Army post for Gravel Heights
WEEKS AFTER scores of residents fled their homes in Gravel Heights, St Catherine, following an ultimatum from gunmen, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has ordered a military presence in the community.

Overseas employment agency under investigation - Gov't issues warning to persons applying for jobs
PERSONS APPLYING for overseas employment through the local recruitment agency, Job-quest, are being warned by Government to do so cautiously.

Seaga in hospital
FORMER PRIME Minister Edward Seaga has been admitted to hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering an intense bout of coughing. Olivia Grange, minister of information, culture, youth and sports, said yesterday in a release that Seaga was undergoing medical tests.

Driver not at fault, says attorney
THE ATTORNEY representing the driver of the ill-fated truck which plunged over a precipice in the Rio Grande Valley, Portland, killing 14 people two weeks ago, says his client was not at fault.

Freezing order varied in Issa case
BUSINESSMAN JOSEPH 'Joey' Issa, who has been slapped with a US$1.5-million lawsuit, was yesterday successful in getting the Supreme Court to vary an order freezing his assets, so he can get living expenses and transact ordinary business.

Abortion, not adoption - Two women tell how they would prefer termination to giving up the child
At least two women who have had abortions say they would rather terminate a pregnancy than give the child up for adoption. The women were responding to a call recently made by several members of the church community and other anti-abortion advocates for expectant mothers contemplating abortion to take the babies to them instead.

Mind and Spirit - Ricketts bats for prayer altars
Under the theme 'Understanding your Assignment' thousands of Jamaicans are expected to participate in the seventh annual national prayer conference organised by Prayer 2000, which is being convened January 2-February 6.