American watches 200 with the Bolts
Western Bureau: "This is the place to be," said American tourist and avid track and field supporter, Todd Jones, after watching the 200-metre final at Usain Bolt's aunt's home in Sherwood Content, Trelawny. "I've been running track for about 25 years...
- Western Jamaica chimes in, giving their views on Jamaica's chances in the 4x100m relays.
- Spencer family happy with personal best
- I am just happy with myself - Bolt - Usain to celebrate birthday by playing video games
- Bolt pauses treat
- Maxfield Park residents rejoice again
- PM issues deadline to cut expenditure
- Permanent secretary Forbes quits
- Bolt to train in Birmingham for 2012 Olympics - Jamaican community thrilled at Olympian's presence in city
JC takes syllabus to new heights - School becomes the first in the English-speaking Caribbean to offer aviation programme
WHEN THE new school year begins in September, one school will putting wings on its curriculum. Principal of Jamaica College, Ruel Reid, announced the introduction of an aviation programme for the new school year at a press conference at the school's main library...
- Another hospital foul-up results in family's anguish - Baby's body buried before post-mortem
- Nelson furious over constable's death
- Water shortage for schools
- Nat'l library gets $3M to help preserve records
- Armadale Enquiry - Girls tell of a tough lifeLaw enforcement officer pointed out for the third time
- Police don't believe they are being targeted - Three shot in less than 48 hours
- Controversial fertiliser company moves to Jamaica
- Gov't health card available next month
- Road to Perth Town blocked for water
US$39m sugar bill
Sugar officials now acknowledge it will take US$39 million to produce the 79,000 tonnes of sugar forward sold to Eridania Suisse SA from the next crop, and not US$21 million as initially announced. The disclosure by John Gayle, general manager of SCJ...
- BOJ cuts rates again - Benchmark now at 18%
- NHT bankrolls WIHCON project
- KES liquidation hits snag
- Software provider Salary.com expands in Montego Bay
- Defaulting on public sector salaries - Debt vs the wage bill
- Petrojam Ethanol remains on the market
- NIF stock portfolio plunges $1.2b - Equity holdings decline despite net fund gain
- Commentary - How facts got lynched in the US health care debate
- Small wealth managers here to stay - A response to Chris Williams
- Regional business briefs
- Movements
- Carib hotel profits deteriorating in recession - researchers
- Caribbean business briefs
Ver set to join gold rush
Berlin, Germany: Olympic 200 metres champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, will be seeking to join the gold rush in Berlin when she runs in the women's 200 metres final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin today....
- Fraser, Stewart not interested in Flo-Jo's 100m world record
- Semenya gets medal for 800 win
- T&T's Quow bracing for 400 challenge
- Brathwaite hurdles to Barbados' first gold at Worlds
- McLaughlin on the rise
- Hardee wins decathlon gold medal at Worlds
- Man U look to recover from shock
- Wheelchair athletes leave tomorrow for America's Cup
- Take Commander Zero
- Caymanas marks golden anniversary
EDITORIAL - Salary issue: opportunity for Michael Stewart
Mr Michael Stewart, the affable and competent principal of Porus High School, who has just been installed as leader of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), is immediately faced with what is at once a great challenge and a grand opportunity....
LETTER OF THE DAY - If cops and teachers are demanding, so are we
THE EDITor, Sir: EVEN THOUGH we don't have the money to pay the police and teachers, they are still demanding it. Perhaps we should start to demand better care for our students. Perhaps teachers should start to show ...
- Something must be done
- Nothing but 'bandooluism'
- Not just yet, Jamaica
- The height of slackness, waste
- RGD deficiencies
- Sports - a beacon of hope
- Usain Bolt's supremacy
- Kudos, Brigitte Foster-Hylton
- Congrats, Brigitte, Jamaica
- 'Guilty until proven innocent'
- Playing for pride or to win?
Celebrating Marcus Garvey
While Jamaicans were busy following the Jamaican women on Monday in Berlin, Germany, some may not have remembered it was the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Jamaica's first national hero, Marcus Garvey. The Universal Negro Improvement ...
BARBADOS - Disaster agencies unite to provide relief
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at strengthening the region's...
Place dying bomber under house arrest - Obama
WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama said the Libyan convicted in the Pan Am 103 bombing and freed yesterday by Scottish authorities must not receive a hero's welcome in Libya and should be placed under house arrest.Obama said his administration...
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