Cement shortage to ease in two weeks

THE Caribbean Cement Company Limited said yesterday that the supply of cement to the market should return to normal in another two weeks following disruptions caused by the recent heavy rains.

The company, in a statement yesterday, said its mining of raw materials was hampered as a result of heavy rains and damage to the access roads to the quarries. “The rains also damaged the quality of the stockpile of raw material and clinker, and this has affected the manufacturing process.”

US Embassy to be closed tomorrow

THE Embassy of the United States of America in Kingston will be closed tomorrow, in observance of Veterans Day, a United States public holiday.

JLP commends police on arms find

JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) spokesman on national security Derrick Smith has commended the efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force on Tuesday’s seizure of 20 guns at Kingston Wharves, which were said to be consigned to the Spanish Town-based Clansman gang.

Smith, in a statement yesterday, said that the capture of the seizure of the weapons should make a dent in the plans of the criminal gang especially over the Christmas Season.

Bluefield community centre robbed

COMPUTERS and other equipment, valued more than $350,000, were stolen from the Bluefields Peoples Community Association’s (BPCA) community centre in Westmoreland, yesterday.

According to Keith Wedderburn, chairman of the association, between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning thieves broke in and removed four Dell computers, a colour printer, a fax machine, telephones, three UPS systems and a hub from the community centre.

The BPCA is a community-based effort, which provides computer classes for more than 400 students from seven different schools in the area, with funding from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. There is also another BPCA programme for 240 “at risk youths” in the community ranging in ages from 17 to 27, sponsored by United Nations Development Programme.