Golding lauds Kgn Industrial Garage

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has hailed Kingston Industrial Garage (KIG) as one of those Jamaican companies with strong, dynamic, visionary management and staff that has made the company become very much a part of the commercial empire of Jamaica over its 100 years of operation.

Golding was speaking Thursday night at the 100th anniversary dinner of KIG at the Terra Nova Hotel in the Corporate Area. This milestone achievement also confirms the status of the company as the oldest Ford dealer in the world.

Deputy high commissioner dead

Paul Evangelo Nicolopulo, deputy British high commissioner, passed away last Monday.

Nicolopulo, age 58, leaves behind wife, Kareen; mother, Pauline; brothers, Stephen, James; mother-in-law Daphne, sisters-in-law, Myrna, Mary-Ann; brothers-in-law Eddie, Howard, Christopher; niece, nephew, other relatives and dear friends.

The staff of the British High Commission yesterday announced Nicolopulo's passing and noted that funeral arrangements would soon be announced.

PM promises better drains for Ochi

Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday told residents of Ocho Rios, St Ann, that he would ensure that measures were put in place to allow improvement work to begin on the drainage system in the resort town.

Golding, who led a top-level ministerial team on a tour of Ocho Rios yesterday, said that based on his observations, the drainage system in the resort town was inadequate to accommodate the flow of wastewater. Sections of St Ann were flooded this week following heavy rains between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.