Union officers lock horns
Three senior officers of the National Workers' Union (NWU) who are at odds with each other are to meet tomorrow to resolve an internal dispute between them for the top post in the union. Clive Dobson, president of the NWU...
'Trinity' requests transfer to Kingston
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Commissioner of Police Keith 'Trinity' Gardner yesterday confirmed that he has made a request of Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas to facilitate his transfer from the Area One Division, which encompasses western parishes.
Wray & Nephew makes second move on Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ)
Rum distiller Wray and Nephew Limited (W&N), operators of the private Appleton Estate, wants to make another grab at the state-owned sugar operation, having failed a decade ago to effect a turnaround of sugar factories it acquired...
Justin Gatlin agrees to eight-year ban
PHOENIX (AP): SPRINTER JUSTIN Gatlin agreed to an eight-year ban from athletics yesterday, officials said, avoiding a life-time penalty in exchange for his cooperation with doping authorities, and because his first positive drug test was deemed...
EDITORIAL - PNP unity requires more substance
When not swinging in the 'wrong jungle', Mr. Robert Pickersgill, Cabinet minister and chairman of the governing People's National Party make's a habit of peering through rose-tinted glasses.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Too much ambivalence over sugar industry
The Editor, Sir: While we anxiously await the outcome of the bidding process for the publicly-owned sugar factories, there are a few facts that need mentioning. Shortly after the factories were bought back for a mere $1...
Beenie, D'Angel married
The self-proclaimed King of Dancehall Beenie Man took a queen yesterday when he wed fellow artiste D'Angel at the picturesque Creighton Estate in the hills of St. Andrew. The much-anticipated wedding of the two performers...
KILLING ME SOFTLY - with thick, black smoke
The day I decided to drive with my car windows turned down, you know, just to enjoy the 'fresh' air in beautiful suburban St. Andrew, an old truck ahead of me in traffic, moves off, letting out some of the thickest, blackest smoke that you could ever...
CURAÇAO: Prisoners demand unsupervised visits - inmates on hunger strike
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao (CMC): Several inmates at the Bon Futuro Prison have refused food and say they will not perform any tasks until they get unsupervised visits from their wives and female partners. In a letter, the inmates said they wanted conjugal...
UKRAINE: Jet crash kills 170
SUKHA BALKA, Ukraine (AP): A Russian passenger jet crashed in eastern Ukraine yesterday just minutes after sending a distress message during a severe thunderstorm, emergency officials said. All 170 people on-board died, including dozens of children.
