Sweet repeat - Ver successfully defends 200m title
Veronica Campbell-Brown yesterday took the 200-metre gold in Beijing, China, completing a Jamaican sweep of the sprint events at the 2008 Olympics and posting the seventh-fastest time ever and the fastest of the year...

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Jamaican athletes: Why do they run so fast?
Having watched Usain Bolt set a new 100-metre and 200-metre world record for men, after phenomenal and dumbfounding sprinting, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart who finished, first, second and second in the women's 100-metre final, leaving the trio of girls...

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Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) delivered less electricity to Jamaican homes in the second calendar quarter ending June, but spent nearly twice as much to power the island as it did a year ago, its latest...

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Gold Rush Continues - Gold number three for VCB - Veronica Campbell-Brown joins the Beijing party
BEIJING: VERONICA Campbell-Brown retained her Olympic Games 200-metre title in fine style yesterday, becoming only the second woman to win gold in consecutive Games in the event. Campbell-Brown destroyed her rivals, including American World Champion Allyson Felix...

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EDITORIAL - The post-Beijing recreation project
Prime Minister Golding, quite appropriately, is considering ways to honour the athletes who, as a collective, have done Jamaica proud at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Important, too, the prime minister is searching for initiatives through which these athletes can engage...

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The real victors
NOTE-WORTHY

LETTER OF THE DAY - Holiday, no; academy, yes!
THE EDITOR, Sir: A LOT of people have been calling for the prime minister to give a public holiday in response to the success of Jamaica's 2008 Beijing Olympians. I say 'No!' I cannot tell of another country that has as many holidays as we do. We don't need another.

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Miss Jamaica Caribbean Tiny Tot, Little Miss crowned
It was a 'revival' beginning for the girls, who entered the Little Miss Jamaica Caribbean and Miss Tiny Tot Jamaica Caribbean competitions, held at the Courtleigh Auditorium, New Kingston, on Sunday night. Starting the show by doing a revival dance to Marvia Providence's ...

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NHF's first major milestone
The National Health Fund (NHF) is five years old and on Wednesday night, threw a dinner and awards presentation to mark the event. Held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Prime Minister Bruce Golding was the guest speaker. Mr Golding pledged the Government's commitment...

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Suspect in Mullany murder case denied bail
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): The fifth suspect charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a British honeymooning couple was on Wednesday denied bail in the St John's Magistrate's Court. Jeorgette Aaron, 31, was charged with being an accessory to murder...

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'Fay' batters Florida for a fourth day
MELBOURNE, Florida (AP): For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida yesterday, forcing dozens more residents to flee flood waters, and even driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into...

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