Seventh-day Adventist pastor calls for hanging of murderers
WESTERN BUREAU: One well-known religious leader believes that persons who continue to murder on a habitual basis, should be prepared to give up their lives on the gallows. In the dispensation of biblical law, the commandment given by God...
Baha Mar, Harrah's plan US$2b Bahamas resort
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters): Baha Mar Resorts Limited says it has finalised deals with casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc and hotelier Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc for a US$2 billion-plus resort in the Bahamas.
Lawson in seventh heaven
The regional Carib Beer Series cricket match between Jamaica and Guyana at Kensington Park comes to an end today with the home team, powered by an impressive seven-wicket haul by fast bowler Jermaine Lawson, riding high and heading for victory.
EDITORIAL - The NHT and urban renewal
Jamaica's hosting of matches in the soon-to-be-held Cricket World Cup has ignited a fair bit of reflection on Kingston's blight and the strained efforts, with patchy outcomes, at urban renewal.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Public access to beaches must be preserved
The Editor, Sir: As Jamaica embarks on this move to expand its tourism room capacity, there is something that is becoming an ever larger concern, that of access to beaches for the general public. On a recent trip to Jamaica I noted the heavy...
Jazz fest makes electrifying start
In the art of music 'Latin Funk, Jazz and Blues' move the people and at Sunday's start of the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at the Jamaica Pegasus patrons moved to the electrifying and eclectic beats at the only Kingston staging of the festival.
IRAQ - Twin car bombs kill 88
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): Two car bombs ripped through a busy market in Baghdad yesterday, killing 88 people in fresh violence of the kind that U.S. and Iraqi forces plan to target in a new offensive in the lawless capital.
