Blown fuse trips out power to 20 families
APPLIANCES BELONGING to more than 20 families on Cedar Valley Road in Liguanea, St. Andrew, were destroyed by fire on Monday after a fuse at a nearby utility pole blew out. But while residents blamed the subsequent black-out and damage to their...

Former Gleaner Features Editor dies at 67

SHE DID not become the doctor she wanted to be but Elaine Mendez, a former Features Editor of The Gleaner, died a happy woman. The 67-year-old, who battled diabetes and related illnesses in her later years, passed away on June 16 in hospital, but not...

Appeal Court to resolve squatter relocation dispute
THE DISPUTE over the government's plan to relocate about 700 squatters from Mona Commons, St. Andrew to land owned by the University of the West Indies (UWI) is to be resolved by the Court of Appeal. On Monday the court began hearing legal arguments...

St Thomas PC strapped for cash
MORANT BAY, St. Thomas: AS THE St. Thomas Parish Council continues to grapple with a reduced budgetary allocation from Central Government, the Council is now pleading for further funding in order to stay in existence.