DEAD GANGSTER’ HOME FOUND WITH AMUNITION
Head of the One Order gang Oliver “Bubba” Smith was slain by gunmen on Monday night. A search of his home produced ammunition, but no weapons, during the search police question Member of Parliament, Babsy Grange for over four hours about her relationship with the gangster. The apartment he rented was under a fictitious name…
HUGH LAWSON SHEARER BODY LIE IN STATE
The body of former Prime Minister Hugh Lawson Shearer’ body was lying in state at the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) where Prime Minister P.J Patterson, Opposition Leader Edward Seaga, and other government officials came to view his body. Seaga, was his successor as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party…
EDUCATION SYSTEM FAILURE BREATHES CRIMINALS
Head of the Development Bank of Jamaica Kingsley Thomas has blamed the failure of Jamaica’s education system on the spiralling criminal activities threatening to consume the island. He was addressing an audience at the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, where he explained that youth today were failed by the education system that had nothing to offer them so they turned to crime. He said the education system had too many cracks and holes in it, and no alternative to offer the youths…
HIGH TAXATION THREATHENS TOURISM
The high taxation of raw material is crippling the tourism industry says Mark Hart, Chairman of Hart Group of Companies. Mr. Hart said that good sold to tourist are marked up way above the normal price because of the high taxation placed on tourist goods. He argued that even if a tourist were a millionaire he would want to know what he paid for was worth the price. Mr. Hart said the industry is loosing because of the government’s outdated policies…
JAMAICA COMMENDED FOR IMPLEMENTING ANTI-DRUG POLICIES
Jamaica was commended for its fight against the illicit drug trade. The country received commendation from The Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, a specialised agency of the Organisation of American States (OAS) for implementing four of the 16 recommendations. The 2003 report stated that the remaining twelve were to be implemented in stages…
ST. CATHERINE MP TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE
Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament Babsy Grange is to be questioned by the police high command because of her connection with the gun-slaying of Oliver Smith, alias ‘Bubba’, the notorious leader of the powerful ‘One Order’ gang.” Ms. Grange is said to own the Honda Civic car driven by Mr. Smith at the time of his death. However, Ms. Grange denied that she owned the car, and was only a guarantee for a loan to acquire a car for the constituent…
BERMUDA DPP HEADED FOR INTERNATIONAL COURT
A Jamaican lawyer appointed as Director of Public Prosecution in Bermuda is now setting her aspirations on international arena. She was given a three-year appointment in the Netherlands to prosecute some of the world’s most infamous war criminals at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. She is set to take up her US127000.00 on Monday…
ENVIRONMENTAL TAX BY AUGUST
The government should implement an environmental tax by August 2004. Finance Minister Omar Davies said the tax is well overdue even though consensus has not been reached. Davies said the revenue from the tax is secondary to the environmental degradation…
743 IN MURDERS SINCE 2004
The murder toll in Jamaica has risen to a record 743 since the beginning of the year. In less than two weeks, 11 persons were murdered and a total of 150 murdered in the month of June. Dr. Peter Phillips, Minister of Security and Justice has admitted that the situation is out of control, but several measures are to be changed to tackle the problem…
PRIMARY SCHOOLS GETS NEW INTEGRATED TEXT BOOKS
Come September 2004, students attending primary schools will be issued with a new set of integrated textbooks, to coincide with the full implementation of the Education Ministry’s core curriculum throughout the primary school system. The Ministry of Education began implementing the new core curriculum four years ago on a phased basis…
BIG GANJA BUST WORTH MILLIONS
The Marine police and the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing went on a hunt to find over 200 packages of ganja believed to have sunk with boat in the mangroves in the Gallion Bay area of Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine. On Monday, the police had successfully sized over $60 million worth of ganja…
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JAMAICA INCREASE MEDAL HAUL
Jamaica increase their medal haul to three after Sherene Pinnock and Sonita Sutherland won a bronze and silver medal respectively. Sherene won a bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles while Sutherland won a silver medal in the 400 metres…
WEST INDIES AVOIDS EMBARASSING DEFEAT BY MCC
The West Indies avoided an embarrassing defeat by an MCC XI after narrowly winning by 29 runs with 14 overs to spear. Lara had previously questioned the competitiveness of the MCC XI and was surprised when they bowled out the West Indies for a mere 278 but avoided defeat by bowling out the opposition for 213 for six.
Lazaroni new TD of the Reggae Boyz
July 14
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has confirmed that the former technical director of the Brazilian national team Sebastiao Lazaroni will be contracted as head coach of the Reggae Boyz. The present technical director and head coach, Carl Brown will become a part of of Lazaroni’s support staff but will also remain TD of the national program with the exception of the senior team. Lazaroni previously coached the Boyz in 2000 and had a string of poor results. From five internationals, Jamaica lost four and drew one, failing to score a single goal. Additional details will be provided at an upcoming press conference.
Portsmouth set to sign Reggae Boy Fuller
Monday, July 12, 2004
LONDON (CMC) – English Premier League club Portsmouth should be signing Jamaica international Ricardo Fuller, Lomana LuaLua, of Congo, and David Unsworth in a swoop for three players to boost their Premiership credentials, according to the club’s official website.
Chief executive Peter Storrie stated that agreements have been reached in principle with Preston North End and Newcastle respectively, for strikers Fuller and LuaLua, and with Everton for defender Unsworth. The trio will travel to Fratton Park for medicals this week.
Fuller, 25, has been in prolific form since joining North End in June 2002, scoring an average of a goal every two games, with 26 in 55 starts for the Deepdale club.
LuaLua, who had been linked with a move to West Brom, spent four months on loan at Fratton Park at the end of last season where he forged a successful partnership with Aiyegbeni Yakubu, scoring four goals in 10 starts as Portsmouth secured their Premiership survival with just one defeat in their last 10 games. Unsworth has spent six seasons at Everton after joining in a three million pound deal from Aston Villa.
The 30-year-old defender will also provide Portsmouth with a valuable goal-scoring contribution, having netted 23 goals in his time at Goodison Park.
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