Long arm of the law - J'can gangster caught in US
A WEALTHY, notorious west Kingston gangster who was chased out of the Matthews Lane community by convicted killer, Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, has been busted in a massive ammunition find in the United States.
'Bajan' hotelier heads Carib Hotel Association
WESTERN BUREAU: BARBADIAN HOTELIER Peter Odle has been named president of one of the region's most prestigious organisations, the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA).
Massive trade in SVL stocks
TWO MAJOR directors of betting and gaming company, Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), have apparently reduced their personal stockholdings in the company when, on Friday, some 1,136,093,564 shares with a total value of just over $3 billion...
After batsmen flop ... Bowlers give Windies hope
THE WEST Indies bowled their way back into the fourth and final Test against India at Sabina Park yesterday after the batsmen meekly surrendered the initiative earlier in the day.
Mr Dalley's unfortunate retreat
WE ARE not particularly surprised by the decision, announced by the head of the correctional services, Maj. Richard Reese, that there will be no distribution of condoms in prisons, despite last week's strong endorsement of the idea by the Minister of...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Buddan's praise-song to Adams
THE EDITOR, Sir: UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC Robert Buddan makes some curious statements in his June 25, praise-song to Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams.
Pull up, 'select-her'! - Few women take spin at turntables
WOMEN ARE at the forefront in entertainment, except it seems selecting. The number of females taking a professional spin at the turntable is small, if not non-existent, as the art of selecting is a male-dominated world.
Kristine Atterbury - 'The woman in the bar'
It is raining steadily. In the middle of the street, a woman stands, looking around her. She is shouting to a man nearby, 'Somebody call an ambulance!' Beside her, the body of another woman lies in front of a car.
Vinette Keene: Mover and shaker
IT'S NOT a good idea to tell Vinette Keene that something just cannot be done. It's not wise, either to suggest that she should go left without a dozen good reasons why right is impossible.
Hypocrisy & foreign policy
FORMER SOCIALIST ideologue Arnold Bertram seems to have swung away from any notion of morality or idealism in international relations and is now riding the utilitarian pendulum, according to his column in last week's Sunday Gleaner.
CHIC 2006 was a blast!
MONTREAL, Canada: THE BIRDS at the famous 'Parrot Jungle' in Miami will 'talk' for years about the Byron Lee and the Dragonaires invasion of their sanctuary.
