Relief at last! US troops, aid pour into disaster-stricken New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters): Armed troops rolled in to try and restore order to the chaos in New Orleans, bringing emergency supplies for the desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
'Katrina' blows up chicken prices
The effects of Hurricane Katrina have headed closer to home, contributing to a seven per cent increase in chicken prices...
Breakthrough close in principal's murder
Boscobel, St. Mary: After nearly two weeks of intensive investigations into the brutal murder of Manning Marsh, the principal of Boscobel Primary School in St. Mary, the police say they are on the verge of making a breakthrough. Yesterday the police went
Dead seniors unclaimed at May Pen morgue
May Pen, Clarendon: Medical officials in May Pen are concerned about an alarming trend where senior citizens, neglected in life, are also abandoned in death by their relatives...
Legal aid pays lawyers
The Legal Aid Council says it has paid out a total of $16.3 million for the months April to August 2005 in a direct effort to stem the backlog of payments owed to attorneys-at-law who work under the Legal Aid Scheme. Attorney-at-law, Glen Cruickshank,...
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