Jamaica's Athletes hailed for record medal haul
PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE Portia Simpson Miller yesterday hailed the record medal haul by the Jamaican team at the just concluded 18th Commonwealth Games in Australia. She described the achievement as a fitting tribute to outgoing Prime Minister P.J...

Cement shortage draws ire of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): THE INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2007 has expressed disappointment at cement shortages across the Caribbean affecting preparation for the tournament.

Four killed in Clarendon fires
Gleaner Writer MAY PEN, Clarendon: UP TO yesterday, the Clarendon police had not determined the source of a fire that claimed the life of 92-year-old Eda Wilmot of York Town district in the parish on Saturday. Meanwhile, the police have confirmed...

Three perish in weekend accidents
THREE PEOPLE were killed in separate traffic accidents on the weekend. According to the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), 36-year-old Keishan Edwards was killed while driving a Toyota Mark II motor car along Burke Road in Spanish Town...

Waterhouse tense after area don's death
THE ADJOINING streets and lanes surrounding the inner-city community of Balcombe Drive in Waterhouse, St. Andrew, remained on edge yesterday, following the killing of of well-known resident, Allan Coleman, better known as 'Allan...

Vernon Matalon passes on
PRESIDENT AND chief executive officer of the Industrial Commercial Development Limited (ICD), Vernon Matalon has died. Mr. Matalon, who was also the chairman of Uni Motors and Facey Commodity (now Toyota Jamaica), died at home yesterday...