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THIS WEEKS NEWS SUMMARY
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HERB McKINLEY GETS NATIONAL HONOURS

One of Jamaica’s legendary sprinters Herb McKinley is to be honoured with the third highest award to be given to any Jamaican, the Order of Merit. The honours will be conferred upon him in October at the National Heroes Park. Herb. McKinley is the only person to receive this honour for 2004.

GOLDING TO RUN FOR JLP CHAIRMAN

Senator Bruce Golding is one of the two contenders running for leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party pending Seaga’s retirement in November. The campaign will begin shortly, although the Anderson poll already has Golding in front. The JLP has been struggling internally about leadership of the party after the retirement of Opposition Leader Edward Seaga…

FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION MANDATE BY 2005 ON TRACK

One of the mandates set by the People’s National Party (PNP) is set to come on stream by 2005. Maxine Henry Wilson, Education Minister has announced that her party is on target to phase in free education for all at the secondary level by 2005…

IS BRITAIN TARGETING JAMAICANS THROUGHT IMMIGRATION LAWS

Complaints are being lobbied against the British Immigration Office for laws seemingly targeting Jamaicans. Percival Latouche along with other returning and remaining residence says that they will apply pressure to the British policies, which unfairly targets Jamaicans. In defence, Britain says Jamaicans were the largest numbers of people from the Latin American region to be granted extensions to stay in the UK in 2002 with 13,670 Jamaicans granted extensions, while 3,095 were refused…

THE TAX PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY PCJ REJECTED

The Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has rejected the tax reform proposal by the private sector of Jamaica et al. Davies pointed to the fact that the proposal involved increasing the threshold to 160,000 and increasing General Consumption Tax (GCT) to 18 percent. The Minister says he would prefer to await the results from the 12-member Tax Review Committee chaired by businessman Joseph Matalon…

DECREASE IN CRIME RATE

Since the beginning of the year, Jamaica has averaged a forty-two person per week murder six weeks ago. Records are now showing a significant decrease in this number to 18 in the last week and 19 a fortnight ago. Since the start of the year, the murder toll stood at 800. The police chief Francis Forbes should be feeling please about the past few week’s results…

BLACK BUSINESSES ON THE INCREASE IN BRITAIN

Statistics from the Department of Trade and Industry have confirmed that the highest numbers of business start-ups are from within Britain’s ethnic minority communities. Despite this positive, the ability to stay in business and make a profit after three years will determine the accuracy of these figures. Black-owned businesses, have traditionally struggled with issues such as access to finance, developing strong business plans and the ability to compete for big contracts…

FURTHER UK IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ON JAMAICANS

Hundreds of students studying courses in the United Kingdom will be affected by the new immigration laws to tighten control. The UK Immigration Office has implemented new laws effective October 1, to control potential Jamaican students coming to the continent to study. The new law designed to boost the U.K.’s ‘selective admission’ policies and restrict the circumstances under which migrants on temporary visas can switch into a category leading to settlement such as the work permit scheme, the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) or Innovator scheme. But, according to an expert on U.K.-Jamaica immigration matters the ramifications of the new policy will be far-reaching for Jamaican students living in the U.K. this means that Jamaicans enrolled in course other than degrees will not be granted entry to study and those requiring extensions will be closely monitored…

FARMERS WARNED AGAINST HEAVY PESTICIDE USE

Jamaican farmers are being warned against the heavy use of pesticides as this was affecting some export crops. The residue from the pesticide used has been reported to cause a down turn in the export market. Hyacinth Chin Sue, registrar of the Pesticide Control Authority (PCA) explained that many of Jamaica’s export markets would grow if they lean to measure the use of pesticide…

SECOND CHANCE AT EDUCATION

Many Jamaicans who dropped out of school early find it difficult to re-enter the education system for lack of opportunity. However, this 34-year old woman who left school early because of pregnancy, has now got a chance to improve on her education because of an Adult Continuing Education in her community. She is happy to have had the chance and have been attending for a month now…

PORTIA TOUTED TO BE NEXT PM

Portia Simpson, Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, is touted to become Jamaica’s next prime minister. Over fifty percent of Jamaicans believe that Mrs. Simpson Miller can become the next leader of the People’s National Party when the P.J Patterson gives up leadership. Her closest rival is Dr. Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security…

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SPORTS
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REGGAE GIRLS CREAM ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

The Reggae Girls have creamed netballers from St. Vincent & the Grenadines. The Jamaicans who are the Caribbean champions and ranked third in the world outplayed the St. Vincent. The Reggae Girls won 68 – 28…

PETER CARGILL COACHES WATERHOUSE

Former Reggae Boyz Peter Cargill will assume his new role as coach for Waterhouse Football Club, succeeding Kenneth Campbell. Campbell thought that his track record for bringing hope to the club should have argued well for his extension, but was not taken in consideration. Of serious concern to the outgoing coach, was the way in which he was relived of his duties. He said that up to date, no one has informed him of his dismissal as head coach…

Reggae Boyz slip 5 places on FIFA list
August 05, 2004 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)
Positions in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) ratings for August have remained exactly the same as they were for July although some of the region’s top teams have slid several places down the world list. The CFU’s number one team Jamaica fell five places from the July position to 54th on FIFA’s list, and all of the teams in the CFU’s top five slipped from their world spots last month. Second-ranked Trinidad & Tobago slid four places to 67th, but their nearest rivals on the CFU list also suffered drops – Cuba going down eight places to 74th, Haiti four places to 95th and St Kitts and Nevis four places, to 112th. The bottom half of the top-10 held more steadily on the world list – sixth-ranked Barbados up one to 115th, St Lucia slipped one spot to 128th, Grenada stayed at 138th, Suriname kept their 147th spot, and the CFU’s 10th ranked St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) moved up two places to 151st. Ahead of the CONCACAF World Cup semi-final series starting this month when CFU teams encounter tough CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean) opposition, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz maintained their fourth spot on the CONCACAF list, behind Mexico, who are eighth in the world, the USA (10th) and Costa Rica 28th). Honduras, 59th in the world, are fifth in CONCACAF, followed by Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba, Guatemala (79th), Haiti, and Canada (96th). Five-time world champions Brazil stay number one ahead of France, followed by Spain, Argentina, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, with England seventh. CFU top 10 rankings (world rankings in brackets) 1 Jamaica (54) 2 Trinidad & Tobago (67) 3 Cuba (74) 4 Haiti (95) 5 St Kitts/Nevis (112) 6 Barbados (115) 7 St Lucia (128) 8 Grenada (138) 9 Suriname (147) 10 St Vincent & the Grenadines (151)

We Need To Study The USA
August 1
Speaking at a press luncheon on Thursday at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, new head coach of the Reggae Boyz, Sabastiao Lazaroni, placed an emphasis on scouting their next opponent, the USA, for their semi-final round CONCACAF World Cup qualification game in Jamaica on August 18 at the National Stadium.
He stated that he and his staff will continue to thoroughly study the USA, their players, options, systems, the coach, their mentality and their tactical plans. Lazaroni noted that there is not have much time to prepare for the USA, but was optimistic that the Boyz can give a good performance if a proper analyst of the USA is done. He added that “Jamaica has never beaten them and this could be a good opportunity to do so, we just have to try.

On the subject of foreign players, Lazaroni said he will be giving the Jamaican-based players a fair chance to stake their claims for places in the senior team. He urged players to “Show the best” when given an opportunity, take chances and do your best, show character, quality and discipline.
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