Last Saturday, members of staff and guests of Couples Swept Away and residents of Negril formed a human line in the sand on the Negril beach in observance of Hands Across the Sand, a worldwide protest against the expansion of oil drilling in coastal areas across the world.

Chief Public health inspector for Hanover, Derrick Storer, says public health-related activities in the parish will be severely affected due to a revised travelling mileage cap for health workers by the Western Regional Health Authority.

The 28 students of the Woodlands Basic School in Hanover are functioning in a better environment after having received furniture, books, toys, and learning aids from the Junior Plus School in Spring Gardens, Montego Bay.

Two St James residents who reportedly received two stolen air-conditioning units in December 2012 will receive a date for their trial when they return to the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on May 27.

A Kingston man who attempted to buy a television set with a fraudulent credit card was sentenced to six months' imprisonment when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

The summer is fast approaching and as we all know, summer brings heat. Many people will try to beat the heat by using air conditioners, but there have been some concerns expressed about whether they can make you ill. How valid are those concerns?