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A concert in progress at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

"The brigades are back: Members of two Construction Brigades returned to Jamaica on September 8 and immediately displayed a banner they bought back from Cuba, made by the first brigade which went to that country in 1975. It reads: ''The first…

"Contract for road improvement: The General Manager of the Hellshire Bay Development Company Limited, Mrs. Elsie Demetrius, signing the contract awarded to Asphalt Paving Company for up-grading and paving of the access road into Hellshire between the…

Side view of the Ocho Rios Court House which would be undergoing some remodeling.

"The place for a judge: Bathroom facilities for Resident Magistrate and Counsel at Ocho Rios, probably the worst anywhere. Refurbishing is being done to the old courtroom but no alternate accommodation has been provided."

The Morant Bay Court house undergoing repairs.

"The crowd outside the Half Way Tree Court yesterday morning shortly after JLP deputy leader Pearnel Charles appeared before Resident Magistrate Ian Forte. Mr. Charles was not called upon to answer the charges and he has been returned to the…

"Graveyard: The Half Way Tree Court like a graveyard yesterday. It was a typical scene at many of the island's courts yesterday as Clerk of the Courts and junior clerks staged a sick-out to demands for increased salaries and fringe benefits."

"How to help: McCann-Erickson [Jamaica] Limited managing director Edgar Stewart displaying one of the advertisements which will tell people how to participate in Operation Crime Stop. At table from left [in glasses] PSOJ president Carlton Alexander,…

"Two container handling cranes worth more than two million dollars are being built at the Newcastle upon Type works of the Vickers Engineering Group in England for the Kingston Port Authority. These cranes will be used at the new transshipment port…