The death toll from the heavy rain associated with what developed into Tropical Storm Nicole continues to climb as more bodies are fished from from flooded waterways and the sea.
Linstead, St Catherine: Several houses in Bog Walk and Linstead in St Catherine were flooded on Tuesday night, as heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole lashed the island.
The search for six people feared dead, when a house collapsed into the Sandy Gully on Wednesday, is expected to resume this morning after a fruitless day yesterday.However, the focus will no longer be on the gully where...
The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) have decided that it is safe for most schools to reopen today.However, the MOE and ODPEM jointly cautioned that schools located in areas which were...
Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other state entities are slated to meet with representatives of several countries and multilateral agencies this morning to discuss financial support to deal with the devastation caused by heavy rains...
The freakish manner in which five-year-old Tashanna Wallace met her tragic end on Wednesday night is still fresh in the mind of her grandmother, Jerdene Muir.Muir, who is hypertensive...
MOST CUSTOMERS of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) could have their power restored by today.At the same time, the National Water Commission (NWC) says it is working feverishly to provide its customers with water, but has warned that many may not...
AS IF SHE were an angel of death, rains associated with the tropical system Nicole has left several families in Jamaica mourning and others desperately searching for loved ones.
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it could resume full operations today."Our services are fully operational with some understandable exceptions," Reginald Allen, corporate communications manager of the JUTC...
The two-minute trip across the Hope River cost as much as $1,000 yesterday as persons trapped by the raging river paid dearly to cross in the vicinity of the Harbour View ford....
Prosecutors in the United States have urged the Middle District Court of Florida to dismiss the latest bail application from lawyers representing reggae superstar Buju Banton.In a response filed yesterday, the prosecutors argued that Buju's lawyer...
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
SEVERAL RESIDENTS of Tavern and August Town in Papine, St Andrew, were counting their lucky stars yesterday despite not being sure where they were going to sleep last night....
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
SECTIONS OF Clarendon's plains were yesterday transformed into ponds with roads, farms and yards taken over by water dumped by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Nicole. The flood-prone Portland Cottage, however, was spared the usual baptism.
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THERE ARE early indications that the havoc wrought by the heavy rains on the national Budget will be as devastating as it has been on several communities over the past two days...
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE FLOOD rains which lashed the island over the past three days have claimed at least two lives and there are growing fears that many other persons might have died, as the outer bands of what developed into Tropical Storm Nicole rocked Jamaica....
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
TWO YEARS ago to the day, residents of McGregor Gully in south-east St Andrew woke up to find the main road into the community, First Avenue, split in two, the gully wall broken away in two places and several houses flooded. Yesterday, the gully walls...
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
THE HEAVY rains yesterday caused numerous landslides along the border of St Andrew and St Mary. Rocks, dirt and trees were strewn along the Junction main road, temporarily blocking some sections and reducing traffic to single lane in other areas....
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
"IF ANYTHING should happen to me, remember I love you." Those were the poignant words that Joy Forrester wrote to her 23-year-old son in a text message Tuesday night as she clung to a tree in the rocks of the Bog Walk gorge, staring uncertainty in the face...
Published:Thursday | September 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
HEAVY DUTY equipment were rushed to Harbour View St Andrew yesterday as the main ford which linked the eastern end of the island to Kingston was again washed away....
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION by Contractor General Greg Christie, for criminal charges to be brought against public officials, has been dismissed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn....
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Local family members of 41-year-old Patrick Dell, a Jamaican in Riviera Beach, Florida, who murdered his estranged wife, Natasha Whyte-Dell, and four of his stepchildren, before turning the gun on himself, have been left in a state of shock....
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
When large puddles appear in the car park of Sealy Mattress, the employees begin to worry. "When it rains hard the drains back up and the car park turns into a lake, then we have to barricade the door," Kevin White told...
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Stakeholders and academics gathered yesterday to flesh out details surrounding a new educational and business initiative, Caribbean Knowledge City. During a round-table discussion at The Gleaner's North Street, central Kingston, offices, representatives...
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Linstead, St Catherine: Britney Campbell, Mount Rosser Infant and Primary school's 2010 top Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) performer with a 97.4 per cent average, is settling comfortably at her new school, Dinthill Technical High....
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Flooded roads, falling rocks and landslides proved major hazards for residents of St Thomas yesterday as they struggled to go about their normal business. From Bull Bay to Yallahs, Poor Man's Corner...
