Road deaths ease - Yuletide season fatalities cut by 50 per cent in Jamaica - Powell
AN INCREASE in traffic personnel at key points has helped reduce the number of traffic accidents during the Christmas holidays, says head of the police Traffic Division, Senior Super-intendent Ealan Powell. SSP Powell told The Gleaner that there has been a 50 per cent decline...

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The work of the Salvation Army worldwide is quite effective, especially in reaching out to the poor and needy. At Christmas, this kind of care-giving comes out as bold prints on the page. The organisation's Savanna-la-Mar Corps is no different and this year more than 300 less...

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