Staff WriterCONTROVERSY OVER TERRORISM BILL
Controversy over terrorism Bill has surfaced again after amendments appeared to have caused further concerns over consistencies. The latest problem to cause concern is about the proposed legislative treatment of alleged ‘terrorist acts’ resulting in death. Even amidst controversy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, K.D. Knight wants the Bill passed in the Senate by September…
GRADE 12 STUDENT WINS CARICOM ESSAY COMPETITION
A grade 12 student of William Knibb Memorial High in Jamaica was placed first in an essay competition put on by Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administration and the Caribbean Secretariat. The essay carried a theme, ‘The Human Side of Taxation’…
BIG GUN AND AMMUNITION SEIZURE SINCE JAN. 04
Police manning the streets over the island have seized over 300 guns and 16000 ammunitions over the island since January 2004. Success has been attributed to policemen manning the streets. Acting Commissioner Lucius Thomas said that despite the successes, he was still concerned about the amount of guns and ammunitions seized throughout the period. He also said there were too many still on the streets and the murder rate is much too high…
POOR PERFORMANCES IN CXC TO BE MOEYC FOCUS
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture (MOEYC) is putting a strategy in place to deal with the poor performance of High School students in Caribbean Examination Council exams in English and Mathematics. ‘The strategic intervention programme’ will be in place by September 2004, and will address issues of poor performance at the CXC level and will cost some $10 million in implementation stage, and targets 60 high schools and five technical high schools whose students have been consistently failing the CXC mathematics and English examinations attaining grades four to six…
UHWI OPENS TWO NEW OPERATING THEATRES
The University Hospital of the West Indies has opened two new operating theatres for Intensive Care. One of the new units will be able to house up to eight patients. The cardiothoracic emergency operating theatres and the surgical intensive care unit were constructed and equipped at a cost of $225 million. It has been the largest expansion project at the UHWI since 1952, and brings the number of operating theatres at the hospital to five and intensive care unit beds to 16…
NCB CHAIRMAN PLAYS THE GOOD SAMARITAN
A third year student studying at the University of Illinois was just about to give up and return home to Jamaica when he miraculously received a gift of hope from Michael Lee Chin. Mr. Chin came forward with a US$25,000 scholarship that will take care of the third-year student’s living and boarding expenses for the rest of his studies. The NCB chairman said that one is not responsible for the situation he is born in, but one is responsible for what he does with the resources he has access to…
HUNDREDS OF HAITIANS FILES FOR ASYLUM
Hundreds of Haitians who fled to Jamaica during the ousting of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, is still in the island and wants to file for refugee status. Information Minister Burchell Whiteman told the House that papers for the refugees were being processed. Whiteman explained that the procedure, he explained, included the verification of applicants’ identities, an assessment of whether each person would be in personal danger if he/she returned home, and determining whether the application was really about political or economic pressures, as opposed to personal safety…
LAWYERS REPRESENTING SIX EXTRADITION CLIENT CRY FOUL
The Lawyers representing the six men on extradition charges by the United States of America, is crying foul as they are subjected to body searches before speaking with their clients. The lawyers has called on the requested that the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court subpoena the chief of staff of the Jamaica Defence Force Hardy Lewin, to explain why they were being denied access to their clients by soldiers who demand that they subject themselves to body searches before speaking to their client…
FULLER FAIL FITNESS TEST
Ricardo Fuller has failed a fitness test amidst his biggest contract since his move to play professional football in the United Kingdom. He was set to move to Portsmouth for £2 million but the deal fell through because he failed a medical. The Jamaican striker may need to have another surgery on his right knee…
PEACE TREATY UNDER THREAT
A peace treaty brokered in March between two rival gangs is under threat of being broken. One gunman from the area is threatening the peace but residents are adamant that they will not tolerate their lives be disrupted by one man. The accused man is said to hail from Southside and have previously served a five-year sentence for gun-related crimes and since his release, sources in the area say, he is hell-bent on shedding blood…
ST. JAMES COPS ARREST FIVE ON GUN CHARGES
Police in Lilliput St. James arrested five persons including a woman during a raid on a house in the community. They found 34 packages of compressed ganja, an Intratec Tec-9 pistol, a number of power tools, other electronic items and a safe…
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ENGLAND TAKES COMMAND
England took command of the first day after being sent in to bat by the West Indies. After the end of play, England were 391 for 2 after bad light stop play with Robert Key and Andrew Strauss plundered the West Indies with Key on an unbeaten 167 and Strauss racing to 137…
JEFFREY DUJON SLAMS WICB
West Indies former captain and wicketkeeper Jeffrey Dujon, has slammed the West Indies Cricket Board for finding it difficult coming to grips with the recent decision to oust the University of the West Indies from the West Indies domestic limited-overs competition. Dujon says that the wrong message is being sent to young UWI students who expect to have a certain level of competition in cricket available at that level Dujon had started to build a network of young cricketers between the ages of 17 and 21 who were ready to seek a career in West Indies cricket, but with education…
Sunday, July 18,
LONDON (AFP) – Ricardo Fuller’s move to English Premiership side Portsmouth has collapsed after the Jamaican international striker failed a medical, the club said Saturday. The south-coast side insisted the 24-year-old had to undergo two medicals to prove that he had fully recovered from a serious cruciate ligament injury. And Portsmouth said that they opted out of the proposed 2 million pound (US$3.7m dollar) move from First Division Preston after taking advice from two medical sources. Fuller was out for nine months last year after having his left knee rebuilt by specialists in America. But he hit 19 goals for Preston in the league and cup last season, and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp had been keen to acquire his services as he tries to build on his side’s Premiership survival last season. “Fuller will return to Preston to join the rest of the squad for pre-season training,” Preston said in a statement…
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 detailswill be provided at an upcoming press conference.
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