'She'll get the gold' - Williams' family proud of 400-metre performance but looks for more
WESTERN BUREAU: While residents of Whitehall, St Elizabeth, have been struggling with poor roads and lack of electricity for years, they had a reason to celebrate yesterday when their homegrown daughter, Shericka Williams, placed second in the 400-metre finals...
- Shericka does it again - 400-metre runner produces her best for a silver medal
- I didn't get to see the race - Novlene's Mom
- Armadale Enquiry - Another witness blames police for fire
$15,000 grant for PATH students
The Government is adding another incentive to the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), Andrew Gallimore, Jamaica's minister of state in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has announced...
- JNBS still offers summer jobs despite global recession
- Class Acts: Queen's Prep - Many jewels in Queen's crown
- Constituency amendments to be done by September, says Miller
No deal - Private-public sector debt partnership shelved
The closed negotiations with Jamaica's top banks and financial houses to restructure Jamaica's domestic debt that made Standard and Poor's so nervous, it cut the country's credit rating, has ended with no deal. And the Government is also bowing, at least in part...
- KES creditors to meet - Real-estate developer said indebted for $1b
- Mining contracts 62.5 per cent, recession deepens
- Technology upgrade at Seprod - No jobs will be lost, company says
All 4 one,one 4 all... Women recognise need for unified effort to land sprint relay this time
BERLIN, Germany: POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL performances pushed four Jamaican women among the world's top eight sprinters at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics (WCA) here. However, they recognise it will take a unified effort this weekend to win the gold medal...
- No ruling on Jamaica doping case before Worlds end
- Bolt hints at world record
- After shattering 100m mark, is he near a limit?
EDITORIAL - Mr Stewart must fashion a new JTA
Mr Michael Stewart, the new president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), has to make up his mind about which side of history he wants to stand and, therefore, how and where he leads the organisation. He can either take the JTA deeper into its encrusted mediocrity...
LETTER OF THE DAY - We need to grow our economy
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE SEEMS to be little interest on where we go, certainly in regards to creating the Jamaican dream. In fact, we are still dreaming that tomorrow will be like yesterday...
Story and art for Garvey
There were multiple Usain Bolt references at Liberty Hall, King Street, on Monday morning - not about what his track heroics have done for Jamaica but what Jamaica's first National Hero made possible for him...
- Ms Jamaica World Profiles
- MOVIE REVIEW - 'District 9', a more human sci-fi thriller
- Too many champions for consistent action - Bounty Killer, Mavado bring concert to thunderous climax
It's Bolt ... again! - 'Our hearts are full'
Lightning Bolt strikes again. 9.58! Unbelievable! Amazing! Total obliteration of another world record. With his victory 'our hearts are full' as Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller said in her congratulatory message ...
- An economical meal plan for one day
- Take five to reduce your diabetes risk
- Performance-enhancing drugs
Study finds tiny traces of cocaine on US dollars
WASHINGTON (AP): Chances are there is cocaine in the wallets of citizens in several countries.Researchers looked at 234 bank-notes from 17 cities in the United States (US) and found that 90 per cent had small traces of the illegal drug....