TYRONE'S WATCH - L'Aventura's LAMENT
What's not working? Residents of the L'Aventura community along Washington Boulevard in St. Andrew say that since February they have been fighting to cope with nagging low water pressure. However, it gets worse: Sometimes residents are without potable water for much of the day.
Alcoa launches hostile bid for Alcan
Alcoa said on Monday it would make a hostile bid for Canada's Alcan Inc. for nearly US$27 billion, net of debt, after talks between the aluminium rivals failed to lead to a deal. If successful, the bid of US$73.25 per share in cash and stock would create the world's largest producer...
'We just weren't able to put the ball in the net'
Former national Under-17 coach, David Hunt, believes that his team was just unfortunate not to qualify for the FIFA Under-17 Youth World Cup in South Korea this August, following a 0-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago at the National Stadium on Sunday night....
LETTER OF THE DAY - Parliament: the case for salary increase and a new building
The Editor, Sir: I found the articles "Revisiting the parliamentary building" and "Parliamentary pay: setting the record straight" by Hartley Neita and Fitz Jackson in last Saturday's Gleaner quite interesting. I also took note of recent comments made by MP Mike Henry...
Tony Martin tells Amy Ashwood Garvey's story
For Dr. Tony Martin, lecturer at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Liberty Hall at 76 King Street, Kingston, is the perfect place to present Amy Ashwood Garvey, Pan-Africanist, Feminist and Mrs. Marcus Garvey No. 1, Or, A Tale of Two Amies to the public.
Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) delegation for 6th CSA Execs conference
Michael Bernard, president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), will lead a high-powered delegation from Jamaica to the sixth Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) that meets in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico...
South Africa's Monkeyland
KYNSNA, South Africa: They fight incessantly, but they don't hold grudges - an exceptional trait that humans could adopt. South Africa's Monkeyland monkeys are extremely intelligent and protective of their own. Their natural instinct is to steal anything that looks like food...
FRANCE - Cars burnt, police hurt in post-election violence
PARIS (Reuters): Hundreds ofpeople were arrested in France overnight in clashes between police and protesters angry over Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy's victory in Sunday's presidential election, police said. Official figures released yesterday said demonstrators...
