Tired of waiting on politicians, frustrated residents of Preston Hill in St Mary have taken matters into their own hands and started repairing a crumbling community road they say has been neglected for more than 60 years.

Fear is spreading across eastern Congo as a rare strain of Ebola continues to rapidly infect communities already battered by violence and instability.

One of two men charged in connection with the seizure of more than a kilogramme of cocaine along the Nelson Mandela Highway in St Catherine was granted bail when they appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Monday.