Eviction deadline extended - Lesser P'more residents get three more weeks
THE 250 residents of the squatter community of Portmore Villas (more popular known as Les-ser Portmore), St. Catherine, who received eviction notices which expired last week, will have at least another three weeks to pack up and go. In a telephone...

C&W manager remanded in custody
WESTERN BUREAU: A COMMUNICATION manager of Cable and Wireless (C&W) Jamaica appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He pleaded not guilty to charges of possession...

Over 350 farm families suffered major losses
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: THE JAMAICA Agriculture Society (JAS) local branch in Portland has indicated that more than 350 farm families have suffered losses of crops, livestock, land and houses, during the November flood rains.

Crime down in Manchester
MANDEVILLE: CRIME IN Manchester is trending downward, compared to last year, according to police statistics. When compared to figures for the same period last year, fourteen per cent less crimes were committed up to the end of September this year.

No open court for Geoffrey Maxwell's case
THE CIVIL case against 52-year-old Geoffrey Maxwell, former coach of the Waterhouse football team, who is being sued for the $22 million defrauded from his former employer, H.D. Hopwood and Company, will not be heard in open court. When the case came...