Sherwood continues to rejoice
WESTERN BUREAU: From the hills of Sherwood Content along the winding patches of the Retrieve, Bellevue and Martha Brae main roads leading into Water Square, Falmouth, Trelawny, jubilation reached its height yesterday as many residents celebrated victory...
Respect, Melaine!
Maxfield Avenue residents were expecting hometown hero Melaine Walker to deliver gold in the 400- metre hurdles. They had stocked up on national flags and had painted her name on several walls. The national colours touched almost every inch of the area in front of Gordon Lane...
We need to work together now
Just as no other runner was up to speed, to match Usain Bolt's world record, it seems no other country can match Jamaica's passion for the world market. A group of professionals gathered in Jamaica Trade and Invest's training room around a projector...
Golden bashment to welcome athletes - Public holiday still a possibility
A major bashment is being planned to celebrate the return of Jamaica's record-breaking athletes after the Olympic Games. But the details have not yet been worked out and a public holiday remains a possibility. Prime Minister Bruce Golding was obviously overjoyed ...
VOX POP
What should the Gov't do for the Olympians when they return?....
Mizicann - Bolt's heartbeat
WESTERN BUREAU: She is a mathematics, physics and chemistry major and has unofficially earned a degree in the art of crafting the key to the heart of the world's fastest man: Usain Bolt. Nineteen-year-old Mizicann Evans, a student at the University College of the Caribbean...
From the 'Fanstand'
Can it get better? Since 1948, Jamaica has had seven gold medals leading up to the current Olympic Games. Yesterday, at the Bird's Nest was special and it will be difficult to match. Fans are, however, saying, Friday may have not one...
New Kingston comes alive in celebration
There was a roadblock on Knutsford Boulevard yesterday morning; not of tyres burning, but of staff members of business places along the party hip strip storming onto the boulevard, jumping, dancing and waving Jamaican flags, all in jubilation for Usain...
Jamaicans jammed in Half-Way Tree
"Jamaica, de land a wood and water and gold!" That was the chant of one woman in Half-Way Tree Square yesterday morning, following Usain Bolt and Melaine Walker's spectacular runs in their respective finals of the 200-metre sprint and 400-metre hurdles...
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