Some residents of Zephyrton district in Linstead, St Catherine, have threatened to take legal action against the state-owned National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), which operates the Edward Seaga Highway – formerly Jamaica North South Highway, which runs through Linstead. The residents claimed that water gushing from the highway during rainfall is damaging their…
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Mobay vendor, barbers to get national honours for bravery
Three men from St James will receive the Badge of Honour for Gallantry for rescuing five persons, including a baby, after heavy rains flooded roads and buildings in St James on November 22 last year. The three are 27-year-old fruit vendor Jevon Lewis from Catherine Hall, 38-year-old barber Lloyd Nelson from Montego Bay, and Aristel…
6-y-o Dajahne Pennant drowns in flood waters
The six-year-old boy who died after flood waters swept him away in the Mount Claire area of Clarendon yesterday (October 1) has been identified as Dajahne Pennant from Oliver Gardens in May Pen. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said, according to reports from the May Pen Police, Dejahne was on way home with a 13-year-old…