NEWS BRIEF
Logos ll returning to Kingston
THE floating book fair, Logos II, will be stopping at the Rockfort Cement Company Pier in Kingston next month for a four-week visit.
The ship will return to the island on February 11 and will remain in the island until March 12. However, it will not be docking in Montego Bay because of expansion work being carried out at the pier in that city.
A press statement yesterday said that the Logos II was returning, although at the end of its 2004 trip to Jamaica it was announced that the ship would have been sent to dry dock and replaced by a new vessel, Logos Hope. However, the statement said the Logos Hope will not be ready for the high seas until 2007.
The upcoming visit by Logos II to Kingston is part of a world tour through Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
In 2004, more than 101,000 Jamaicans boarded the book fair to buy books at below-cost price and participated in several programmes of Christian ministry conducted by the 200 volunteers from 50 countries.
Fire destroys 5-apartment house
PEAR TREE RIVER, St Thomas – A five-apartment board house was destroyed by fire at Pear Tree River in Port Morant, St Thomas, Monday night. No one was injured in the blaze.
The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), the police’s information network, said residents reported that fire was seen coming from a section of the house at about 8:45 pm.
A unit from the Morant Bay Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
Loss has been estimated at $800,000, but the police said the house was not insured.
Man killed in Orange Bay crash
ORANGE BAY, Hanover – A 26 year-old motorist was pronounced dead at hospital following a car crash along the Orange Bay Main road in Hanover on Monday.
He has been identified as Clifton Daley, a resident of Logwood district in the parish.
The police said that at about 4:00 pm, Daley was driving his Honda Integra motor car, registered 4583 EG, from Negril towards Orange Bay, when he lost control of the vehicle near the Salt Creek Bridge. The car ran off the road and crashed into a boulder.
Daley sustained injuries and was taken to the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
