparing for the aftermath...
Public health sector back to normal in western Jamaica
In the aftermath of Hurricane Dean, the public health services in western Jamaica are returning to normality. A statement yesterday from the Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Alexander Konstantinov, said an assessment has so far revealed....
British High Commission reopens
The British High Commission is now open. This includes the visa and consular sections there may be a delay in some services offered. The number to call the British High Commission is (876) 510-0700 and the British High Commission website...
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