St Lucia venue summit begins
KINGSTON (CMC): THE NINTH Cricket World Cup 2007 venue summit bowled off in St. Lucia yesterday with special emphasis being placed on temporary stadia improvements. "The focus of this venue summit will be the overlay planning...

Slain teen's case to be heard in Appeal Court
LAWYERS FOR the family of Janice Allen, the teenager who was killed by a policeman's bullet six years ago, will take their case to a panel of judges in the Court of Appeal today. They will ask that the court declare a March 2004 decision in the Supreme...

Foote confident of booting rival
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE HISTORY does not appear to favour his candidacy, attorney-at-law Don Foote believes that it is his destiny to do what no other man from the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has ever done: win the Eastern Westmoreland...

BY-ELECTION WATCH - Buchanan to safeguard PJ's legacy
WESTERN BUREAU: FOLLOWING THE recent Nomination Day exercise in Darliston, Eastern Westmoreland, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller told Luther Buchanan, the candidate for the ruling People's National Party (PNP), that he had an extremely large pair...

Go loco for cocoa - A cup a day may keep the doctor away
OU MIGHT not know that cocoa, a traditional Jamaican drink, helps prevent cancer and heart disease. Harvard University researchers, backed by candy producer Mars Inc., recently released the results of a 10-year study revealing that cocoa - rather...

Water, water everywhere
A MINISTER of religion in one of the very strict Christian creeds was driving to New York to attend a major gospel rally when a policeman stopped him for speeding. All it took was one whiff of his breath to make the policeman suspicious.

Mobile postal service planned for rural areas
RURAL COMMUNITIES could benefit from a mobile postal service in the near future, Acting Post-master General/CEO (PMG) Michael Gentles announced during a tour of the Eastern Portland constituency last Monday.