Super Plus protest - Wayne Chen promises swift resolution
PLACARD-BEARING DEMONSTRATORS stormed the entrance of the Mandeville Courthouse in Manchester yesterday, calling for justice for the two employees of Super Plus Food Store, in the town who were allegedly beaten by general manager Jeremy...
Jamaican CPR training body launched
AN ADMINISTRATIVE body to regulate and standardise emergency cardiac care (ECC) training in Jamaica was launched yesterday during a brief ceremony at the Knutsford Court Hotel, St. Andrew.
Juici Patties eyes Caribbean market
JUKIE CHIN, chief executive officer of Juici Patties, wants everyone in the region to start eating his patties. The opening of his newest store at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus...
Stanford gives Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) US$100,000
THE JAMAICA Cricket Association (JCA) became the third country to receive the initial drawdown of US$100,000 (J$6,498,000.00) from Antigua financier and Stanford 20/20 developer Allen Stanford yesterday.
Driving while 'cellphoning'
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER of Police, Keith Gardener, in a July 17 article supporting our columnist Dennie Quill's call for greater attention to be paid to cellphone usage by motorists, has suggested that existing legislation is adequate to address accidents.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Gambling and family values
THE EDITOR, Sir: GAMBLING HAS become a means of making a living by some in our modern world. However, it is defined as a paid game of chance. The concept of winning at the expense of others has become a modern curse.
Five bands pass jazz festival auditions
EVOLUCIAN, MARCUS I and the Revolutionaries, Nicole Miller and Fuzion, Airplai and PACE are the five bands which will perform on the Ocean Spray Stage at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival.
Mega fun! - MegaMart's annual staff party was hot
ON WEDNESDAY, the Caymanas Golf and Country Club was the venue for friends, staff and business associates of the popular discount store chain MegaMart, for their annual staff and dinner party.
ISRAEL: Thirty wounded in suicide bomb attack
TEL AVIV, (Reuters): A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber wounded 30 people in Tel Aviv yesterday, raising tensions six days before a Palestinian election and confronting Israeli interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a major test.
