Policeman lucky to be alive
A SUB-OFFICER attached to the Trinityville Police Station, St. Thomas, was nearly crushed to death yesterday when his service vehicle plunged over an enbankment and into the Morant River.

'Teach disaster preparedness in schools'
LAND AND Environment Minister, Dean Peart, said yesterday that the time has come for disaster preparedness to be a part of the school curriculum. In a message read by Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Land and Environment....

Manley Airport to get major facelift
TRANSPORT AND Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill, last Friday signed two contracts valuing more than $96 million for the undertaking of improvement works at the Norman Manley International Airport...

Police task force reaps success
MORE THAN $500 million worth of narcotics drugs have been seized by the multi-agency Counter Narcotics and Major Crimes Task Force team, during operations conducted islandwide over the past six months.

Hundreds marooned after 'Emily'
WESTERN BUREAU: HUNDREDS OF persons are now marooned across the island after flooding associated with the passage of Hurricane Emily on Saturday, destroyed roads rendering them impassable even to disaster relief officials.

Dyer transferred to Miami hospital
WESTERN BUREAU: PROMINENT HOTELIER Godfrey Dyer who was severely burnt in an explosion at the Wexford Suites at SeaCastles Hotel, Montego Bay on Saturday, was transferred by Air Ambulance to the Jackson Memorial Hospital...

YOUNG LIVES INTERRUPTED
DEAR MOM, I am writing this letter to tell you how much I miss you. Sometimes when I sit and I remember all the things we did, I cry. Sometimes I dream of you too and sometimes I feel like they do not love me at home.

LIVES INTERRUPTED - Battling the AIDS stigma
HUSH. JOHN is a student. He is 21 years old and living with HIV. Hush. His friends at school don't know and his teachers don't have a clue.