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Bodles demolition leaves 22 children among homeless
published: Monday | December 4, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody Rjuf6="true">
Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer
Nadine Brown walks with her two-month-old child past the rubble among which they now sleep. The mother and her child are included in a group of 40 persons who were made homeless when their houses in Bodles, St. Catherine, were demolished on Friday. The residents, some of whom have been squatting on the property for as many as 10 years, say they have not been able to identify alternative accommodation. - Ian Allen/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Photographer</SPAN>
OLD HARBOUR, St. Catherine:
A one-week-old baby is among 22 children and their parents who were left homeless in Bodles, Old Harbour, last Friday following a demolition <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">exercise</SPAN>.
A total of 40 persons lived in wooden structures on the property.
It is reported that the residents, who have been living on a section of the Bodles Property for the past 10 years, did not comply with warnings to leave by Friday.
Agustus Nelson, 65, said about 11:00 a.m. on Friday, men armed with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">hammers</SPAN> and accompanied by the police, smashed the eight wooden houses where he and his neighbours lived - houses, he said they have spent thousands of dollars to build.
The residents have acknowledged that they occupied the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061204/lead/lead1.html#" target=_new><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica,
Bodles demolition leaves 22 children among homeless
published: Monday | December 4, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody Rjuf6="true">
Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer
Nadine Brown walks with her two-month-old child past the rubble among which they now sleep. The mother and her child are included in a group of 40 persons who were made homeless when their houses in Bodles, St. Catherine, were demolished on Friday. The residents, some of whom have been squatting on the property for as many as 10 years, say they have not been able to identify alternative accommodation. - Ian Allen/Staff <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Photographer</SPAN>
OLD HARBOUR, St. Catherine:
A one-week-old baby is among 22 children and their parents who were left homeless in Bodles, Old Harbour, last Friday following a demolition <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">exercise</SPAN>.
A total of 40 persons lived in wooden structures on the property.
It is reported that the residents, who have been living on a section of the Bodles Property for the past 10 years, did not comply with warnings to leave by Friday.
Agustus Nelson, 65, said about 11:00 a.m. on Friday, men armed with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">hammers</SPAN> and accompanied by the police, smashed the eight wooden houses where he and his neighbours lived - houses, he said they have spent thousands of dollars to build.
The residents have acknowledged that they occupied the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061204/lead/lead1.html#" target=_new><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica,
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