Pollution could affect distance runners - Dawes
LOCAL PHYSICIAN Dr Winston Dawes says the poor air quality in Beijing, China, could trigger serious respiratory illnesses in athletes competing in distances of 400 metres and longer at the Games of the 29th Olympiad.
Gold, but no glory
NEVILLE 'TEDDY' McCook loves to tell the story of Mike Fennell stepping out proudly in September 1998 to present Jamaica's victorious men's 4x400 metres team with their medals at the Commonwealth...
A 'pond' of love for Ottey - 'It would be nice to watch her again'
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH JAMAICAN-BORN sprinter Merlene Ottey, who is now a citizen of Slovenia, will not be competing in this year's summer Olympic Games in China, her home community of Pondside in Hanover still has a...
St Ann vulnerable to flooding
WITH ALMOST two months since the June 1 start of the 2008 hurricane season, Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Councillor Ivan Anderson, says preparatory work for the season is yet to begin."We are not ready," was the blunt response from the parish council chairman...
The week that was: July 27-August 2
ONE OF THE island's best-known crime fighters, Superintendent Harry Daley, is spending the weekend behind bars at the Horizon Remand Centre and could spend many more days in custody if he is found guilty of corruption charges.Daley,...
The serious business of entertainment
Think of the entertainment industry and the picture of psychedelic lights, glittering stage performances and pumped up adrenaline flashes across. Many are lured by this very glitz and glamour and often perceive this industry is nothing but a cake walk that anyone to everyone can sashay on.
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