Windies through - Team qualifies for Super Eight round of Cricket World Cup
A DAY that got off to a sombre start at Sabina Park yesterday ended on a high for the West Indies as the hosts advanced to the Super Eight stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup after beating Zimbabwe by six wickets. With flags still flying at half mast...
All hail the FANS
It was another full house at Sabina Park yesterday when the West Indies faced Zimbabwe. The cricket fans, many dressed in the colours of the Jamaican flag, started to trickle into the newly-refurbished venue from as early as 8:00 a.m. The food, music and drinks started...
Williams, Ramcharan were extradited in haste - Phipps
Defence lawyer Frank Phipps, Q.C., has criticised Minister of Justice and Attorney-General A.J. Nicholson for the manner in which he rushed to send two Montego Bay businessmen to the United States, less than two days after they lost their appeal.
Regional gov'ts urged not to punish media houses
CARTAGENA, Colombia: TheInter-American Press Association (IAPA) yesterday urged hemispheric governments not to use public funds to punish independent media houses. In a resolution passed at its Midyear Conference here, IAPA, a body which defends press freedom in the region...
Two-y-o murdered
On a day when Jamaicans and West Indians alike celebrated yet another victory at Sabina Park, there was only despair for a family a few miles away in August Town, St. Andrew, when a policeman's two-year-old daughter was murdered and four others injured in an early morning rampage...
Youthlink CSEC seminars kick off in Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: Mathematics came to life at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James yesterday, where hundreds of students gathered for day one of The Gleaner's Youthlink Caribbean Secondary Education Council (CSEC) Seminar. One of two subjects reviewed for the day...
T&T backs Jamaica, Venezuela LNG deal
Trinidad and Tobago has backed the move by the Venezuelan Government to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Jamaica by 2009. In a statement from Jerry Narace, Ambassador at Large for Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidadian Government said it had advised Jamaica to approach Venezuela...
One Love Village closed - Vendors waiting to be refunded
Vendors who operated at the One Love Jamaica Village in New Kingston, which was closed yesterday, are waiting to find out when their money will be refunded. The entertainment and craft village at the National Housing Trust car park, which was scheduled to run until...
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