Police car plunges over precipice
A POLICE car plunged over the side of a precipice caused by landslide in Above Rocks, St. Catherine, yesterday morning. The driver suffered minor injuries. It was the same precipice shown on the front page of last Wednesday's Gleaner...

Cayman braces for 'Wilma'
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP): RESIDENTS OF the Cayman Islands braced for strong rain and gusty winds yesterday as a tropical depression hovered near the low-lying territory and threatened to become a named storm.

Cup committee put on ambush marketing alert
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad Express): THE CRICKET World Cup (CWC) 2007 Inc. is pulling out all the stops to ensure profitability in the region, and to protect the rights of sponsors when the event touches down in the Caribbean...

WICB appoints four new directors of CWC
GEORGETOWN (Stabroek News): THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed four new directors to its wholly-owned subsidiary ICC Cricket World Cup WI 2007 Inc (CWC 2007).

850 million worldwide still remain hungry
WESTERN BUREAU: DR. DUNSTAN Campbell, director general of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that while more than 850 million people worldwide remain hungry, world leaders must move swiftly...

National Honours and Awards ceremony on schedule for today
TODAY'S NATIONAL Honours and Awards ceremony will be held regardless of heavy rains. But to accommodate the weather, the event, usually held on the King's House Lawn, will be held indoors and under a tent...